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About a Girl: A Novel
Astronomy buff Tally plans to go to college, solve the mysteries of the universe, and win a Nobel Prize along the way. When love complicates her friendship with the boy next door, Tally veers off on a quest to uncover her own mysterious origins. Astronomy meets mythology in a magical realist twist, and Tally's questions get lost in the arms of a beautiful woman determined to forget her own past.- Fantasy
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2016
- ISBN: 9781250068620
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Alex As Well
Fourteen years old and intersex, Alex was raised by her parents as a boy, but she knows she is a girl. Taking her identity into her own hands, she stops her testosterone pills and starts over at a new school. This presents a whole new set of challenges, from facing down disapproving parents to navigating her legal rights.- Realistic Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2016
- ISBN: 9781627790147
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Anything Could Happen
Having a secret crush can be hard. For Tretch, a closeted teen who is in love with his straight best friend, it verges on torture. Whether he reveals his true feelings or continues to avoid them, the only certain thing is that anything could happen.- Realistic Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2016
- ISBN: 9780545709545
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The Bane Chronicles
When Magnus Bane is not battling in the world of Shadowhunters, vampires, werewolves, or tentacle demons, his universal amorous tastes (not to mention his cutting-edge fashion sense) lead him through adventures of a different kind. From the eighteenth century to the twenty-first, these stories augment the life of this fabulous character first introduced in City of Bones, giving fans and newcomers alike intriguing insights into the world of The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices.- Historical Fiction, Fantasy
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2016, Teens' Top Ten 2015
- ISBN: 9781442496002
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Carry On
Simon Snow just wants to have a normal(ish) last year at his magickal school, Watford, with his girlfriend Agatha and his best friend Penny. However, the Insidious Humdrum has other plans. On top of that, Simon's discovery that his probably-vampire roommate and definite nemesis, Baz, has gone missing is far more distracting than he would have expected.- Fantasy
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2016, Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2016
- ISBN: 9781250049551
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Cut Both Ways
Seventeen-year-old Will believes he is adept at straddling two worlds. He lives with his affluent mother in the suburbs where he makes out with his gay best friend; he lives with his struggling father in the city where he hooks up with a girl from school. When his worlds collide, he is cut both ways.- Realistic Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2016
- ISBN: 9780062349880
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The Darkest Part of the Forest
Hazel should have known better than to make a deal with the fairies of the forest for her brother Ben's talent, but it's too late. The long-sleeping horned boy—the unrequited love of both siblings—has broken out of his glass box, and the Fae have come to exact their price. -
Fans of the Impossible Life
Jeremy, Mira and Sebby first bond while gathering signatures on a petition to establish an after-school Art Club. All three of them struggle with physical and emotional traumas, but together they hope to bring some light into their lives. The use of a different voice for each character's portion of the narrative (first, second and third person) adds haunting perspective to their powerful stories.- Realistic Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2016
- ISBN: 9780062331755
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The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley
Andrew Brawley should have died in the car accident that killed his parents and sister; he did not. Instead, he skulks around in the hospital where they died, working on his graphic novel and avoiding the ever-vigilant eyes of Death. When Rusty, a boy set on fire for being gay, arrives in the ER, Andrew falls in love and begins to imagine life outside the hospital walls.- Realistic Fiction, Graphic Novel
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2016
- ISBN: 9781481403108
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Forgive Me If I've Told You This Before
Triinu Hoffman realizes she is definitely gay, a problem in the middle of a statewide campaign against equal rights for homosexuals in 1992 Oregon. Through lyrical language, this novel depicts a true test for Triinu of who she is and who she wants to become.- Realistic Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2016
- ISBN: 9781932010732
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The History of Us
Basketball player Bradley Collins is out to his friends but doesn't see his sexuality as central to his identity. TJ is openly gay and about to embark on a road trip to document LGBTQ people and their experiences. Bradley joins him on a road trip full of beautiful stories and emotional growth.- Realistic Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2016
- ISBN: 9781634761796
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Hold Me Closer: The Tiny Cooper Story
Tiny Cooper—”the world's largest person who is also really, really gay” of Will Grayson, Will Grayson fame—shares his life story in this libretto of a musical.- Realistic Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2016
- ISBN: 9780525428848
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Lair of Dreams
After escaping a psychotic killer, the Diviners believe their life will be easier. Instead they find that a mysterious phantom is drawing people into a dream world, where they are trapped within a nightmare and murdered. Can dreamwalkers Henry and Ling save the city?- Historical Fiction, Fantasy
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2016
- ISBN: 9780316126045
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Lizard Radio
Kivali is a Bender. Not quite boy or girl, Kivali must fit in or risks being exiled to Blight. Sent to CropCamp, a commune meant to steer teens toward a lifetime of good citizenship and “proper” gender roles, Kivali, called Lizard, wrestles with friendship, love, and the price of being true to oneself.
- Science Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2016
- ISBN: 9780763676353
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More Happy Than Not
Aaron Soto is a sixteen-year-old Puerto Rican living in the Bronx, happy in his relationships with his girlfriend and childhood friends, despite his father's recent suicide. When Aaron starts to fall for a guy and things go terribly wrong, how far will he go to erase the horrible memories of his past? -
No One Needs to Know
Olivia and Zoey live drastically different lives in Tacoma, WA—Olivia in the penthouse of a highrise overlooking the sound, Zoey in a crumbling house on the wrong side of the tracks. When Zoey starts seeing Olivia's brother, and the girls are paired for a school project, they get a glimpse of each other's lives, and find themselves becoming more than friends.- Realistic Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2016
- ISBN: 9780738736259
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None of the Above
Kristin's life is just about perfect: a full-ride to university on a track scholarship, a great boyfriend, and a surprise election as homecoming queen. When she decides to have sex for the first time, it goes painfully wrong, and a visit to the gynecologist reveals a life-altering fact: Kristin is intersex. Living her through her diagnosis of androgen insensitivity syndrome means facing the brutal response of classmates, as well as her own evolving understanding of what her gender identity means.- Realistic Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2016
- ISBN: 9780062335319
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Not Otherwise Specified
Seventeen-year-old Etta feels out-of-place in her small Nebraska town: she's not gay enough for her former lesbian friends or straight enough for the rest of the school; she's not sick enough to be diagnosed with an eating disorder or thin enough to be a ballerina. Etta is left to discover who she really is and what it means to be “not otherwise specified.”- Realistic Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2016
- ISBN: 9781481405959
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Playing a Part
This import—the first teen book translated from Russian—follows Grisha's coming-of-age in a Moscow puppet theater, as he reels from the impending departure of his beloved gay mentor Sam and the looming heart operation of his best friend Sashok.- Realistic Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2016
- ISBN: 9780545726078
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The Porcupine of Truth
Carson is stuck in Billings, Montana, when he meets Aisha. The two head out for an epic road trip that will change both their lives. Their adventure helps them find a community, a history, and a family. -
Poz
Remy Babcock is seventeen, a rower, in the closet, and newly HIV-positive. As he navigates the consequences of a series of casual flings, he regains the trust of his loved ones and his own sense of self-worth.- Realistic Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2016
- ISBN: 9781632163684
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Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Closeted high schooler Simon Spier is being blackmailed—either help Martin Addison get together with the girl of his dreams (Simon's good friend) or Simon's sexuality and email romance with mystery classmate “Blue” will be made public. Follow Simon as he comes out, handles his bully, and navigates how to be with “Blue” in real life. -
Stranger
Generations after a natural disaster destroyed civilization as we know it, eighteen-year-old prospector Ross Juarez escapes King Voske's bounty hunter and finds refuge in the town of Las Anclas. Mutated residents with strange powers live side-by-side with “Norms,” yet not even this haven is free from the shadow of King Voske's greed for dominion.
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Under the Lights
Vanessa Park loves her job on the teen TV drama Daylight Falls; Josh Chester is a notorious Hollywood playboy whose career is spiraling out of control. As major life transitions happen, relationships blossom in unexpected ways.- Realistic Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2016
- ISBN: 9781633920170
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We Are All Made of Molecules
Personalities clash when brainiac Stewart and his widower father move in with social-elite Ashley and her mother. To complicate matters (and to Ashley's chagrin), her gay dad lives in the carriage house in the backyard.- Realistic Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2016
- ISBN: 9780553496864
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What We Left Behind
Toni and Gretchen were the perfect high school couple, determined to stay together forever. However, their relationship begins to strain when Gretchen unexpectedly starts college at NYU instead of following Toni to Boston. Further troubles arise as Toni connects with Harvard's trans community, which raises questions about Toni's own gender and Gretchen's sexuality.- Realistic Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2016
- ISBN: 9780373211753
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When Everything Feels Like the Movies.
There is no such thing as bad press, especially to small town middle-schooler Jude Rothesay. Loosely based on the on the real-life story of Larry Fobes King, this brutal novel explores the life of a glamorous boy who is always in the spotlight. -
Willful Machines
In a future world where machines are not only sentient but also have free will, Lee is the closeted son of the very conservative US President. When an escaped 2B machine targets Lee at his prep school, all hell breaks loose.- Science Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2016
- ISBN: 9781481432771
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Wonders of the Invisible World
Seventeen-year-old Aidan feels like he is sleepwalking through his life until his childhood friend Jarrod returns to his hometown. Jarrod and Aidan are inexorably drawn to each other. Can their connection help Aiden unlock the secrets in his family and find his true self?