LGBTQ YA Books

Young Adult books featuring lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or trans, queer, questioning, asexual, nonbinary, genderfluid, genderqueer, pansexual, two spirit, demisexual, or other romantic and sexual orientations and gender identities. Not exhaustive or complete.
 

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1. Girl made of stars

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Author:
Blake, Ashley Herring
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
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Description:
When Mara's twin brother Owen is accused of rape by her friend Hannah, Mara is forced to confront her feelings about her family, her sense of right and wrong, a trauma from her past, and the future with her girlfriend, Charlie.

2. The Luis Ortega survival club

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Author:
Reyes, Sonora
Average Rating:
3 stars
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Cary Regional - Young Adult
YA REYES
East Regional - Young Adult
YA REYES
Eva H. Perry Regional - Young Adult
YA REYES
Description:
"Ariana Ruiz wants to be noticed. But as an autistic girl who never talks, she goes largely ignored by her peers--despite her bold fashion choices. So when cute, popular Luis starts to pay attention to her, Ari finally feels seen. Luis's attention soon turns to something more, and they have sex at a party--while Ari didn't say no, she definitely didn't say yes. Before she has a chance to process what happened and decide if she even has the right to...

3. The mirror season

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Author:
McLemore, Anna-Marie
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4 stars
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Athens Drive Community - Young Adult
YA MCLEMORE
Cary Regional - Young Adult
YA MCLEMORE
East Regional - Young Adult
YA MCLEMORE
Description:
After Ciela and Lock are sexually assaulted at the same party, they develop a cautious friendship through her family's possibly-magical pastelería and his secret forest of otherworldly trees.

4. The music of what happens

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Author:
Konigsberg, Bill
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4.6 stars
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East Regional - Young Adult
YA KONIGSBE
North Regional - Young Adult
YA KONIGSBE
Northeast Regional - Young Adult
YA KONIGSBE
Description:
It is summer in Phoenix, and seventeen-year-old Maximo offers to help Jordan, a fellow student in high school, with the food truck that belonged to Jordan's deceased father, and which may be the only thing standing between homelessness for Jordan and his mom; the boys are strongly attracted to each other, but as their romance develops it is threatened by the secrets they are hiding--and by the racism and homophobia of those around them.

5. The sea knows my name

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Author:
Robson, Laura Brooke
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Athens Drive Community - Young Adult
YA ROBSON
Cary Regional - Young Adult has 2
YA ROBSON
East Regional - Young Adult
YA ROBSON
Description:
Scholarly and soft-spoken, seventeen-year-old Thea escapes from her mother's pirate ship and into the arms of a charming sailor whose betrayal forces Thea to reconsider her mother's lessons about surviving in a man's world.

6. Tell me my name

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Author:
Reed, Amy Lynn
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1 stars
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East Regional - Young Adult
YA REED
North Regional - Young Adult
YA REED
Wendell Community - Young Adult
YA REED
Description:
Eighteen-year-old Fern's life spirals out of control after troubled former child star Ivy Avila arrives on Commodore Island, ultimately forcing Fern to take agency over her own existence.