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Pride Month Titles For Middle Schoolers & Teens June 2025 |
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Glitch girl!
by Rainie Oet
J– is navigating ADHD, the loneliness of middle school and a crush on a girl when she meets Sam, a nonbinary classmate, and realizes it's okay not to fit into neat, pixelated boxes, in a novel in verse.
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Bea Mullins takes a shot
by Emily Deibert
Twelve-year-old Bea joins her school's first all-girls hockey team to support her best friend, navigates rocky relationships with her crush Gabi and best friend Celia, and steps up to help save the team when its funding is threatened
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Rick
by Alex Gino
Eleven-year-old Rick Ramsey has generally gone along with everybody, just not making waves, even though he is increasingly uncomfortable with his father's jokes about girls, and his best friend's explicit talk about sex; but now in middle school he discovers the Rainbow Spectrum club, where kids of many genders and identities can express themselves--and maybe among them he can find new friends and discover his own identity, which may just be to opt out of sex altogether.
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Small town pride
by Phil Stamper
When Jake comes out to his dad, who hangs a ginormous pride flag in their front yard as a show of love and support, the mayor begins receiving complaints and Jake fights to throw his town's very first pride festival.
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Athlete is agender : true stories of LGBTQ+ people in sports
by Katherine Locke
A groundbreaking nonfiction collection of well-known LGBTQ professional athletes and queer authors telling stories about the feeling of belonging that comes with finding a sport that's yours, all dynamically packaged with photographs and full-color interior illustrations.
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Let them stare : a novel
by Jonathan Van Ness
Sully is ready to get out of Hearst, Pennsylvania. With a fashion internship secured, the gender-nonconforming eighteen-year-old is trading in their stifling small town for the big city. Sully even sells their beloved car, to Bread--er, Brad--the most boring (and maybe only other) gay kid in town. When Sully's internship goes up in smoke, they're trapped in Hearst with no cash--and no car. Desperate, they go to the thrift store, their personal sanctuary. There, they discover a vintage bag--like "put this baby in an airtight case at the MET" vintage. If Sully can authenticate it, the resale value would be enough for a new life in the city. But when they begin to investigate, Sully finds themself haunted. Literally. With the ghost of Rufus, a drag performer from the fifties with no memory of how he died standing--no, floating--in their bedroom, Sully's summer has a new purpose: 1) help this ghostly honey unlock his past and move on and 2) make bank--after all, the Real Real doesn't take poltergeist purses. With Rufus in tow, and Brad--who's looking pretty scrumptious these days--playing chauffeur, Sully delves into the history of the town they're so desperate to escape. Only to discover that there might be more to Hearst than they ever knew.
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Being ace : an anthology of queer, trans, femme, and disabled stories of asexual love and connection
by Madeline Dyer
"Discover the infinite realms of asexual love across sci-fi, fantasy, and contemporary stories. From a wheelchair user racing to save her kidnapped girlfriend and a little mermaid who loves her sisters more than suitors, to a slayer whose virgin blood keeps attracting monsters, the stories of this anthology are anything but conventional. Whether adventuring through space, outsmarting a vengeful water spirit, or surviving haunted cemeteries, no two aces are the same in these 14 unique works that highlightasexual romance, aromantic love, and identities across the asexual spectrum"
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Pride or die : a novel
by C. L. Montblanc
When an LGBTQ+ club meeting coincides with an attack on the head cheerleader, seventeen-year-old Eleanora and the other club members must solve the crime themselves to clear their names and save the club from disappearing
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Come home to my heart
by Riley Redgate
Gloria and Xia, two very different high school seniors in a small South Carolina town, form an unexpected friendship that blossoms into more intense feelings and challenges their identities, forcing them to confront their hidden truths
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A quick & easy guide to queer & trans identities
by Mady G
Complemented by educational worksheets and helpful examples, a comics-illustrated guide to queer and transgender life covers essential topics ranging from sexuality and gender identity to coming out and navigating gender-diverse relationships. 15,000 first printing.
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Beyond They/Them : 20 Influential Nonbinary and Gender-diverse People You Should Know
by Em Dickson
Beyond They/Them: 20 Influential Nonbinary People You Should Know is a fully illustrated guide to celebrities, activists, musicians, and other influential people of various identities across the nonbinary spectrum. Complete with beautiful illustrations by the talented artist Cameron Mukwa and written by Em Dickson, this book is a celebration of nonbinary joy and proves that there has been, and always will be, a place for people of all genders. Featured individuals include: ND Stevenson, Janelle Monáe, Rebecca Sugar, Maia Kobabe, Sarah Gailey, Joshua Whitehead, Quinn, Layshia Clarendon, Jaiyah Saelua, Vico Ortiz, Sam Smith, Demi Lovato, Cris Derksen, Amita Kuttner, Uzomo Asagwara, Maebe A. Girl, Audrey Tang, Dr. James Makokis, Dr. Jonathan P. Higgins, Judith Butler.
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