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• Icebreaker

  Graziadei, A. L.

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  Mickey James III is following in his father's (and grandfather's) skates by playing hockey at Hartland University, but he is not enjoying the situation: for one thing he is seriously depressed, unsure of anything, even whether he can make it as a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Man O' War

  McCarthy, Cory

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  On a field trip to SeaPlanet, seventeen-year-old Arab-American high school swimmer River McIntyre has a chance encounter with Indy, a happy, healthy queer person, which sets off a wrenching journey of self-discovery, from internalized homophobia and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Million Quiet Revolutions

  Gow, Robin

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  Two seventeen-year-old trans boys in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, struggling to understand themselves and their love for each other, are inspired by an online story about trans soldiers who fell in love during the American Revolution.

• Kings of B'more

  Thomas, R. Eric,

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  Propelled by his best friend's impending move out of state and inspired by Ferris Bueller's Day Off, sixteen-year-old Harrison plans a farewell through Baltimore that includes a road trip, their first Pride, and a rooftop dance party.

• Out of the Blue

  Jason June

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  Told in alternating voices, Crest, a merperson, who grudgingly undergoes a mandatory sojourn to help a human within one moon cycle or risk staying on land forever, suddenly develops feelings for his beneficiary Sean, leaving them torn between two…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Welcome to St. Hell

  My Trans Teen Misadventure

  Hancox, Lewis, 1989-

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  Lewis has a few things to say to his younger teen self. He knows she hates her body. He knows she's confused about who to snog. He knows she's really a he and will ultimately realize this. But she's going to go through a whole lot of mess (some of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hell Followed With Us

  White, Andrew Joseph

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  Sixteen-year-old trans boy Benji is on the run from the cult that raised him--the fundamentalist sect that unleashed Armageddon and decimated the world's population. Desperately, he searches for a place where the cult can't get their hands on him,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Acting the Part

  Ellor, ZR (Zabé R.)

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  Queer actor Lily Ashton has found fame playing lesbian warrior Morgantha on the hit TV show Galaxy Spark. Lily knows how little representation queer girls have, so when the showrunners reveal that Morgantha's on-screen love interest, Alietta, is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When the Angels Left the Old Country

  Lamb, Sacha

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  Uriel the angel and Little Ash (short for Ashmedai) are the only two supernatural creatures in their shtetl (which is so tiny, it doesn't have a name other than Shetl). The angel and the demon have been studying together for centuries, but pogroms…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lakelore

  McLemore, Anna-Marie

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  In this young adult novel by award-winning author Anna-Marie McLemore, two non-binary teens are pulled into a magical world under a lake - but can they keep their worlds above water intact?

• The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

  Ferguson, Jenny, 1985-

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  Lou has enough confusion in front of her this summer. She'll be working in her family's ice-cream shack with...her former best friend, King, who is back in their Canadian prairie town after disappearing three years ago...But when she gets a letter…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Kissed Shara Wheeler

  McQuiston, Casey

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  After seventeen-year-olds Chloe and Shara, Chloe's rival for valedictorian, kiss, Shara vanishes leaving Chloe and two boys, who are also enamored with Shara, to follow the trail of clues she left behind, but during the search, Chloe starts to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cheer Up!

  Love and Pompoms

  Frasier, Crystal

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  Annie is a smart, antisocial lesbian starting her senior year of high school who's under pressure to join the cheerleader squad to make friends and round out her college applications. Her former friend BeeBee is a people-pleaser, a trans girl who…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Meet Cute Diary

  Lee, Emery,

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  Noah’s main focus in life is his wildly popular Meet Cute Diary blog, “designed to bring love to trans kids in need,” where he posts meet-cute stories. But it’s also fake: he writes all the posts himself while letting readers believe they’re…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Iron Widow

  Zhao, Xiran Jay

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  The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming robots that can battle the aliens that lurk beyond the Great Wall of China. It doesn’t matter that the girls die from the mental strain. When Zetian offers…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fools in Love

  Fresh Twists on Romantic Tales

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  A diverse, inclusive young adult anthology featuring short stories that re-imagine or subvert popular romance and rom-com tropes by some of the biggest authors in YA and has a little something for everyone.

• The Black Flamingo

  Atta, Dean

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  A boy comes to terms with his identity as a mixed-race gay teen - then at university he finds his wings as a drag artist, The Black Flamingo. A bold story about the power of embracing your uniqueness. Sometimes, we need to take charge, to stand up…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How It All Blew Up

  Ahmadi, Arvin,

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  “First let me get one thing straight: I’m not a terrorist. I’m gay.” So begins this fast-paced coming out/coming-of-age/coming home story. Amir Azadi keeps a mental scorecard weighing the odds of rejection if his parents learn he’s gay. He’s decided…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Where We Go From Here

  Rocha, Lucas,

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  A young gay Brazilian who has tested negative for HIV after a long-term relationship reluctantly introduces his HIV-positive ex to a new friend who has been recently diagnosed, before the three find their lives intertwined by the disease’s ongoing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cemetery Boys

  Thomas, Aiden

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  Yadriel, a trans boy, summons the angry spirit of his high school's bad boy, and agrees to help him learn how he died, thereby proving himself a brujo, not a bruja, to his conservative family.