Kutub, Naz
Summary: Sy, a seventeen-year-old gay Muslim boy, travels the world for a second chance at love after a possibly magical heiress grants him three wishes.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2022
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC KUTLukens, F. T.
Summary: Arek has managed to fulfill the prophecy and save the Kingdom of Ere from its evil ruler, but the quest is not over because until they free the princess locked in one of the towers he has to assume the crown himself; only the princess proves to be very dead, and Arek is stuck as king; then he discovers that magic requires him to find a bride before his eighteenth birthday or wither away--but...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LUKMurphy, Julie
Summary: Creating a drag-show audition tape that culminates in an unkind nomination for prom queen, an overweight and openly gay teen partners with a girl who has been nominated for prom king to embrace their true selves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MURSmith, Niki
Summary: After witnessing a violent attack at school, Manuel struggles with anxiety but his cell phone camera helps him find anchors when he dissociates, and an unexpected friendship opens up new possibilities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SMICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SMIFederle, Tim
Summary: When E.T.: The Musical closes, Nate reluctantly returns home to begin high school and, with his best friend, Libby, makes a project of turning Dickens' Great Expectations into a musical.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2018
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Summary: In his small Georgia town, Barclay Elliot is basically a legend. Here basketball is all that matters, and no one has a bigger spotlight than Barclay. Until he decides to use the biggest pep rally in the town's history to come out to his school. And things change. Quickly.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster BFYR 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HAYDimaline, Cherie
Summary: In this queer reimaging of The secret garden, fifteen-year-old orphan Mary sets off to live in the Georgian Bay wilds where she discovers family secrets both wonderful and horrifying.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC DIMStamper, Phil
Summary: "Gabriel, Reese, Sal, and Heath are best friends, bonded in their small rural town by their queerness, their good grades, and their big dreams. They are about to embark on the summer before senior year of high school, where each is going on a new, big adventure, from attending a design school in Paris to interning on Capitol Hill for a U.S. Senator. What will this summer of new experiences and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC STANazemian, Abdi
Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC NAZAlbertalli, Becky
Summary: Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being blackmailed: if he doesn't play wingman for class clown Martin, his sexual identity will become everyone's business. Worse, the privacy of Blue, the pen name of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ALBCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC ALBDietrich, Cale
Summary: In a secret organization that cultivates teenage spies, the stakes are high for two agents, Caden and Dylan, whose mission to compete for a girl destined for great power becomes complicated when Caden finds himself falling in love with his competition.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC DIEKirsch, Vincent X.
Summary: Archie and Zack are inseparable, both in elementary school and outside it, but Archie is having trouble telling Zack about his love, so he writes a letter, from A. to Z.; in fact he writes a lot of letters, but they do not sound right so he hides them, and though his other friends, Zelda, Zinnia, and Zuzella, find the letters, they all understand who the letters are really for.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Abrams 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KIRWalther, K.L.
Summary: Sage Morgan and Charlie Carmichael prove to everyone at Bexley School that their close friendship does not hide a romance when new student Nick Morrissey and Charlie's twin brother, Nick, stir things up.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WALSilvera, Adam
Summary: In a near-future New York City where a service alerts people on the day they will die, teenagers Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio meet using the Last Friend app and are faced with the challenge of living a lifetime on their End Day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC SILCopies Available at Fife Lake
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3 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SILSilvera, Adam
Summary: "We here at Last Friend Inc. are collectively sorry for this loss of you. Our deepest sympathies extend to those who love you and those who will never meet you. We hope you find a new friend of value to spend your final hours with today. 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC SILWilde, Rhiannon
Summary: Despite their differences, soon to be eighteen-year-olds Henry Hamlet and Lennon Crane have been best friends for most of their lives, but in their senior year at Northolm Grammar School for Boys in Brisbane, Australia, Henry realizes he is in love with Len.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge Publishing 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WILHutchinson, Shaun David
Summary: "Dean and Dre, the seventeen-year-old sons of the Republican and Democratic candidates for president of the United States, fall in love on the sidelines of their parents' presidential campaigns"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HUTKonigsberg, Bill
Summary: Aaron and Tillie do not know each other, but they both feel suicidal and arrive at the George Washington Bridge at the same time, intending to jump. Includes resources about suicide prevention and suicide prevention for LGBTQIA+ youth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC KONDinnison, Kris
Summary: Maggie Bowers thinks she knows what to expect her junior year of high school, but when she and her out-of-the-closet best friend Nash have feelings for the same boy she wonders if winning someone's heart means losing her soul mate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015
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Summary: A good friend will bury your body, a best friend will dig you back up. Dino doesn't mind spending time with the dead. His parents own a funeral home, and death is literally the family business. He's just not used to them talking back. Until Dino's ex-best friend July dies suddenly--and then comes back to life. Except not exactly. Somehow July is not quite alive, and not quite dead. As Dino and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HUTOshiro, Mark
Summary: Twelve-year-old Haector Muñoz, fleeing from bullies, discovers a magical closet that not only provides him sanctuary, but also unites him with two other kids facing similar problems at their own schools, helping them find friendship and strength in eachother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC OSHCouch, Robbie
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Sky, openly gay but under the radar, decides to make a splashy Promposal but his plans are leaked by an anonymous, homophobic hacker, moving his classmates to help him expose the perpetrator.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC COUNissley, Jennifer
Summary: Jillian and Henry do everything together, but when they come out as gay to each other and become interested in other people, the former couple must figure out how to move on without losing each other. Come out. Break up. Stay friends? In this heartwarming queer love story about love of all kinds, exes navigate new crushes, new feelings, and a newly uncertain future after unexpectedly coming out...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Labyrinth Road 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC NISTobin, Paul
Summary: "Layne Green is a social media sensation of a cook. He's selected to compete on a reality TV show called Voyage de Gourmet - a globe-trotting foodie adventure. However, his partner is his former best friend, Jiang-Mi Pipper, someone that he really wronged with some of his posts. Can the two find forgiveness, flavor, and themselves on this journey?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Maverick for Mad Cave Studios, Inc. 2023