Fat Angie by e.E. Charlton-Trujillo - Angie overeats to cope wth the taunts of the ultra-mean girls, her attempted suicide in front of a packed gym, and the status of her captured war-hero sister, until KC Romance comes to town and sees Angie for who she really is. (High School Reader; also available as an e-book)
This Book is Gay by James Dawson - Offers basic information about the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience. (High School Reader; also available as an e-book)
Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan - Having never developed romantic feelings before her junior year in high school, Persian-American Leila forges deeper bonds with supportive classmates after confiding in them her newfound attachment to a girl. (High School Reader)
Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle - An eighth-grader who dreams of performing in Broadway musical concocts a plan to run away to New York and audition for the role of Elliot in the musical version of "E.T." (Middle School Reader; also available as an e-book)Totally Joe by James Howe - As a school assignment, a 13-year-old boy writes an alphabiography - life from A to Z - and explores issues of friendship, family, school and the challenges of being a gay teenager. (Middle School Reader)
Ask the Passengers by A.S. King - Imagining that she is sending love to passengers in airplanes flying overhead, Astrid Jones, a teen from a small town torn by gossip and narrow-mindedness, struggles with her family's dysfunction and hides her love for another girl. (High School Reader)
Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin - An honest look at the lives, loves and struggles of transgender teens. (High School Reader; also available as an e-book)
Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan - A chorus of men who died of AIDS observes and yearns to help a cross-section of today's gay teens who navigate new love, long-term relationships, coming out, self-acceptance, and more in a society that has changed in many ways. (High School Reader; also available as an e-book)
Marco Impossible by Hannah Moskowitz - Two best friends attempt to break into the high school prom so that one of them can confess his love for the adorable bass player of the prom band. (Middle School Reader)
I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson - A story of first love and family loss follows the estrangement between daredevil Jude and her loner twin brother, Noah, as a result of a mysterious event that is brought to light by a beautiful, broken boy and a new mentor. (High School Reader; also available as an e-book)
Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky - Hiding the truth about her awareness that she is a girl trapped inside a male body, Grayson finds new strength to embrace her true identity from an unexpected friendship and a supportive teacher.(Middle School Reader)
Tomboy by Liz Prince - Eschewing female stereotypes throughout her early years and failing to gain acceptance on the boys' baseball team, Liz learns to embrace her own views on gender as she comes of age, in an anecdotal graphic novel memoir. (High School Reader)
Boyfriends with Girlfriends by Alex Sanchez - When Lance begins to date Sergio, who's bisexual, he's not sure that it'll work out, and when his best friend Allie, who has a boyfriend, meets Sergio's lesbian friend, she has unexpected feelings which she struggles to understand. (High School Reader)
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