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• Don't Let It Break Your Heart

  Horne, Maggie

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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.

• Flamboyants

  the Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known

  Johnson, George M. (George Matthew), 1985-

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  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

• The Trial Period

  Morrow, Auburn

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  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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Knucklehead

  Poems

  Keith, Tony, Jr.,

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  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

• Kirby's Lessons for Falling (in Love)

  Gao, Laura

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  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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gender Is Really Strange

  Goetz, Teddy G.

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  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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Infinity Alchemist

  Callender, Kacen

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  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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Just Another Epic Love Poem

  a Novel

  Akhbari, Parisa

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  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.

• Something Kindred

  Burch, Ciera

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  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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• One Last Breath

  Sain, Ginny Myers

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  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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Are Mayhem

  Rourke-Mooney, Beck

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  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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Being Ace

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

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  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…Read moreRead more of this annotation