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Mostly Dead Things: A Novel by Kristen N. ArnettTaking over her family's failing taxidermy shop in the wake of her father's suicide, grief-stricken Jessa-Lynn Morton pursues less-than-legal ways of generating income while struggling to figure out her place among her eccentric loved ones.
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Patsy: A Novel by Nicole Dennis-BennReceiving her long-coveted visa to America, Patsy leaves behind her family in Jamaica only to discover that life as an undocumented immigrant is not what her best friend had described. By the award-winning author of Here Comes the Sun.
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Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story by Jacob TobiaA gender-diverse cultural influencer on both the Forbes "30 Under 30" and "OUT 100" lists, Jacob Tobia examines how religious, political and educational experiences revealed the need for greater cultural inclusion and anti-discrimination legislation that acknowledges the gender spectrum.
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Pet by Akwaeke EmeziA girl and her best friend confront difficult choices in the face of a home city in denial when they meet a being who exposes the community’s willful disbelief about the existence of monsters. A first young adult novel by the award-winning authors of Freshwater.
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Find Me
by André Aciman
In Find Me, Aciman shows us Elio's father, Samuel, on a trip from Florence to Rome to visit Elio, who has become a gifted classical pianist. A chance encounter on the train with a beautiful young woman upends Sami's plans and changes his life forever. Elio soon moves to Paris, where he, too, has a consequential affair, while Oliver, now a New England college professor with a family, suddenly finds himself contemplating a return trip across the Atlantic. |
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A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities by Mady GIn this quick and easy guide to queer and trans identities, cartoonists Mady G and JR Zuckerberg guide you through the basics of the LGBT+ world! Covering essential topics like sexuality, gender identity, coming out, and navigating relationships, this guide explains the spectrum of human experience. A great starting point for anyone curious about queer and trans life, and helpful for those already on their own journeys!
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High School by Sara Quin"High School" is the revelatory and unique coming-of-age story of Sara and Tegan Quin, well before they became the celebrated musicians and global LGBTQ icons we know today. While grappling with their identity and sexuality, often alone, they also faced academic meltdown, their parents' divorce, and the looming pressure of what might come after high school. Written in alternating chapters from both Tegan's point of view and Sara's, the book is a raw account of the drugs, alcohol, love, music, and friendships they explored in their formative years.
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel by Ocean Vuong"On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family's history that began before he was born--a history whose epicenter is rooted in Vietnam--and serves as a doorway into parts of his life his mother has never known, all of it leading to an unforgettable revelation. At once a witness to the fraught yet undeniable love between a single mother and her son, it is also a brutally honest exploration of race, class, and masculinity"
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Red, White & Royal Blue: A Novel by Casey McQuistonAfter an international incident affects U.S. and British relations, the president's son Alex and Prince Henry must pretend to be best friends, but as they spend time together, the two begin a secret romance that could derail a presidential campaign.
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Are You Listening? by Tillie WaldenAn emotionally soaring graphic novel of friendship and grief by the Eisner Award-winning creator of Spinning traces the intimate healing bond between two young women on the run in the wake of wrenching betrayal, sexual assault and loss.
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Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae SafiSana has had a crush on Rachel for years, but when she tried to ask her out it went very badly, and despite not being able to stand Sana, Rachel casts her in Rachel's senior project when she realizes that Sana is perfect for the role.
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Brave Face: A Memoir by Shaun David HutchinsonShaun David Hutchinson was nineteen. Confused. Struggling to find the vocabulary to understand and accept who he was and how he fit into a community in which he couldn't see himself.
Thankfully over time Shaun, came to embrace how grateful he is and how to find self-acceptance. In this courageous and deeply honest memoir, Shaun takes readers through the journey of what brought him to the edge, and what has helped him truly believe that it does get better.
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Wayward Son: This Will End in Flames by Rainbow RowellA highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Carry On finds an overwhelmed Simon joining Penny and Bax on a trip to the American West in a vintage convertible, only to be confronted by dragons, vampires and gun-toting skunks.
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