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Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

Becky Albertalli - Balzer + Bray
Format: Paperback

Now a major motion picture: Love, Simon, starring Nick Robinson and Katherine Langford!William C. Morris Award Winner: Best Young Adult Debut of the Year * National Book Award Longlist"A remarkable gift of a novel." - Andrew Smith, author of Grasshopper Jungle"I am so in love...
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I Am J

Cris Beam - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

J had always felt different. He was certain that eventually everyone would understand who he really was: a boy mistakenly born as a girl. Yet as he grew up, his body began to betray him; eventually J stopped praying to wake up a "real boy" and started covering up his body, keeping...
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Freakboy

Kristin Elizabeth Clark - Farrar Straus Giroux
Format: Print book

From the outside, Brendan Chase seems to have it pretty easy. He's a star wrestler, a video game aficionado, and a loving boyfriend to his seemingly perfect match, Vanessa. But on the inside, Brendan struggles to understand why his body feels so wrong why he sometimes fantasizes having...
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The miseducation of Cameron Post

Emily M Danforth - Balzer + Bray
Format: Book

Set in rural Montana in the early 1990s, emily m. danforth's The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a powerful and widely acclaimed YA coming-of-age novel in the tradition of the classic Annie on My Mind. Cameron Post feels a mix of guilt and relief when her parents die in a car accident....
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If You Could Be Mine: A Novel

Sara Farizan - Algonquin Young Readers
Format: Paperback

Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Childrens/Young Adult One of Rolling Stones 40 Best YA Novels A 2014 ALA Rainbow List Top 10 Title A BOOKLIST Top 10 First Novels for Youth 2013 A Chicago Public Library "Best of the Best" 2013 This Forbidden Romance Could Cost Them...
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The Great American Whatever

Tim Federle - Simon & Schuster BFYR
Format: Print book

"Teenaged Quinn, an aspiring screenwriter, copes with his sister's death while his best friend forces him back out into the world to face his reality"--
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Lily and Dunkin

Donna Gephart - Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

"Gephart has written a story that will speak not just to one specific community, but to humanity as a whole." --VOYAFor readers who enjoyed Wonder and Counting by 7's, award-winning author Donna Gephart crafts a compelling dual narrative about two remarkable...
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Girl Mans Up

M-E Girard - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

Lambda Literary Award Winner! "Pen is an inspiration to anyone whos struggled to be understood, and a vital addition to the growing world of genderqueer protagonists." - New York Times Book ReviewAll Pen wants is to be the kind of girl shes always been. So why does everyone have...
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Will Grayson, Will Grayson

John Green - Dutton
Format: Book

Two award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author join forces for a collaborative novel of awesome proportions.One cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, two teens - both named Will Grayson - are about to cross paths. As their worlds collide and intertwine, the Will...
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Been Here All Along

Sandy Hall - Swoon Reads
Format: Print book

Gideon always has a plan. It includes running for class president, becoming head of the yearbook committee, and having his choice of colleges. It does NOT include falling head over heels for his best friend, Kyle. It's a distraction, it's pointless -- Kyle is already dating the head...
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See You at Harry's

Johanna Knowles - Candlewick Press
Format: Print book

Starting middle school brings all the usual challenges - until the unthinkable happens, and Fern and her family must find a way to heal.Twelve-year-old Fern feels invisible. Her dad is always busy planning how to increase traffic to the family business. Her Mom is constantly going off to meditate....
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Openly Straight

Bill Konigsberg - Arthur A. Levine Books
Format: Paperback

The award-winning novel about being out, being proud, and being ready for something else... now in paperback.The award-winning novel about being out, being proud, and being ready for something else. Pre-order the companion novel Honestly Ben now (out 3/28/17) !Rafe is a normal teenager...
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Autoboyography

Christina Lauren - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Fangirl meets Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda in this funny and poignant coming-of-age novel from New York Times bestselling author Christina Lauren about two boys who fall in love in a writing class - one from a progressive family and the other from a conservative...
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Boy Meets Boy

David Levithan - Knopf Books for Young Readers; First Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

This is the story of Paul, a sophomore at a high school like no other: The cheerleaders ride Harleys, the homecoming queen used to be a guy named Daryl (she now prefers Infinite Darlene and is also the star quarterback), and the gay-straight alliance was formed to help the straight kids...
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Two Boys Kissing

David Levithan - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Hardcover

A 2014 Lambda Literary Award Winner A 2014 Stonewall Honor BookNamed to the 2013 National Book Award Longlist "You have to read this." - Rainbow Rowell, author of Eleanor & Park In his follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Every Day, David...
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Wide Awake

David Levithan - Knopf Books for Young Readers; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

In the not-too-impossible-to-imagine future, a gay Jewish man has been elected president of the United States. Until the governor of one state decides that some election results in his state are invalid, awarding crucial votes to the other candidate, and his fellow party member. Thus is the inspiration...
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Adaptation

Malinda Lo - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Reese can't remember anything from the time between the accident and the day she woke up almost a month later. She only knows one thing: She's different now.Across North America, flocks of birds hurl themselves into airplanes, causing at least a dozen to crash. Thousands of people...
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Ramona Blue

Julie Murphy - Balzer + Bray
Format: Print book

From Julie Murphy, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin' and Side Effects May Vary, comes another fearless heroine, Ramona Blue, in a gorgeously evocative novel about family, friendship, and how sometimes love can be more fluid than you first think. Perfect for fans of Rainbow...
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I'll Give You the Sun

Jandy Nelson - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times Bestselling story of first love, family, loss, and betrayal for fans of John Green, Nicola Yoon, Jonathan Tropper, Emma Straub, and Rainbow Rowell "We were all heading for each other on a collision course, no matter what. Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same...
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Gracefully Grayson

Ami Polonsky - Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

"Grayson, a transgender twelve-year-old, learns to accept her true identity and share it with the world"--
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If I Was Your Girl

Meredith Russo - Flatiron Books
Format: Print book

A big-hearted, groundbreaking novel about being seen for who you really are, and a love story you can't help but root for Amanda Hardy is the new girl in school. Like anyone else, all she wants is to make friends and fit in. But Amanda is keeping a secret, and she's determined not to get too close...
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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Benjamin Alire Saenz - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A lyrical novel about family and friendship from critically acclaimed author Benjamin Alire Senz.Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. When the two meet at the swimming pool, they seem to have nothing...
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History Is All You Left Me

Adam Silvera - Soho Teen
Format: Hardcover

"This book will make you cry, think, and then cry some more." - Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything From the New York Times bestselling author of More Happy Than Not comes an explosive examination of grief, mental illness,...
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Lies We Tell Ourselves

Robin Talley - Harlequin Teen
Format: Hardcover

In 1959 Virginia, the lives of two girls on opposite sides of the battle for civil rights will be changed forever. . Sarah Dunbar is one of the first black students to attend the previously all-white Jefferson High School. An honors student at her old school, she is put into remedial classes,...
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Our Own Private Universe

Robin Talley - Harlequin Teen
Format: Print book

Fifteen-year-old Aki Simon has a theory. And it's mostly about sex. No, it isn't that kind of theory. Aki already knows she's bisexual - even if, until now, it's mostly been in the hypothetical sense. Aki has dated only guys so far, and her best friend, Lori, is the only person who knows...
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Afterworlds

Scott Westerfeld - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Scott Westerfeld comes a smart, thought-provoking novel-within-a-novel that you wont be able to put down.. Darcy Patel has put college on hold to publish her teen novel, Afterworlds. With a contract in hand, she arrives in New York City with...
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Our Own Private Universe

Robin Talley - Harlequin Teen
Format: Print book

Fifteen-year-old Aki Simon has a theory. And it's mostly about sex. No, it isn't that kind of theory. Aki already knows she's bisexual - even if, until now, it's mostly been in the hypothetical sense. Aki has dated only guys so far, and her best friend, Lori, is the only person who knows...
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Highly Illogical Behavior

John Corey Whaley - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

Teen and adult fans of All The Bright Places, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, and Everything, Everything will adore this quirky story of coming-of-age, coming out, friendship, love...and agoraphobia. Sixteen-year-old Solomon is agoraphobic. He hasn't left the house...
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Pink

Lili Wilkinson - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

Ava is tired of her ultracool attitude, ultraradical politics, and ultrablack clothing. She's ready to try something new - she's even ready to be someone new. Someone who fits in, someone with a gorgeous boyfriend, someone who wears pink.But Ava soon finds that changing herself is more...
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