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• Skate for Your Life

  Baker, Leo, 1991-

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  Leo Baker is a nonbinary skate boarder who has traversed the world of a gendered sport. This is their story of staying true to themselves while crushing it at the skate park. Part of the Pocket Change Collective series. MS

• What's the T?

  Dawson, Juno

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  A comprehensive guide for trans and nonbinary teens to navigate gender identity.

• The Feeling of Falling in Love

  Deaver, Mason

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  Neil is a privileged brat. Wyatt is the ultimate sweetheart. Can their fake dating lead to real love?

• Bitter

  Emezi, Akwaeke

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  Bitter finds sanctuary at her boarding school, but when violence starts escalating and Bitter’s art comes to life, she must decide what her role is in the revolution.

• Cheer Up! Love and Pompoms

  Frasier, Crystal

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  Bebe feels a lot of pressure as the school’s first openly trans girl, but she finds connection and even romance with her childhood friend Annie as they join the cheer squad. GN

• Icebreaker

  Graziadei, A. L.

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  Rivals turned lovers on the ice rink!

• Jay's Gay Agenda

  Jason June

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  Jay is the only out gay kid in his rural town in Washington, so when his parents move the family to Seattle, he knows this is his time to start checking items off his gay agenda, like his first kiss and finding community.

• In the Key of Us

  Lockington, Mariama

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  Since her mother’s death, Andi has lost her love of playing trumpet. But meeting fellow Black teen musician Zora at music camp might help Andi rediscover her passion in more ways than one. MS

• Different Kinds of Fruit

  Lukoff, Kyle

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  Annabelle is excited when a new student arrives at her middle school near Seattle. But she doesn’t expect that Bailey will open a whole new world of gender exploration and unleash some difficult family truths. MS

• Lakelore

  McLemore, Anna-Marie

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  Two teenagers are reunited seven years after journeying to the mystical underwater world of Lakelore. When the secrets beneath the lake threaten to surface, they must trust each other and open up about their nonbinary and neurodivergent…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Kissed Shara Wheeler

  a Novel

  McQuiston, Casey

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  On the eve of graduation, perfect student Shara kisses Chloe, her boyfriend Smith, and her neighbor Rory and then disappears. The three band together to figure out what happened to Shara and unravel some of the secrets of their hometown in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster

  Mosqueda, Andrea

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  Maggie has to decide who to take as her escort for her younger sister’s quinceañera: her ex-boyfriend, her lifelong best friend (and one-time crush), or the new girl at school.

• The Chandler Legacies

  Nazemian, Abdi

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  Five students are selected for The Circle, an elusive writing workshop at an elite private high school. Told from alternating perspectives, each student confronts their own internal struggles as well as the discriminatory and privileged…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Magic Fish

  Nguyen, Trung Le

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  Tié̂n and his mom communicate in a smattering of English and Vietnamese. He doesn’t have the words to tell her that he is gay, so he tries to connect through fairy tales—a language they both understand. GN

• From Dust, a Flame

  Podos, Rebecca

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  When Hannah wakes up on her 17th birthday with snake eyes, she knows something strange is happening. She could never expect that it would lead her to unknown Jewish heritage, family she’d never heard of, and a budding romance with a girl…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Spin With Me

  Polonsky, Ami

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  Moving to North Carolina for seventh grade is not Essie’s idea of fun, especially given how weird things are between her parents. She’s counting down the days until she can leave, until she meets Ollie, who’s nonbinary, and learns that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

  Reyes, Sonora

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  After Yamilet’s disastrous coming out to her former best friend, she decides no one at her new Catholic school will know she’s gay. But she didn’t anticipate befriending Bo, a proud lesbian who catches her eye on day one.

• The Greatest Thing

  Searle, Sarah Winifred

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  As Winifred adjusts to her two best friends switching schools, she opens herself up to new friendships, creative outlets, and the possibility of queerness. GN

• Between Perfect and Real

  Stoeve, Ray

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  When Dean is cast as Romeo in his Seattle high school production, everyone assumes he’ll be playing the character as the lesbian they know. Then Dean decides that he’s ready to show both his castmates and the world that he’s trans. MS

• Cemetery Boys

  Thomas, Aiden

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  Trans boy Yadriel wants to prove his masculinity to his family by summoning a spirit as a brujo. Though he tries to conjure his murdered cousin, he ends up invoking the spirit of local bad boy Julian and things get much more complicated.