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Rock and Riot by Chelsey Furedi
With all the fashion and quirks of the 50's comes the vintage queer love story that you've never heard before. Rock and Riot follows the tales of teenage delinquents learning about gender and sexual orientations while still maintaining their fabulous hair... -
Radio Silence by Alice Oseman, Aysha Kala
This is a previously-published edition of ISBN 9780007559244 What if everything you set yourself up to be was wrong?Frances has been a study machine with one goal. Nothing will stand in her way; not friends, not a guilty secret – not even the person she is on the inside. Then Frances meets Aled, and for the first time she's unafraid to be herself... -
Just Juliet by Charlotte Reagan
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe coming out story that will completely change the way you look at love. Juliet represents the road less traveled. Will Lena take it? Lena Newman is 17, her best friend’s a cheerleader, her boyfriend’s a football player, and as far as everyone is concerned, her life is sorted. But that’s before she befriends the new girl... -
Tears in the Water by Margherita Scialla
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA character-driven, slice-of-life contemporary story of love and self-discovery.At White Ravens University, where athletes train to become professional sportspeople, Alex is on the swimming team with her best friend, Xiuying. Having grown up mostly alone, parents absent and brother often busy with his own life, Alex tends not to meet new people unless she and Xiuying are together... -
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Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence by Lois Lowry, Francesca Lia Block
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsEach of these stories is original, each is by a noted author for young adults, and each honestly portrays its subject and theme--growing up gay or lesbian, or with gay or lesbian parents or friends. Includes:"Michael's Little Sister" / C. S... -
The Royal Ring by Hannah Willow
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAn engagement ring given to an American girl by European royalty. Neither knew the importance of the ring until the wedding was thrust upon them.After the chance meeting between the two girls, Anastasia spends the intervening years learning how to rule Ixica, a small country in Europe. When her father dies suddenly, though prepared to rule, she must marry to become Queen... -
The Resolutions by Mia Garcia
Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNew Years are for fresh starts, but Jess just wants everything to go back to the way it was.From hiking trips, to four-person birthday parties, to never-ending group texts, Jess, Lee, Ryan, and Nora have always been inseparable—and unstoppable. But now, with senior year on the horizon, they’ve been splintering off and growing apart. And so, as always, Jess makes a plan... -
Love, Creekwood by Becky Albertalli
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsFall in love all over again with the characters from the bestselling Simonverse novels in this highly anticipated epilogue novella... -
Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli
Leah Burke—girl-band drummer, master of deadpan, and Simon Spier’s best friend from the award-winning Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda—takes center stage in this novel of first love and senior-year angst.When it comes to drumming, Leah Burke is usually on beat—but real life isn’t always so rhythmic... -
You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour, David Levithan
Who knows you well? Your best friend? Your boyfriend or girlfriend? A stranger you meet on a crazy night? No one, really?Mark and Kate have sat next to each other for an entire year, but have never spoken. For whatever reason, their paths outside of class have never crossed.That is, until Kate spots Mark miles away from home, out in the city for a wild, unexpected night... -
Meg & Linus by Hanna Nowinski
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCan friendship, Star Trek, drama club, and a whole lot of coffee get two nerdy best friends through the beginning of their senior year of high school?Meg and Linus are best friends bound by a shared love of school, a coffee obsession, and being queer. It’s not always easy to be the nerdy lesbian or gay kid in a suburban town. But they have each other. And a few Star Trek boxed sets... -
A Cruel and Fated Light by Ashley Shuttleworth
Half-fae Arlo becomes entangled in the courtly intrigue at the Seelie Summer palace as danger for ironborns mounts in this “beautifully written and deliciously complex” (Nicki Pau Preto, author of the Crown of Feathers trilogy) sequel to A Dark and Hollow Star that’s The Cruel Prince meets City of Bones... -
Proud by Juno Dawson
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsVISIONARY HONOURS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020Celebrate the fifth anniversary of PROUD in this dazzling new edition of the anthology, featuring a brand-new story and artwork.A stirring, bold and moving anthology of stories and poetry by top LGBTQ+ YA authors and new talent, giving their unique responses to the broad theme of pride... -
Pixie Problems by A.H. Hadley
Being human, my life at Silver Oaks isn't quite a fairytale. This is a school for fae refugees, and I'm not one. Instead, I'm going to be a knight in shining armor - wielding the one thing none of them want to be iron.I'm just not very good at being a hero. My magic is dangerous to the fae... -
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Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher
Heartstopper meets A Knight’s Tale in this queer medieval rom com YA debut about love, friendship, and being brave enough to change the course of history.It’s been hundreds of years since King Arthur’s reign. His descendant, Arthur, a future Lord and general gadabout, has been betrothed to Gwendoline, the quick-witted, short-tempered princess of England, since birth... -
Weak Heart by Ban Gilmartin
Something has gone very wrong on the sleepy Scottish Isle of Mab. The tides are angry. Reality has shifted. Selkies are coming up from the ocean, boys are missing, magic is going haywire, and memories are being pulled from people’s minds.Thomas Madigan is living in a nightmare.Isla just wants to go back to the sea.Kit Macrae thinks he’s drowning.Tanis Hughes needs to feed... -
Secrets Revealed by Alisha Williams
One secret down, only one more to go.This wasn’t the way I wanted them to find out, but the universe doesn't seem to be on my side these days.But now they know, both of my secrets. I'll need to learn to balance the new changes in my life, while battling with the old wounds of the past.They say they don’t hate me anymore, and that they just want to start over...Categorized as:
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Anger Is a Gift by Mark Oshiro
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsSix years ago, Moss Jefferies' father was murdered by an Oakland police officer. Along with losing a parent, the media's vilification of his father and lack of accountability has left Moss with near crippling panic attacks.Now, in his sophomore year of high school, Moss and his fellow classmates find themselves increasingly treated like criminals by their own school. New rules...Categorized as:
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Brewed with Love by Shelly Page
A cozy, contemporary romantasy about a teen witch who wants to keep her family’s apothecary from falling to the competition but can only do so with assistance from her first crush.Plant witch, Sage Bishop, is determined to run her family’s old apothecary one day. She spends her time trying to invent the perfect tonic to put Bishop Brews on the map... -
Secrets Embraced by Alisha Williams
Just when I thought we've won, that we get our happily ever after, the universe has other plans. Tragedy has hit our little family, but we won't let it break us. We will lean on each other and push forward. I have them back now, the 4 who owned my heart and soul from the start. And along side my newest addition to my heart, I'm excited to take this new step in our lives...Categorized as:
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A Dark and Hollow Star by Ashley Shuttleworth
Choose your player.The “ironborn” half-fae outcast of her royal fae family.A tempestuous Fury, exiled to earth from the Immortal Realm and hellbent on revenge.A dutiful fae prince, determined to earn his place on the throne.The prince’s brooding guardian, burdened with a terrible secret...
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