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1) Coming out
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
With twin daughters finishing high school, a son at Dartmouth, and a kindergartner from her second marriage, there seems to be nothing Olympia can't handle, until one sunny day in May when she opens an invitation for her daughters to attend the most exclusive coming-out ball in New York.
Author
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Formats
Description
After enduring his father's suicide, his own suicide attempt, broken friendships, and more in the Bronx projects, Aaron Soto, sixteen, is already considering the Leteo Institute's memory-alteration procedure when his new friendship with Thomas turns to unrequited love.
Author
Publisher
RH Graphic
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 400L
Physical Desc
229 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Real life isn't a fairytale. But Tíên still enjoys reading his favorite stories with his parents from the books he borrows from the local library. It's hard enough trying to communicate with your parents as a kid, but for Tíên, he doesn't even have the right words because his parents are struggling with their English. Is there a Vietnamese word for what he's going through? Is there a way to tell them he's gay?"--
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
351 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Charlie didn't think Nick could ever like him back, but now they're officially boyfriends. Nick has even found the courage to come out to his mom. But coming out isn't something that happens just once, and Nick and Charlie try to figure out when to tell their friends that they're dating. Not being out to their classmates gets even harder during a school trip to Paris. As Nick and Charlie's feelings get more serious, they'll need each other more than...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
266 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Introducing Brie Hutchens: soap opera super fan, aspiring actor, and so-so student at her small Catholic school. Brie has big plans for eighth grade. Shes going to be the star of the school play and convince her parents to let her go to the performing arts high school. But when Bries mom walks in on her accidentally looking at some possibly inappropriate photos of her favorite actress, Brie panics and blurts out that shes been chosen to crown the...
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
Graphic novel ; First edition.
Physical Desc
325 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A new year of school is starting, and Brit finds herself struggling with feelings for a seemingly rude boy from class who might have a soft side. Meanwhile, Christine can't deny that she likes her best friend Abby...as more than just a friend. The only question is, does Abby have feelings for Christine, too? And will their feelings for each other mess things up in their friend group? Misunderstandings, betrayal, and jealousy are bound to get in the...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Edition.
Lexile measure
740L
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Ivy Aberdeen's house is destroyed in a tornado, and in the aftermath of the storm, she begins to develop feelings for another girl at school"--
When a tornado rips through town, twelve-year-old Ivy Aberdeen's house is destroyed and her family of five is displaced. Ivy feels invisible and ignored in the aftermath of the storm--and what's worse, her notebook filled with secret drawings of girls holding hands has gone missing. Mysteriously,...
Author
Lexile measure
HL 810L
Description
"Deena starts receiving letters from her older sister Mandy, whom everyone thinks is dead, claiming that their family's blighted history is actually a curse and leading Deena on a cross-country hunt to find her sister and heal their family's rotten past--or rip it apart forever"--
When Deena's wild older sister Mandy goes missing, presumed dead, Deena refuses to believe it's true. Especially when letters start arriving--letters from Mandy--which...
Author
Publisher
Kathy Dawson Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
HL 810L
Physical Desc
315 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Deena starts receiving letters from her older sister Mandy, whom everyone thinks is dead, claiming that their family's blighted history is actually a curse and leading Deena on a cross-country hunt to find her sister and heal their family's rotten past--or rip it apart forever"--
When Deena's wild older sister Mandy goes missing, presumed dead, Deena refuses to believe it's true. Especially when letters start arriving--letters from Mandy--which...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
284 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Al, short for Alison, navigates an overprotective mother, growing apart from her best friend, and her first girl crush, all while her recent Crohn's diagnosis puts a knot in her stomach.
Author
Publisher
William Heinemann
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
265 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Peter Winceworth, a disaffected Victorian lexicographer, inserts false entries into a dictionary - violating and subverting the dictionary's authority - in an attempt to assert some sense of individual purpose and artistic freedom. In the present day, Mallory, a young overworked and underpaid intern employed by the dictionary's publishing house, is tasked with uncovering these entries before the work is digitised. As the novel progresses and their...
Author
Publisher
Skyscape
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
337 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Julián Luna has a plan for his life: Graduate. Get into UCLA. And have the chance to move away from Corpus Christi, Texas, and the suffocating expectations of others that have forced Jules into an inauthentic life. Then in one reckless moment, with one impulsive tweet, his plans for a low-key nine months are thrown--literally--out the closet. The downside: the whole world knows, and Jules has to prepare for rejection. The upside: Jules now has the...
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
690L
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After researching Glenn Burke, the first major league baseball player to come out as gay, sixth-grader Silas Wade slowly comes out to his best friend Zoey, then his coach, with unexpected consequences.
Author
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
442 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Edward Dinnissen leads a charmed life. He's the Crown Prince of Canada, gets the royal treatment at his exclusive private school, and resides in a ritzy mansion. He thrives off being the perfect prince as he prepares for the Investiture Ceremony on his eighteenth birthday, the final step in his role as heir -- and Canada's future king. But this closeted Crown Prince has just one tiny problem: he's unsure how to tell his parents, his beloved country,...
Author
Publisher
Push
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
281 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Tretch lives in a small town where everybody's in everybody else's business. Which makes it hard for him to be in love with his straight best friend. For his part, Matt is completely oblivious to the way Tretch feels--and Tretch can't tell whether that makes it better or worse. The problem with living a lie is that the lie can slowly become your life. For Tretch, the problem isn't just with Matt. His family has no idea who he really is and what he's...
18) Jenny's wedding
Publisher
MPI
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Jenny decides to marry a woman, her conventional family is forced to accept who she is or risk losing their daughter and their self respect.
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
358 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Two very different girls navigate the bumpy road to love"--
While visiting her grandmother in small-town North Carolina to get over a break-up and improve her riding skills, seventeen-year-old Piper and local eighteen-year-old Kat, who is unsure of her sexual preference, help each other face their insecurities.
Seventeen-year-old Piper, visiting her grandmother in small-town North Carolina after her girlfriend broke up with her, and local eighteen-year-old...
Author
Series
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
186 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Jake Hyde yearns for the ocean and is determined to leave his hometown in New Mexico for a college on the coast, and while his family and friends encourage him to stay, he must deal with his secrets of being gay and some strange new blue markings on his skin giving him a glow when he touches water."--Provided by publisher.