Monday, June 26, 2017

Teen Books for PRIDE Month

Every June, the country remembers the Stonewall Riots with PRIDE Month.  So today, I am sharing LGBTQIA books for teens . . . .

My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins & Fenway Park by Steve Kluger
Three teenagers in Boston narrate their experiences of a year of new friendships, first loves, and coming into their own.

Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin
A gender-fluid teenager who struggles with identity creates a blog on the topic that goes viral, and faces ridicule at the hands of fellow students.

Shine by Lauren Myracle
When her best friend falls victim to a vicious hate crime, sixteen-year-old Cat sets out to discover the culprits in her small North Carolina town.

Fan Art by Sarah Tregay
High school senior Jamie has a crush on his best friend and finds ways to share that news with the help of several friends.

Lies My Girlfriend Told Me by Julie Ann Peters
When her girlfriend dies suddenly at age seventeen, Colorado teenager Alix struggles with grief as painful secrets are revealed.


More Books --
10 Things I Can See from Here by Carrie Mac
Adaptation by Melinda Lo
Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld
Away We Go by Emil Ostrovski
The Bermudez Triangle by Maureen Johnson
Boyfriends with Girlfriends by Alex Sanchez
Far From Xanadu by Julie Ann Peters
Freakboy by Kristin Elizabeth Clark
Gemini Bites by Patrick Ryan
Girl Mans Up by M.E. Girard
Gone, Gone, Gone by Hannah Moskowitz
Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley
Love in the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg
Simon vs. the Homo-Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
What They Always Tell Us by Martin Wilson
Wide Awake by David Levithan
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David Levithan


Check these books out on display at the Arnold Branch through July 21, 2017.

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