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"It's 1989 in New York City, and for three teens, the world is changing. Reza is an Iranian boy who has just moved to the city with his mother to live with his stepfather and stepbrother. He's terrified that someone will guess the truth he can barely acknowledge about himself. Reza knows he's gay, but all he knows of gay life are the media's images of men dying of AIDS. Judy is an aspiring fashion designer who worships her uncle Stephen, a gay man...
2) Reverie
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Lexile measure
HL 710L
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English
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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.
Kane Montgomery was found half-dead in the river. He has no memory of what happened and why his life seems so different now. The entire world feels off, reality itself...
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English
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"Michael is a mixed-race gay teen growing up in London. All his life, he's navigated what it means to be Greek-Cypriot and Jamaican--but never quite feeling Greek or Black enough. As he gets older, Michael's coming out is only the start of learning who he is and where he fits in. When he discovers the Drag Society, he finally finds where he belongs--and the Black Flamingo is born. Told with raw honesty, insight, and lyricism, this debut explores the...
4) Owl
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Publisher
Harmony Ink
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (187 pages)
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English
Description
Punished for revealing himself as an owlshifter, Gabriel has been banished to stay in his owl form by his grandfather. When he saves teenager Vincent from committing suicide, the two form a bond that goes beyond friendship, giving Gabriel a reason to fight to recover his humanity.
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English
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Best friends Kate Garfield and Anderson Walker share a love of theater and crushes on the same guys, but when one of their long-distance crushes shows up at their school, real feelings might end their friendship.
Contrary to popular belief, best friends Kate Garfield and Anderson Walker are not codependent. Carpooling to and from theater rehearsals? Environmentally sound and efficient. Consulting each other on every single life decision? Basic good...
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 500L
Physical Desc
315 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Seventeen-year-old Evan Panos's strict immigrant Greek mother sees him as a disappointment. His workaholic father is a staunch believer in avoiding any kind of conflict. And his best friend, Henry, has somehow become distractingly attractive over the summer. His only escape is drawing, in an abandoned monastery that feels as lonely as he is. And Henry makes Evan believe that he deserves more than his mother's harsh words and terrifying abuse. As things...
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Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
1110L
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328 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Flynn's girlfriend is missing, and people are suspecting him of knowing something, so he struggles to uncover her secrets as he must also face the truth about himself.
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English
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"San doesn't know where he'd be without James and Delia. Living in a small town where magic is frowned upon, he needs their friendship--and their time together in their school's magic club--to see him through to graduation. But as soon as senior year stars, little cracks in their group begin to show. Sam may or may not be in love with James, who may or may not have a crush on a girl from his church. Delia wants to get into a hyper-competitive magic...
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Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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Will Tavares is the dream summer fling, and Ollie thinks he's found his happily ever after. Then Will stops texting him back, and a family emergency has Ollie uprooted and enrolled at a new school in North Carolina. Turns out Collinswood High is where Will goes to school--but here he is a class clown, closeted--and a bit of a jerk. When Will starts popping up in every area of his life, Ollie would be an idiot to trust him again. Right?
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"It's the night before Death-Cast goes live, and there's one question on everyone's mind: Can Death-Cast actually predict when someone will die, or is it just an elaborate hoax? Orion Pagan has waited years for someone to tell him that he's going to die. He has a serious heart condition, and he signed up for Death-Cast so he could know what's coming. Valentino Prince is restarting his life in New York. He has a long and promising future ahead and...
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Series
Extraordinaries volume 1
Lexile measure
HL 650L
Language
English
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Nick would rather write fanfiction about the feats of heroism and romantic entaglements he imagines for the very real superheroes who inhabit his city. When he meets Nova City's biggest hero (and his biggest crush), however, he resolves to become a superhero himself.
If being the most popular fanfiction writer in the Extraordinaries fandom was a superpower, Nick Bell would be a hero. Instead he's just a fanboy with ADHD, posting online. After a chance...
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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...
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Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
390 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"The story of the dangerous first love of two young men: Mungo and James. Born under different stars--Mungo a Protestant and James a Catholic--they should be sworn enemies if they're to be seen as men at all. Their environment is a hyper-masculine and sectarian one, for gangs of young men and the violence they might dole out dominate the Glaswegian estate where they live. And yet against all odds Mungo and James become best friends as they find a...
16) Game changer
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English
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After an especially rough tackle on the football field, Ash thinks he might be suffering some permanent damage, because suddenly stop signs are blue and always have been. After the second universe-altering hit, he drives a Beemer instead of a Dodge, and a pair of interdimensional twins promises him answers. The more universes he visits, the more Ash has to face perspectives he never thought to consider before, and the closer the universe gets to complete...
17) Flamer
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Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
366 pages : illustations (some color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
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"It's the summer between middle school and high school, and Aiden Navarro is away at camp. Everyone's going through changes--but for Aiden, the stakes feel higher. As he navigates friendships, deals with bullies, and spends time with Elias (a boy he can't stop thinking about), he finds himself on a path of self-discovery and acceptance."--Amazon.
I know Im not gay. Gay boys like other boys. I hate boys. Theyre mean, and scary, and theyre always destroying...
18) The Grim Life
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Series
Publisher
Harmony Ink Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource.
Language
English
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Teenage reaper Max Shaw saves gay teen Kody Michaels from committing suicide and unwittingly makes Kody the target of evil wraiths with a sinister plan.
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
HL 540L
Physical Desc
294 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Nick and Charlie are best friends. Nick knows Charlie's gay, and Charlie is sure that Nick isn't. But love works in surprising ways, and Nick is discovering all kinds of things about his friends, his family... and himself. Heartstopper is about friendship, loyalty and mental illness. It encompasses all the small stories of Nick and Charlie's lives that together make up something larger, which speaks to all of us."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
322 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Beth Kramer is a 'townie' who returns to her sophomore year after having endured a year of tension with her roommate, Sarah. But Sarah Brunson knows there's more to that story. Amanda Priya 'Spence' Spencer is the privileged daughter of NYC elites, who is reeling from the realization that her family name shielded her from the same fate as Sarah. Ramin Golafshar arrives at Chandler as a transfer student to escape the dangers of being gay in Iran,...