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Ace of spades
by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
A contemporary thriller by a debut author follows two Niveus Private Academy students who, selected to be part of the elite school’s senior class prefects, are pitted against an anonymous bully who reveals all of their secrets.
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Here's to us
by Becky Albertalli
When Ben and Arthur, two very different boys—and ex-boyfriends who are stuck in the past—keep running into each other in the present, they wonder if fate is giving them a second chance at love. Simultaneous eBook.
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Stonewall : breaking out in the fight for gay rights
by Ann Bausum
The award-winning author of Marching to the Mountaintop presents a history of gay tolerance that traces the progression of civil rights for gay citizens and identifies the prejudices and misconceptions that have criminalized homosexual relationships.
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Queer : the ultimate LGBT guide for teens
by Kathy Belge
A humorous and honest guide for LGBT teens includes personal stories from the authors and sidebars on queer history as well as advice on coming out to friends and family, navigating the LGBT social life, and rising up against bigotry and homophobia. Simultaneous eBook.
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Girl made of stars
by Ashley Herring Blake
When Mara's twin brother Owen is accused of rape by her friend Hannah, Mara is forced to confront her feelings about her family, her sense of right and wrong, a trauma from her past, and the future with her girlfriend, Charlie.
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Love is for losers
by Wibke Brueggemann
A jaded teen reluctantly volunteering at a local thrift shop falls in love with a girl who completely upends her theories about relationships and life. A first novel. 35,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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The red scrolls of magic
by Cassandra Clare
The best-selling author of Lady Midnight and the award-winning author of The Lives of Tao present the first book in a new series in which High Warlock Magnus Bane and his Shadowhunter boyfriend, Alec Lightwood, combat a Parisian cult that Magnus accidentally founded years earlier.
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Flamer
by Mike Curato
In the summer between middle school and high school, Aiden Navarro navigates friendships, deals with bullies, and finds himself drawn to Elias, a boy he can't stop thinking about.
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The ghosts we keep
by Mason Deaver
Feeling more alone than ever after his older brother Ethan is killed, Liam has to learn to face the world without one of the people he loved the most, but also face the fading relationships of his two best friends. Liam finds themself spending time with Ethan's best friend, Marcus, who might just be the only person that seems to know what they're going through.
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Pet
by Akwaeke Emezi
In a near-future society that claims to have gotten rid of all monstrous people, a creature emerges from a painting seventeen-year-old Jam's mother created, a hunter from another world seeking a real-life monster.
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Baby Teeth
by Meg Grehan
From the award winning author of The Deepest Breath, comes a YA verse novel about LGBTQ+ desire, identity — and vampires. Immy has been in love before, many times, across many lifetimes. But never as deeply as this. Claudia has never been in love like this either. But then, this is her first time with a vampire.
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Hani and Ishu's guide to fake dating
by Adiba Jaigirdar
Everyone likes popular girl Hani Khan, but when she comes out to her friends as bisexual, they invalidate her identity, saying she can't be bi if she's only dated guys. Scared, Hani says that she's in a relationship, with a girl her friends hate--Ishu. She and Ishu make a mutually beneficial pact, but despite this they start developing real feelings for each other.
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Flash fire
by TJ Klune
Through bravery, charm, and an alarming amount of enthusiasm, Nick landed himself the superhero boyfriend of his dreams. Now instead of just writing stories about him, Nick actually gets to kiss him. But having a superhero boyfriend isn't everything Nick thought it would be--he's still struggling to make peace with his own lack of extraordinary powers.
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Reverie
by Ryan La Sala
While recovering from an attack that leaves him without his memory, gay teenager Kane Montgomery stumbles into a world where dreams known as reveries take on a life of their own, and it is up to Kane and a few unlikely allies to stop them before they spillover into the waking world.
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The gentleman's guide to getting lucky
by Mackenzi Lee
A follow-up to The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue finds Monty’s first intimate steps with Percy complicated by self-doubt, high anticipation and the romantic allure of Santorini.
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Last night at the Telegraph Club
by Malinda Lo
With the threat of deportation looming over her father--in spite of his hard-won citizenship and disavowal of Communism--seventeen-year-old American-born Chinese Lily Hu pursues a relationship with her Caucasian classmate Kath.
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All out : The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages
by Saundra Mitchell
An anthology of 17 historical and diverse short stories includes contributions by such leading LGBTQ authors as Alex Sanchez, Dahlia Adler and Kody Keplinger and includes such diverse tales as a retelling of "Little Red Riding Hood" set in war-torn 1870s Mexico and a story of forbidden love in a 16th-century.
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Pumpkin
by Julie Murphy
Creating a drag-show audition tape that culminates in an unkind nomination for prom queen, an openly gay teen of size partners with a girl who has been nominated for prom king to embrace their true selves. By the best-selling author of Dumplin’.
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Anger is a gift
by Mark Oshiro
A YA debut by the popular social media personality reflects the racial and economic struggles of today's teens in the story of high school junior Moss. Moss is a considerate student, devoted son, loyal friend and affectionate boyfriend, who in the face of a racist school administration decides to organize a protest that escalates into violence.
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The imitation game : Alan Turing decoded
by Jim Ottaviani
A graphic novel biography paints a picture of the English mathematician and scientist whose groundbreaking work on cryptography and artificial intelligence led to the cracking of the German Enigma code during World War II. Turing, however, failed to hide his sexual preferences, which led to his death at the hands of the country he worked so hard to protect.
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Juliet takes a breath
by Gabby Rivera
Juliet, a self-identified queer, Bronx-born Puerto Rican-American, comes out to her family to disastrous results the night before flying to Portland to intern with her feminist author icon--whom Juliet soon realizes has a problematic definition of feminism that excludes women of color.
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Any way the wind blows
by Rainbow Rowell
This finale of the highly popular Simon Snow trilogy follows Simon and his friends as they are taken back to England where they are forced to make difficult decisions about how to move forward.
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When you get the chance
by Tom Ryan
Growing up on opposite ends of the country in the aftermath of a family estrangement, queer cousins Mark and Talia embark on a road trip to Toronto to find themselves and participate in the city’s Pride events.
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Aristotle and Dante dive into the waters of the world
by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
In this sequel to the critically acclaimed Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, Ari and Dante are determined to forge a path for themselves in a world that doesn’t understand them.
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A dark and hollow star
by Ashley Shuttleworth
"A queer cast of characters-a half-fae teenager, a temperamental ex-Fury, a fae prince, and his brooding guardian-must track down a serial killer whose disturbing murders are threatening to expose the hidden faerie courts to the human world"
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They both die at the end
by Adam Silvera
In a near-future New York City where a service alerts people on the day they will die, teenagers Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio meet using the Last Friend app and are faced with the challenge of living a lifetime on their End Day.
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Laura Dean keeps breaking up with me
by Mariko Tamaki
Upset about her on-again, off-again relationship with her girlfriend Laura Dean, Freddy Riley depends on her friends, a local mystic, and a relationship columnist for help in dealing with her situation.
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Cemetery boys
by Aiden Thomas
Determined to prove himself a real brujo to the traditional Latinx family that does not accept his true gender, a trans boy summons the ghost of the resident bad boy, who refuses to return quietly to death. Simultaneous eBook.
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Check, Please! : sticks & scones / Book 2 :
by Ngozi Ukazu
A conclusion to the graphic-novel story that began with Check, Please! finds figure skater-turned-college hockey player Bitty navigating tough athletic training and his new relationship with Jack while the latter is on a major-league road trip.
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Spin me right round
by David Valdes Greenwood
When a head injury transports him back in time to 1985, gay teen Luis sets out to save the life of a closeted classmate and finds himself in way over his head as he tries to make it back to 2021. Simultaneous eBook.
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