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Teen Reads - GLBTQ

A selection of books from the Newport YA section is listed below.

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Freakboy by Kristin Elizabeth Clark

Freakboy

Told from three viewpoints, seventeen-year-old Brendan, a wrestler, struggles to come to terms with his place on the transgender spectrum while Vanessa, the girl he loves, and Angel, a transgender acquaintance, try to help.

Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth

miseducation

In the early 1990s, when gay teenager Cameron Post rebels against her conservative Montana ranch town and her family decides she needs to change her ways, she is sent to a gay conversion therapy center.

No One Needs to Know by Amanda Grace

noone

Told from separate viewpoints, two seniors at an elite girls school grow close as they work together on a project and Zoey, a scholarship student, begins dating wealthy, troubled Olivia's twin brother Liam, but romance blossoms between the girls, threatening both of their relationships with Liam.

Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David Levithan

Willgrayson

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.

Everything Changes by Samantha Hale

everything

Seventeen-year-old Raven Walker has never had a boyfriend. She's never really been interested in boys. But she was always too afraid to examine what that might mean. Until she meets Morgan O'Shea and finds herself inexplicably drawn to her.

Geography Club by Brent Hartinger

geography

A group of gay and lesbian teenagers finds mutual support when they form the "Geography Club" at their high school.

Shadow Walkers by Brent Hartinger

Shadow

Living with his grandparents on a tiny island off the Washington coast, Zach feels cut off from the world, but when his little brother, Gilbert, is kidnapped Zach and a new friend, Emory, seek him in the astral realm, where a centuries-old creature hungers for Zach's soul.

Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher

almost

With his mother working long hours and in pain from a romantic break-up, eighteen-year-old Logan feels alone and unloved until a zany new student arrives at his small-town Missouri high school, keeping a big secret.

Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan

Twoboys

Harry and Craig are two 17-year-olds about to take part in a 32-hour marathon of kissing to set a new Guinness World Record—all of which is narrated by a Greek Chorus of the generation of gay men lost to AIDS.

The Secret Ingredient by Stewart Lewis

secret

After a chance meeting with a psychic, Olivia, a teen living in Los Angeles with her two dads and misfit brother, finds a vintage cookbook with handwritten notes inside and pieces together a story that turns a normal summer into a search for her birth mother.

 

Crush by Carrie Mac

Crush

Because of a moment of indiscretion, Hope's parents send her to New York to spend the summer with her hipster sister while they travel to Thailand. Miserable, Hope ends up meeting Nat, and developing a powerful crush. The only problem is that Nat is a girl.

The Straight Road to Kylie by Nico Medina

straight

He's seventeen, out and proud, and ready to party through senior year with his posse of best girlfriends. But the year starts off with the wrong kind of bang when Jonathan — in an inebriated lapse of judgment — sleeps with a friend of his...a girl friend!

Forward Pass by Lorna Schultz Nicholson

Forward

The team's new assistant coach may actually have the pull to get Parmita a National Team tryout, but Parmita is uncomfortable with her coach's constant flirting and accidentally-on-purpose touching. After the coach guesses Parmita's secret about her sexuality and corners her in the locker room, Parmita has to decide how far she'll go to get a tryout.

M or F? by Lisa Papademetriou and Chris Tebbetts

m

Gay teen Marcus helps his friend Frannie chat up her crush online, but then becomes convinced that the crush is falling for him instead.

Sprout: or my salad days when I was green in judgement by Dale Peck

sprout

Moving from Long Island to Kansas after his mother dies, a teenaged boy nicknamed Sprout is surprised to find new friends, a fascinating landscape, and romantic love.

So Hard to Say by Alex Sanchez

SoHard

Thirteen-year-old Xio, a Mexican American girl, and Frederick, who has just moved to California from Wisconsin, quickly become close friends, but when Xio starts thinking of Frederick as her boyfriend, he must confront his feelings of confusion and face the fear that he might be gay.

Stick by Andrew Smith

stick

Thirteen-year-old Stark "Stick" McClellan's brother Bosten has always defended him against those who tease him for his thinness and facial deformity, so when Bosten, having admitted he is gay, must leave home and their abusive parents, Stick sets out to find him.

Forgive Me if I Told You This Before by Karelia Stetz-Waters

forgive

At high school beginning in 1989, shy, intelligent Triinu comes to realize that she is a lesbian--and in love--just as her home state of Oregon is debating Measure 9, which would allow discrimination against gay people.

Love & Lies: Marisol's story by Ellen Wittlinger

love

When Marisol, a self-confident eighteen-year-old lesbian, moves to Cambridge, Massachusetts to work and try to write a novel, she falls under the spell of her beautiful but deceitful writing teacher, while also befriending a shy, vulnerable girl from Indiana

 


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