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Author
Series
Will Grayson Will Grayson volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
When two teens, one gay and one straight, meet accidentally and discover that they share the same name, their lives become intertwined as one begins dating the other's best friend, who produces a play revealing his relationship with them both.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"On September 5, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: They're going to die today. Mateo and Rufus are total strangers, but, for different reasons, they're both looking to make a new friend on their End Day. The good news: There's an app for that. It's called the Last Friend, and through it, Rufus and Mateo are about to meet up for one last great adventure--to live a lifetime in a single...
Author
Series
Publisher
Dreamspinner Press
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Howard Justinian has always had to fight for his freedom. Because he was born blind, everyone is always trying to shelter him, but he's determined to live his life on his own terms. When an argument with his boyfriend over that hard-won self-reliance leaves Howard stranded by the side of the road, assistance arrives in the form of Gordy Jarrett. Gordy is a missionary's son, so helping others is second nature-and he does it in such an unassuming manner...
4) The Tin Box
Author
Publisher
Dreamspinner Press
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1
Language
English
Formats
Description
William Lyon's past forced him to become someone he isn't. Conflicted and unable to maintain the charade, he separates from his wife and takes a job as caretaker at a former mental hospital. Jelley's Valley State Insane Asylum was the largest mental hospital in California for well over a century, but it now stands empty. William thinks the decrepit institution is the perfect place to finish his dissertation and wait for his divorce to become final....
Author
Publisher
ECW Press
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the author of Ice Diaries, winner of the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival Grand Prize, praised by the New York Times as "stunningly written" and a Guardian Best Book of 2018.
An unflinching exploration of love and boundaries in Brexit-crazed London.
Richard Cottar is a respected independent film writer and director; his wife, Joanna, is his increasingly successful and wealthy producer. Together they are about to embark on a film about the...
6) The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle: An Uplifting and Unforgettable Story of Love and Second Chances
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This rollicking romance entrapped me! True in its detail and its scope, it is amusing yet heart-breaking." —Ian McKellen
Perfect for fans of Fredrik Backman and TJ Klune, this humorous, life-affirming, and charmingly wise novel tells the story of how the forced retirement of a shy, closeted postman in northern England creates a second chance with his lost love, as he learns to embrace his true self, connect with his community,...
Perfect for fans of Fredrik Backman and TJ Klune, this humorous, life-affirming, and charmingly wise novel tells the story of how the forced retirement of a shy, closeted postman in northern England creates a second chance with his lost love, as he learns to embrace his true self, connect with his community,...
Author
Publisher
Labyrinth Road
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
449 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Ariel grapples with her fear of her own mind and violent fantasies, driven by her desire to meet her parents' expectations and societal norms, until a summer job at a carnival leads her to new friends who help her discover her struggle with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and find acceptance and support for her true self.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
263 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In this reimagining of the 2004 novel Wide Awake, the author flips the script and rewrites Jimmy and Duncan's story in the real 2024, proving the critical importance of standing up for what you believe in and the cost of apathy in today's political climate.
Author
Series
Girls of Paper and Fire volume 1
Publisher
JIMMY Patterson Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
When Lei, seventeen, is stolen from her home to become one of nine Paper Girls, the Demon King's concubines, she proves to be more fire than paper.
Author
Series
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens agenda volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When an email falls into the wrong hands, sixteen-year-old, not-so-openly gay Simon is blackmailed into playing wingman for a classmate or risk having his sexual identity revealed and the privacy of the boy he's been emailing compromised.
11) That Witch!
Author
Series
Publisher
Dreamspinner Press
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cassidy's coming into her magic. Brynn's realizing her sexuality will cause family problems. But what she and Cassidy feel can't be denied.
Author
Series
Girls of Paper and Fire volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
"In this mesmerizing sequel to the New York Times bestselling Girls of Paper and Fire, Lei and Wren have escaped their oppressive lives in the Hidden Palace, but soon learn that freedom comes with a terrible cost. Lei, the naive country girl who became a royal courtesan, is now known as the Moonchosen, the commoner who managed to do what no one else could. But slaying the cruel Demon King wasn't the end of the plan---it's just the beginning. Now Lei...
Author
Publisher
ECW Press
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Formats
Description
A wise-cracking, grammar-obsessed, pansexual amateur sleuth is thrust into the world of the uber-rich when her enigmatic, now-famous childhood friend breezes back into her life begging for help with a dangerous stalker
Our nameless postmodern amateur sleuth is still recovering from her first dangerous foray into detective work when her old friend Priscilla Jane Gill breezes back into her life and begs for help. Pris, now a famous travel writer, fears...
Author
Publisher
ECW Press
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
Book one in a mystery series featuring a queer, nameless amateur detective is ambisexual Kinsey Millhone meets Canadian Lisbeth Salander
Rescued from torpor and poverty by the need to help a good friend deal with the murder of her beloved granddaughter, our downsized-social-worker protagonist and her cat, Bunnywit, are jolted into a harsh, street-wise world of sex, lies, and betrayal, to which they respond with irony, wit, intelligence (except for...
Author
Series
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Fans of Casey McQuiston and Alexandria Bellefleur will adore this queer romcom that combines everything people love about Hallmark-style holiday romances with laugh-out-loud humor and a sweet and steamy love story between two women.
Goodreads Summer Romance Reading Recommendation & Most Anticipated Romances Buzzfeed's Most Anticipated LGBTQ Romances of 2022 BookRiot's Top 10 Romances of August LGBTQ Reads Most Anticipated in Second Half of 2022 OutVoices...
16) Otherbound
Author
Publisher
ABRAMS
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nolan doesn't see darkness when he closes his eyes. Instead, he's transported into the mind of Amara, a girl living in a different world. Nolan's life in his small Arizona town is full of history tests, family tension, and laundry; his parents think he has epilepsy, judging from his frequent blackouts. Amara's world is full of magic and danger—she's a mute servant girl who's tasked with protecting a renegade princess. Nolan is only an observer
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Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
379 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A miracle; an exquisite story exquisitely told . . . If you love Jane Austen, or Hamilton , or fiction--of any era--that transports and transforms in equal measure, look no further." --A.J. Finn, bestselling author of The Woman in the Window From the prizewinning author of Mr. Timothy and The Pale Blue Eye comes Courting Mr. Lincoln , the page-turning and surprising story of a young Abraham Lincoln and the two people who loved him best: a young,...
18) This Book Is Gay
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
The bestselling young adult non-fiction book on sexuality and gender!
Lesbian. Gay. Bisexual. Transgender. Queer. Intersex. Straight. Curious. This book is for everyone, regardless of gender or sexual preference. This book is for anyone who's ever dared to wonder. This book is for YOU.
This candid, funny, and uncensored exploration of sexuality and what it's like to grow up LGBTQ also includes real stories from people across the gender and sexual...
19) Camp spirit
Author
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
202 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Forced to take a job as a summer camp counselor, Elodie finds herself responsible for a horde of foul-mouthed girls while investigating a dark mystery lurking around the camp.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Avoiding relationships to protect her sensitive heart, plus-sized Molly supports her once-cynical twin, Cassie, when the latter has her own bout of lovesickness, a situation that is complicated by sibling dynamics and an unexpected romantic triangle.