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The gold-bug: and other tales and poems
Par Edgar Allan Poe. 1963
The black flamingo
Par Dean Atta. 2020
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 bornPunching the air
Par Ibi Aanu Zoboi. 2020
Amal Shahid has always been an artist and a poet. But even in a diverse art school, he's seen as…
disruptive and unmotivated by a biased system. Then one fateful night, an altercation in a gentrifying neighborhood escalates into tragedy. Suddenly, at just sixteen years old, Amal's bright future is upended: he is convicted of a crime he didn't commit and sent to prison. Despair and rage almost sink him until he turns to the refuge of his words, his art. This never should have been his storyThe deepest breath
Par Meg Grehan. 2021
Eleven-year-old Stevie is an avid reader and knows a lot of things about a lot of things. She knows how…
to send Morse code through her bedroom wall to her mom. She knows the names of the constellations. And she knows that an octopus has three hearts and nine brains. Knowing things makes her feel safe, powerful, and in control should anything bad happen. But there's one more thing Stevie doesn't know, one thing she wants to understand above everything else, and one thing she isn't quite ready to share with her mom: the fizzy feeling she gets in her chest when she looks at her friend Chloe. What does it mean, and why isn't she ready to talk about it? In this poetic exploration of identity and anxiety, Stevie must confront her fears to find inner freedom, all while discovering it is our connections with others that make us strongerLong way down
Par Jason Reynolds. 2017
A novel in verse. Fifteen-year-old Will sets out to avenge his brother Shawn's fatal shooting. As he proceeds, Will encounters…
several ghosts in the elevator that reveal truths about their way of life. Some violence and some strong language. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2017This day in June
Par Kristyna Litten, Gayle E. Pitman. 2014
A rhyming Pride parade experience. Includes end matter to serve as a primer on LGBT history and culture and to…
explain references made in the story. Stonewall Book Award. For grades K-3. 2014The candy smash (The Lemonade War Series #4)
Par Jacqueline Davies. 2013
As Valentine's Day approaches and a crush on a classmate develops, Evan develops a secret fondness for writing poetry. But…
his sister Jessie plans on exposing all in her newspaper. Sequel to The Bell Bandit (DB 74601). For grades 3-6. 2013Keesha's house
Par Helen Frost. 2003
Rumble
Par Ellen Hopkins. 2014
Matthew Turner doesn't have faith in anything. Not in family, which is falling apart after his younger brother's suicide. Not…
in friends who turn their backs. Not in a creator who lets bad things happen. No matter what his girlfriend Hayden says about faith and forgiveness, there's no way he will forgive those he blames. He's decided to "live large and go out with a huge bang". But when a horrific event plunges Matt into a dark place, he hears a rumble that wakes him up. For junior and senior high readers. UnratedOctober mourning: a song for Matthew Shepard
Par Lesléa Newman, Leslea Newman. 2012
Relates, from various points of view, events from the night of October 6, 1998, when twenty-one-year-old Matthew Shepard, a gay…
college student, was lured out of a Wyoming bar, savagely beaten, tied to a fence, and left to die. Violence and strong language. Award winnerNothing burns as bright as you
Par Ashley Woodfolk. 2022
From acclaimed author Ashley Woodfolk, Nothing Burns as Bright as You is an impassioned story about queer love, grief, and…
the complexity of female friendship that will keep your heart racing, and breaking, until the very last page. Two girls. One wild and reckless day. Years of tumultuous history unspooling like a thin, fraying string in the hours after they set a fire. They were best friends. Until they became more. Their affections grew. Until the blurry lines became dangerous. Over the course of a single day, the depth of their past, the confusion of their present, and the unpredictability of their future is revealed. And the girls will learn that hearts, like flames, aren't so easily tamed. It starts with a fire. How will it end?The most dazzling girl in berlin
Par Kip Wilson. 2022
A fascinating historical novel about Hilde, an orphan who experiences Berlin on the cusp of World War II as she…
discovers her own voice and sexuality, ultimately finding a family when she gets a job at a gay cabaret, by award-winning author Kip Wilson. On her eighteenth birthday, Hilde leaves her orphanage in 1930s Berlin, and heads out into the world to discover her place in it. But finding a job is hard, at least until she stumbles into Café Lila, a vibrant cabaret full of expressive customers. Rosa, one of the club's waitresses and performers, immediately takes Hilde under her wing. As the café denizens slowly embrace Hilde, and she embraces them in turn, she discovers her voice and her own blossoming feelings for Rosa. But Berlin is in turmoil. Between the elections, protests in the streets, worsening antisemitism and anti-homosexual sentiment, and the beginning seeds of unrest in Café Lila itself, Hilde will have to decide what's best for her future . . . and what it means to love a place on the cusp of warDinosaurs in your backyard: The Coolest, Scariest Creatures Ever Found in the USA!
Par Alan Barnard, Hugh Brewster. 2009
Presents facts learned from fossilized evidence of dinosaur species that roamed the North American continent millions of years ago, like…
the Stegosaurus of Colorado. Discusses size, eating habits, head crests, skull shapes, tail clubs, raptor claws, and dinosaur descendants. For grades 3-6. 2009The river between us
Par Richard Peck, Henry Cole, Kim Norman, Kimberly E. Norman. 2003
Illinois, 1861. Tilly Pruitt's mother accepts two mysterious young women from New Orleans, Delphine and Calinda, as boarders in the…
early Civil War days. Fifteen-year-old Tilly finds them fascinating, but townspeople think they are Confederate spies. Their secrets emerge after Tilly's brother, a Union army soldier, is wounded. For grades 6-9. 2003The education of Harriet Hatfield
Par May Sarton. 1989
When publisher Victoria Chilton dies, Harriet Hatfield, her friend and companion for thirty years, decides to open a woman's bookstore.…
She envisions a place in which women can not only buy books, but also browse and talk with friends and neighbors over a cup of tea. However, soon after opening Hatfield House in a blue-collar suburb of Boston, Harriet is bombarded by anonymous threats and obscenities. 1989Enigma: a magical mystery
Par Graeme Base. 2008
When Bertie the badger visits his grandfather at a retirement home for magician, he learns that is grandfather's rabbit, Enigma,…
has disappeared along with everyone's magical things, and the reader is invited to help break a code to find the items hidden throughout the book. Includes a built-in decoder. For grades 3-6Picture perfect (Fiction - Young Adult)
Par Elaine Marie Alphin. 2003
Best friends Ian and Teddy meet regularly in an abandoned motel in the redwood forest, California, to take photographs. One…
day Teddy doesn't show up and Ian suspects his oppressive father has something to do with his friend's mysterious disappearance. Ian is questioned by the sheriff but he can't remember everything that happened that day. For grades 6-9Who killed Cock Robin?
Par Kevin O'Malley. 1993
It's not like it's a secret
Par Misa Sugiura. 2017
When sixteen-year-old Sana Kiyohara moves from Wisconsin to California for her father's job, she suspects her dad is cheating on…
her traditional Japanese mother. However, Sana is keeping her own secrets and falls for a beautiful and smart classmate. Strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2017