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A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend by Emily Horner. (FIC HOR) (REALISTIC)
For months, Cass Meyer has heard her best friend Julia, a wannabe Broadway composer, whispering about a top-secret project. Then Julia is killed in a sudden car accident.
Absolute Brightness by James Lecesne (FIC LEC)
(REALISTIC)
In the beach town of Neptune, New Jersey, Phoebe's life is changed irrevocably when her gay cousin moves into her house and soon goes missing.
Absolutely, Positively Not by David LaRochelle
(FIC LAR) (HUMOR)
Chronicles a teenage boy's humorous attempts to fit in at his Minnesota high school by becoming a macho, girl-loving, "Playboy" pinup-displaying heterosexual.
Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher (FIC KAT) (REALISTIC)
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.
Alt Ed by Catherine Atkins (FIC ATK) (REALISTIC)
Participating in a special after-school counseling class with other troubled students, including a sensitive gay classmate, helps Susan, an overweight tenth grader, develop a better sense of herself.
Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden. (FIC GAR)
(ROMANCE)
Liza puts aside her feelings for Annie after the disaster at school, but eventually she allows love to triumph over the ignorance of people.
Becoming Chloe by Catherine Ryan Hyde (FIC HYD)
(REALISTIC)
A gay teenage boy and a fragile teenage girl meet while living on the streets of New York City and eventually decide to take a road trip across America to discover whether or not the world is a beautiful place.

Between Mom and Jo by Julie Anne Peters (FIC PET) (REALISTIC)
Fourteen-year-old Nick and his two mothers face prejudice, work problems, alcoholism, cancer, and finally separation.
Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan (FIC LEV) (REALISTIC)
Paul's simple high-school life is confused by his desire for another boy who seems unattainable, until Paul's friends help him find the courage to pursue him.
Bright Purple: Color Me Confused by Melody Carson
(FIC CAR) (REALISTIC)
When Jessica LeCroix, a fellow team member on Ramie Grant's basketball team, reveals she is a lesbian, the rest of the girls quickly begin to attack Jessica, and Ramie struggles to do the right thing and defend Jessica and her lifestyle.
Dare, Truth, or Promise by Paula Boock (FIC BOO)
(ROMANCE)
Louie Angelo, a Woodhaugh High prefect who plans to be a lawyer, falls in love with a girl who lives in a pub and just wants to get through her exams so she can become a chef.
Out of the Pocket by Bill Konigsberg (FIC KON)
(SPORTS)
As Bobby Framingham, quarterback of his high school football team, finally acknowledges to himself that he is gay, events start to spin out of control when his sexual orientation is revealed in the student newspaper and then in the local press, and he learns that his father has cancer.
Girl, Nearly 16, Absolute Torture by Sue Limb (FIC LIM)(HUMOR)
Jess knows her summer plans are ruined but little could she imagine the huge surprise that awaits her when she visits her dad's home for the first time in years.
.The Bermudez Triangle by Maureen Johnson (FIC JOH) (HUMOR)
The friendship of three high school girls and their relationships with their friends and families are tested when two of them fall in love with each other.

NON-FICTION:
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It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living (306.76 IT)
GLBTQ (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning): The Survival Guide for Queer and Questioning Teens by Kelly Huegel (306.76 Hue)
Gay America: The Struggle for Equality by Linas Alsenas (306.76 ALS)
The Whole World Was Watching: Living in the Light of Matthew Shepard by Romaine Patterson. (306.76 Pat)

Fiction:
Parrotfish by Ellen Wittlinger. (FIC WIT) (REALISTIC)
Grady, a transgendered high school student, yearns for acceptance by his classmates and family as he struggles to adjust to his new identity as a male.
Say the Word by Jeannine Garsee. (FIC GAR) (REALISTIC)
After the death of her estranged mother, who left Ohio years ago to live with her lesbian partner in NYC, seventeen-year-old Shawna’s life is transformed by revelations about her family, her best friend, and herself.
Whistle Me Home by Barbara Wersba. (FIC WER) (REALISTIC)
Seventeen year old Noli feels as if she has found her soul matewhen handsome, sensitive TJ moves to Sag Harbor, but even as their feelings deepen, individual secrets threaten their relationship.
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli. (FIC ALB) (REALISTIC)
Sixteen-year-old, not-so-openly-gay Simon Spier is blackmailed into playing wingman for his classmate or else his sexual identity--and that of his pen pal--will be revealed

Donorboy by Brendan Halpin (FIC HAL)
(HUMOR)
Rosalind, a fourteen-year-old orphan, becomes the ward of her biological father after the tragic death of her gay mother, and struggles with the adjustment of getting to know a father she never knew.
Eight Seconds by Jean Ferris (FIC FER) (REALISTIC)
Eighteen-year-old John must confront his own sexuality when he goes to rodeo school and finds himself strangely attracted to an older boy who is smart, tough, complicated, gorgeous, and gay.
Empress of the World by Sara Ryan (FIC RYA)
(REALISTIC)
While attending a summer institute, fifteen-year-old Nic meets another girl named Battle, falls in love with her, and finds the relationship to be difficult and confusing.
Far From Xanadu by Julie Ann Peters (FIC PET)
(ROMANCE)
In a small Kansas town, sixteen-year-old Mary-Elizabeth "Mike" Szabo, struggling to understand her father's suicide and her own homosexuality, reaches the breaking point when she falls in love withXanadu, an exotic girl who has moved to small Coalton, Kansas, from the big city.
Freaks and Revelations by Davida Hurwin
(FIC HUR) (REALISTIC)
A story told in the alternating voices of a seventeen-year-old racist and a thirteen-year-old boy cast out of his home for being gay, whose violent encounter with each other has a lasting impact on their futures.
From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun by Jacqueline Woodson (FIC WOO) (REALISTIC)
Fourteen-year-old Melanin Sun's comfortable, quiet life is shattered when his mother reveals she has fallen in love with a woman.
Geography Club by Brent Hartinger (FIC HAR)
A group of gay and lesbian teens find support when they form the "Geography Club" at their high school.

God Box by Alex Sanchez (FIC SAN) (REALISTIC)
When openly gay Manuel transfers to Paul's high school, Paul, a born-again Christian, begins to question his own sexuality.
Hard Love by Ellen Wittlinger (FIC WIT) (REALISTIC)
After starting to publish a zine in which he writes his secret feelings about his lonely life and his parents' divorce, sixteen-year-old John meets an unusual girl and begins to develop a healthier personality.
Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg (FIC KON) (REALISTIC)
Tired of being known as "the gay kid", Rafe Goldberg decides to assume a new persona when he comes east and enters an elite Massachusetts prep school--but trying to deny his identity has both complications and unexpected consequences.
If It Doesn’t Kill You by Margaret Bechard (FIC BEC)
(SPORTS)
High school freshman Ben should be enjoying playing football, meeting girls, and going to parties, but he's too busy trying to cope with his father's moving out to live with another man.
Keesha’s House by Helen Frost (FIC FRO) (REALISTIC)
Seven teens facing such problems as pregnancy, closeted homosexuality, and abuse each describe in poetic forms what caused them to leave home and where they found home again.
The Last Exit to Normal by Michael Harmon (FIC HAR) (REALISTIC)
Yanked out of his city life and plunked down in a small Montana town with his newly outed father and his father's boyfriend, seventeen-year-old Ben, angry and resentful about the changed circumstances of his life, begins to notice something is not quite right with the little boy next door and determines to figure out what is going on.
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green (FIC GRE) (REALISTIC)
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.

Luna by Julie Anne Peters (FIC PET) (REALISTIC)
Fifteen-year-old Regan's life, which has always revolved around keeping her older brother Liam's transsexuality a secret, changes when Liam decides to start the process of "transitioning" by first telling his family and friends that he is a girl who was born in a boy's body.
Magic and Misery by Peter Marino (FIC MAR)(REALISTIC)
TJ, a sturdy teenaged girl with little self-confidence, becomes best friends with a new, gay student in her high school, and when he is bullied and she tries to convince him to tell the authorities, he refuses.
My Heartbeat by Garret Freymann-Weyr (FIC FRE) (REALISTIC)
As she tries to understand the closeness between her older brother and his best friend, fourteen-year-old Ellen finds her relationship with each of them changing.
My Invented Life by Lauren Bjorkman (FIC BJO) (REALISTIC)
During rehearsals for Shakespeare's "As You Like It," sixteen-year-old Roz, jealous of her cheerleader sister's acting skills and heartthrob boyfriend, invents a new identity, with unexpected results.
Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard (FIC KLU) (REALISTIC)
"In Ontario, Pen is a sixteen-year-old girl who looks like a boy. She's fine with it, but everyone else is uncomfortable--especially her Portuguese immigrant parents and her manipulative neighbor who doesn't want her to find a group of real friends"
Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan. (FIC COH) (ROMANCE)
Although they have been friends and neighbors all their lives, straight Naomi and gay Ely find their relationship severely strained during their freshman year at New York University.
The Year They Burned the Books by Nancy Garden
(FIC GAR) (REALISTIC)
While trying to come to terms with her own lesbian feelings, Jamie, a high-school senior and editor of the school newspaper, finds herself in the middle of a battle with a group of townspeople over the new health education curriculum.