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LGBTQIA+ for Teens @ SCCLD

LGBTQIA+ representation in contemporary and historical fiction, science fiction, fantasy, mystery, horror, graphic novels and non-fiction.

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  • 336 p. (Gr 9+) In this warm hug of a romance Alana and Gray navigate the transition from a romantic relationship to a strong friendship, to more.
    Book, 2024New York : Feiwel & Friends, 2024. — / FICTION HORNE MAGGIE
  • Flamboyants

    the Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known

    Johnson, George M. (George Matthew), 1985-
    144 p. (Gr. 10+) From the author of "All Boys Aren't Blue" comes this lovingly rendered set of profiles of 12 notable queer Black people from the Harlem Renaissance, interspersed with personal essays and spot illustrations
    Book, 2024New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2024. — / 700.9239 JOHNSON
  • 368p. (Gr. 8+) This offers both fake dating and enemies-to-lovers tropes to swoon over in this sapphic romance, and they both sparkle in a new way. Ashley Marie Parker and Lizzie Hernandez have exactly three things in common: neither have been in a…
    Book, 2025Toronto, ON, Canada : Wattpad Books, 2025. — / FICTION MORROW AUBURN
  • 128 p. (Gr. 9+) In this intersectional poetry collection there are poems about the power of language to transcend the racist and homophobic constructs of a society prejudging Black boys. It reclaims the label of knucklehead
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2025] — / 811.6 KEITH
  • 304 p. (Gr. 8+) After Kirby Tan breaks her arm at the rock-climbing invitationals she joins the newspaper club, where she meets and falls for astrology-obsessed Bex. This graphic novel dives deep into themes of hope and grief, all stunningly portray…
    Book, 2025New York, NY : HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2025] — / GN GAO
  • 40 p. (Gr. 10+) Gender is a self-understanding influenced by society, culture and personal experiences. Sex, in contrast, is a biological term. Neither of which is binary! This graphic medicine comic is a unique exploration into the intersection of…
    Book, 2024London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, an imprint of John Murray Press, part of Hodder & Stoughton Limited, [2024] — / GN GOETZ
  • 385 p. (Gr. 10+) Lower-class Ash has little chance of earning a license that will allow him to legally practice alchemy, so he uses his access to the alchemist school's resources to teach himself. When arrogant upper-class Ramsay catches him, they…
    Book, 2024[New York] : Tor Teen, [2024] — / SF CALLEND KACEN
  • 400 p. (Gr. 10+) Two best friends (Iranian-American and Latinx-American), bonded by their shared love of poetry, uncover all the different meanings if "I love you" once they begin dating their senior year of high school.
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2024[New York] : Listening Library, 2024.
  • 304 p. (Gr. 8+) All that black, bisexual senior Jericka knows about her grandmother is that she abandoned her children--Jericka's mother and uncle. So Jericka doesn't understand why her mother moves them to rural Coldwater, Maryland, to take care of…
    Book, 2024New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2024. — / FICTION BURCH CIERA
  • 384 p. (Gr. 10+) Haunted by the death of her sister and the decades-old cold case of best friends Bailey and Celeste, eighteen-year-old Tru becomes entangled with a mysterious girl named Rio as their pursuit of the truth unveils an otherworldly…
    Book, 2024[New York, New York] : Razorbill, 2024. — / FICTION SAIN GINNY
  • 320 p. (Gr. 9+) Seventeen-year-old Birdie must overcome her desire to blend in so she can help new friend Abigail Rose take her family's amateur wrestling promotion in a new, more feminist direction. Wrestling, taxidermy, and gender all are woven…
    Book, 2024New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2024. — / FICTION ROURKEM BECK
  • Being Ace

    An Anthology of Queer, Trans, Femme, and Disabled Stories of Asexual Love and Connection

    339 p. (Gr. 9+) Discover the infinite realms of asexual love across sci-fi, fantasy, and contemporary stories. Whether adventuring through space, outsmarting a vengeful water spirit, or surviving haunted cemeteries, no two aces are the same in these…
    Book, 2023Salem, MA. : Page Street Kids Publishing Co., 2023. — / FICTION BEING