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Anders, Charlie
Choir Boy
As his home life deteriorates, twelve-year-old Berry decides to remain a choir boy forever and, after trying to perform surgery on himself, obtains testosterone-inhibiting drugs from a clinic, leading to huge, unexpected consequences.
308 p. 2005
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Atkins, Catherine
Alt Ed
Participating in a special after-school counseling class with other troubled students, including a sensitive gay classmate, helps Susan, an overweight tenth grader, develop a better sense of herself.
198 p. 2003
Appears on the following book lists:
 ALT ED
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Beam, Cris
Transparent : Love Family and Living the T with Transgender Teenagers
When Cris Beam first moved to Los Angeles, she thought she might put in just a few hours volunteering at a school for gay and transgender kids while she got settled. Instead, she found herself drawn, more deeply than she could ever have imagined, into the pained and powerful group of transgirls she discovered.
323 p. 2007
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Brothers, Meagan
Debbie Harry Sings in French
When Johnny completes an alcohol rehabilitation program and his mother sends him to live with his uncle in North Carolina, he meets Maria, who seems to understand his fascination with the new wave band Blondie, and he learns about his deceased father's youthful forays into glam rock, which gives him perspective on himself, his past, and his current life.
234 p. 2008
Appears on the following book lists:
Guys in Love
Rainbow Project
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De Oliveira, Eddie
Lucky
Sam tries to figure out if he's straight, gay, or bisexual in this funny and thoughtful British novel.
239 p. 2004
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Ford, Michael Thomas
Suicide Notes
Brimming with sarcasm, fifteen-year-old Jeff describes his stay in a psychiatric ward after attempting to commit suicide.
245 p. 2008
Appears on the following book lists:
Rainbow Project
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Freymann-Weyr, Garret
My Heartbeat
As she tries to understand the closeness between her older brother and his best friend, fourteen-year-old Ellen finds her relationship with each of them changing.
154 p. 2002
Appears on the following book lists:
Printz Honor Books
Discussion Guides - Teen Books
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Garden, Nancy
Annie On My Mind
Liza tries to put aside her feelings for Annie after the disaster at Foster Academy, but eventually she allows love to triumph over the ignorance of others.
263 p. 2007
Appears on the following book lists:
Challenged and Banned Books
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Hall, John
Is he or Isn't He?
Best friends Paige and Anthony both have designs on cute new guy Max, figuring whether he is straight or gay, he'll have to fall for one of them.
294 p. 2006
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Hartinger, Brent
Geography Club
A group of gay and lesbian teenagers finds mutual support when they form the "Geography Club" at their high school.
226 p. 2003
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Huegel, Kelly
GLBTQ (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning) : the Survival Guide for Queer and Questioning Teens
Describes the challenges faced by gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered teens, offers practical advice, real-life experiences, and accessible resources and support groups.
224 p. 2003
Appears on the following book lists:
Sex 101
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Hyde, Catherine Ryan
Becoming Chloe
A gay teenage boy and a fragile teenage girl meet while living on the streets of New York City and eventually decide to take a road trip across America to discover whether or not the world is a beautiful place.
215 p. 2006
Appears on the following book lists:
Rainbow Project
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Johnson, Maureen
The Bermudez Triangle : a Novel
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
Appears on the following book lists:
Discussion Guides - Teen Books
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Juby, Susan
Another Kind of Cowboy
In Vancouver, British Columbia, two teenage dressage riders, one a spoiled rich girl and the other a closeted gay sixteen-year-old boy, come to terms with their identities and learn to accept themselves.
343 pages 2007
Appears on the following book lists:
Book Trailers Spring 2008
Rainbow Project
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Keen, Lisa
Out Law : What LGBT Youth Should Know About Their Legal Rights
The first—and only—guide for LGBT youth about the law and how it affects them
158 p. 2007
Appears on the following book lists:
Rainbow Project
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Koertge, Ronald
Boy Girl Boy
Three troubled high school seniors, who plan to run away together from Illinois to California after graduation, try to figure out who they are and who they want to be.
164 p. 2005
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Koja, Kathe
Talk
Hoping to escape from himself for awhile, Kit auditions for a controversial school play and discovers his talent for acting, struggles with coming out, and both he and his costar face crises in their view of themselves and in their close relationships.
134 p. 2005
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Konigsberg, Bill
Out of the Pocket
As Bobby Framingham, quarterback of his high school football team, finally acknowledges to himself that he is gay, events start to spin out of control when his sexual orientation is revealed in the student newspaper and then in the local press, and he learns that his father has cancer.
264 p. 2008
Appears on the following book lists:
Rainbow Project
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LaRochelle, David
Absolutely Positively Not
Chronicles a teenage boy's humorous attempts to fit in at his Minnesota high school by becoming a macho, girl-loving, Playboy pinup-displaying heterosexual.
219 p. 2005
Appears on the following book lists:
Minnesota Authors for Teens
Rainbow Project
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Lecesne, James
Absolute Brightness
In the beach town of Neptune, New Jersey, Phoebe's life is changed irrevocably when her gay cousin moves into her house and soon goes missing.
472 p. 2008
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