Pink - A Teen Novel With Musical Theater and Identity Crises

By Lili Wilkinson

Ava is tired of being ultracool, of wearing black, of being a radical. She's ready to try being someone new. Someone who fits in. Someone with a gorgeous boyfriend. Someone who wears... pink.

She's transferring to a new school, and it's the perfect chance to try on a new identity... But just in case things don't work out, Ava's hiding her new take on who she is from her parents and especially from her old girlfriend!

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The End: Five Queer Kids Save The World

By Nora Olsen

Time Travel.

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Teen Heroes.

Saving the World...

Here's the author talking about her debut novel:





Congratulations, Nora! It's exciting when a devoted reader of this blogsite becomes one of our featured authors!

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Tricks

By Ellen Hopkins

Sex. Sound fun?

Sex for money. Sound glamorous?

Sex to survive. Get Real.

In this wrenching and powerful novel in verse, five different teens struggle to figure out what sex and love are all about.

Eden's a preacher's daughter, in love with a boy her parents will never accept.

Seth is gay, the son of a farmer, afraid to come out to his dad.

Whitney lives in her big sister's shadow, wishing someone would pay attention to her.

Ginger's Mom is a whore - and Ginger has to take care of her siblings at the cost of taking care of herself.

Cody's stepdad is an okay guy, but then he gets sick... And Cody has to become the adult.


For five different reasons, each of them gets dragged into turning "Tricks." Can they survive? And if they do, can they ever feel okay about themselves again?


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Lucky

By Eddie De Oliveira

Sam's 19, bi, and plays soccer.

He falls for Toby, who also likes guys and girls.

Their romance rockets... then spins out of control when Emma, a girl they both are attracted to, enters the picture.

Because Toby starts hanging out with Emma, leaving Sam... Out.


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My Invented Life

By Lauren Bjorkman

Roz and Eva are sisters. friends. rivals.

See, there's Bryan the skate god. And a starring role in the school play.

Roz wants them both. Pesky detail: Eva already has Bryan as her boyfriend. And Eva's a better actress.

But Roz thinks she's found some dirt on Eva that may change things: Could Eva be having a secret love affair... with a girl?


Lauren calls her book "A modern day quasi-Shakespearean comedy romp for questioning/bi girls," which I think sounds great.

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A Map Of Home

By Randa Jarrar

Nidali was born in the US, but she's grown up in Kuwait. She's 13 when her family flees the Iraqi invasion. They go to Egypt, and then to the suburbs of Texas.

And in Texas, Nidali's trying to figure life out - kissing boys, and wanting one girl's first kiss... to be with her.


Thanks to Daisy Porter and her amazing "Queer YA: Fiction for LGBTQ Teens" blog for letting me know about this one! (Daisy's review is here.) Add your review of "A Map Of Home" in comments!