|
Hear Me Out
Honest and poignant stories from diverse youth confronting homophobia.
197 p. 2004
Teen Nonfiction Book
|
|
When I Knew
A collection of smart, funny, and often poignant stories about that revelation for all gay men and women: when they first knew. Also mixed in are tales about when parents knew and when everyone else knew, as well as laugh-out-loud coming-out stories.
120 p. 2005
Adult Nonfiction Book
|
|
Beam, Cris
Transparent
When Cris Beam first moved to Los Angeles, she thought she might put in a few hours volunteering at a school for transgender kids. She found herself drawn deeply into the pained and powerful group of transgirls she discovered. In Transparent she introduces Christina, Domineque, Foxxjazell, and Arieland, shows us their world, a dizzying mix of familiar teenage cliques and crushes with far less familiar challenges.
323 p. 2007
Teen Nonfiction Book
|
|
De Oliveira, Eddie
Lucky
Attracted to both boys and girls, Sam doesn't know where he fits in. Then he meets another boy who likes both boys and girls. Are they destined to be just friends or more?
239 p. 2004
Teen Fiction Book
|
|
Dole, Mayra L.
Down to the Bone
Laura, a seventeen-year-old Cuban American girl, is thrown out of her house when her mother discovers she is a lesbian, but after trying to change her heart and hide from the truth, Laura finally comes to terms with who she is and learns to love and respect herself.
367 p. 2008
Teen Fiction Book
|
|
Gonzalez, Rigoberto
The Mariposa Club
Four gay high school boys start a club, and when one of them is targeted in a homophobic incident, the entire school turns to them as a symbol of grief, fear and hope.
216 p. 2009
Teen Fiction Book GONZALEZ
|
|
Green, John
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
When two teens, one gay and one straight, meet accidentally and discover that they share the same name, their lives become intertwined. A story about romance and friendship set against the backdrop of a fabulous high-school musical production about love in all its forms.
310 p. 2010
Teen Fiction Book
Other formats available |
|
Hopkins, Ellen
Tricks
Five troubled teenagers fall into prostitution as they search for freedom, safety, community, family, and love.
627 p. 2009
Teen Fiction Book
Other formats available |
|
Johnson, Maureen
The Bermudez Triangle
The friendship of three high school girls and their relationships with their friends and families are tested when two of them fall in love with each other.
370 p. 2004
Teen Fiction Book
|
|
Katcher, Brian
Almost Perfect
With his mother working long hours and in pain from a romantic break-up, eighteen-year-old Logan feels alone and unloved until a zany new student arrives at his small-town Missouri high school, keeping a big secret.
360 p. 2009
Teen Fiction Book
|
|
Mowry, Jess
Babylon Boyz
Inner city teenagers find a suitcase full of cocaine and must decide whether to sell it and take the opportunity the money would provide or to destroy it to keep the drug from poisoning their community.
188 p. 1997
Teen Fiction Book
|
|
Peters, Julie Anne
Luna
Fifteen-year-old Regan's life has always revolved around keeping her older sibling's transsexuality a secret. All that changes when "Liam" decides to start the process of transitioning into Luna, the girl she truly is though she was born in a boy's body.
248 p. 2004
Teen Fiction Book
|
|
Rainfield, Cheryl
Scars
Fifteen-year-old Kendra, a budding artist, has not felt safe since she began to recall devastating memories of childhood sexual abuse, especially since she cannot remember her abuser's identity, and she copes with the pressure by cutting herself.
248 p. 2010
Teen Fiction Book
|
|
Stevenson, Robin H.
Big Guy
Derek thinks he might be falling in love. The problem is, he hasn't been entirely honest with his online boyfriend. Derek sent Ethan a photo taken before he got depressed and gained eighty pounds.
106 p. 2008
Teen Fiction Book
|
Print this list
Email this list
