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Chasing Pacquiao

Rod Pulido - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Experience the extreme joys, sorrows, and triumphs of a queer Filipino-American teenager struggling to prove himself in an unforgiving world. A poignant coming-of-age story, perfect for fans of Patron Saints of Nothing and Juliet Takes a Breath.. Self preservation. That's Bobby's...
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Ready When You Are

Gary Lonesborough - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Hardcover

A remarkable YA love story between two Aboriginal boys -- one who doesn't want to accept he's gay, and the boy who comes to live in his house who makes him realize who he is.It's a hot summer, and life's going all right for Jackson and his family on the Mish. It's almost...
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I Like Me Better

Robby Weber - ‎Inkyard Press; Original edition
Format: Hardcover

A joyful summer romance that Jason June, New York Times bestselling author of Out of the Blue, calls "Swoon-worthy!"This is not how soccer-star Zack Martin thought his summer would go. When the captain's prank means trouble for the whole squad, Zack's left with no choice...
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No Time Like Now

Naz Kutub - Bloomsbury YA
Format: Hardcover

A teen finds himself in a race against time when he learns he's given away more years than he has left to live in this thought-provoking speculative romp.. . It's been one year since Hazeem's father passed away unexpectedly, and one year since Hazeem got his special ability:...
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My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix (Remixed Classics, 6)

Kalynn Bayron - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover

A teen boy tries to discover the reason behind his best friend's disappearance -- and the arrival of a mysterious and magnetic stranger -- in misty Victorian London, in Kalynn Bayron's My Dear Henry, a gothic YA remix of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, sixth in the Remixed Classics series.London,...
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Heartbreak Boys

Simon James Green - SCHOLASTIC UK
Format: Hardcover

When their ex-boyfriends get together and start Instagramming a disgustingly perfect summer of love, Jack and Nate decide to concoct a mutual Insta-worthy summer adventure of their own to prove they're just fine and everything's great.

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Only This Beautiful Moment

Abdi Nazemian - Balzer Bray
Format: Hardcover

From the Stonewall Honor-winning author of Like a Love Story comes a sweeping story of three generations of boys in the same Iranian family. Perfect for fans of Last Night at the Telegraph Club and Darius the Great Is Not Okay. 2019. Moud is an out gay teen living in Los Angeles with his distant...
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Riley Weaver Needs a Date to the Gaybutante Ball

Jason June - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

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Northranger

Rey Terciero - HarperAlley
Format: Hardcover

In this swoony and spooky teen summer romance graphic novel set on a Texas ranch, sixteen-year-old Cade Muñoz finds himself falling for the ranch owner's mysterious and handsome son, only to discover that he may be harboring a dangerous secret.Cade has always loved to escape into the world...
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Fake Dates and Mooncakes (Underlined)

Sher Lee - Underlined
Format: Paperback

Heartstopper meets Crazy Rich Asians in this heartfelt, joyful paperback original rom-com that follows an aspiring chef who discovers the recipe for love is more complicated than it seems when he starts fake-dating a handsome new customer.. Dylan Tang wants to win a Mid-Autumn Festival...
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I'll Take Everything You Have

James Klise - Algonquin Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

From an Edgar Award-winning author, this historical noir novel follows the life-changing summer of sixteen-year-old Joe Garbe as he discovers queer community in 1930s Chicago and gets caught up in the city's crooked underbelly. In the summer of 1934, Joe Garbe arrives in Chicago with...
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As You Walk On By

Julian Winters - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

The Breakfast Club meets Can't Hardly Wait with an unforgettable ensemble cast in another swoony YA contemporary from award-winning author Julian Winters!. Seventeen-year-old Theo Wright has it all figured out. His plan (well, more like his dad's plan) is a foolproof strategy that...
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Kiss & Tell

Adib Khorram - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

"Kiss & Tell is a total rush! Perfectly sweet and swoon worthy. I loved every page!" -Julie Murphy, New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin'A smart, sexy YA novel about a boy band star, his first breakup, his first rebound, and what it means to be queer in the public...
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Kings of B'more

R ERIC THOMAS - ‎Kokila
Format: Hardcover

Two Black queer best friends face their last day together with an epic journey through Baltimore in this magnetic YA debut by bestselling author of Here for It R. Eric Thomas.With junior year starting in the fall, Harrison feels like he's on the precipice of, well, everything. Standardized...
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The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers

ADAM SASS - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A charming YA rom-com perfect for fans of Red, White, and Royal Blue and What If It's Us. Micah Summers runs a popular Instagram full of drawings of his numerous imaginary boyfriends (ninety-nine so far) - though he's never had a real boyfriend before. But when a meet-cute with...
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Destination Unknown

Bill Konigsberg - ‎Scholastic Inc.
Format: Hardcover

From Stonewall Award winner Bill Konigsberg, a remarkable, funny, sexy, heartbreaking story of two teen boys finding each other in New York City at the height of the AIDS epidemic.The first thing I noticed about C.J. Gorman was his plexiglass bra. So begins Destination Unknown -- it's...
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Café Con Lychee

Emery Lee - ‎Quill Tree Books
Format: Hardcover

From the author of Meet Cute Diary comes a delectable rom-com that's brimming with zest and a sprinkle of sweetness. A must-read for fans of Casey McQuiston and Julian Winters.Theo Mori and Gabriel Moreno have always been at odds. Their parents own rival businesses - an Asian American...
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How It All Blew Up

Arvin Ahmadi - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Eighteen-year-old Amir Azadi always knew coming out to his Muslim family would be messy--he just didn't think it would end in an airport interrogation room. But when faced with a failed relationship, bullies, and blackmail, running away to Rome is his only option. Right?Soon, late nights...
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Milo and Marcos at the End of the World

Kevin Christopher Snipes - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

As natural disasters begin to befall them the closer they become, Milo and Marcos soon begin to wonder if the universe itself is plotting against them in this young adult debut by the playwright and creator of The Two Princes podcast, Kevin Christopher Snipes.Milo Connolly has managed to survive...
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Sasaki and Miyano, Vol. 1 (Sasaki and Miyano, 1)

Shou Harusono - Yen Press
Format: Paperback

It all started like a typical old-school boys love plotline - bad-boy senior meets adorably awkward underclassman, one of them falls in love, and so on and so forth. But although Miyano is a self-proclaimed boys love expert, he hasnt quite realized ... hes in one himself. Which means its up to Sasaki...
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The Feeling of Falling in Love

Mason Deaver - PUSH
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling author of I Wish You All the Best, comes a new kind of love story, about the bad decisions we sometimes make... and the people who help get us back on the right path.Perfect for fans of Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston and What If It's Us by Adam Silvera...
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Yesterday Is History

Kosoko Jackson - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Hardcover

A romantic, heart-felt, and whimsical novel about letting go of the past, figuring out what you want in your future, and staying in the moment before it passes you by.Weeks ago, Andre Cobb received a much-needed liver transplant.He's ready for his life to finally begin, until one night,...
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In Deeper Waters

F.T. Lukens - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Hardcover

Prince Tal has long awaited his coming-of-age tour. After spending most of his life cloistered behind palace walls as he learns to keep his forbidden magic secret, he can finally see his family's kingdom for the first time. His first taste of adventure comes just two days into the journey,...
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The City Beautiful

Aden Polydoros - Inkyard Press; Original edition
Format: Hardcover

"The City Beautiful is the haunting, queer Jewish historical thriller of my darkest dreams." - Dahlia Adler, creator of LGBTQ Reads and editor of That Way Madness LiesDeath lurks around every corner in this unforgettable Jewish historical fantasy about a city, a boy, and the shadows...
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Spin Me Right Round

David Valdes - Bloomsbury YA
Format: Hardcover

All Luis Gonzalez wants is to go to prom with his boyfriend, something his "progressive" school still doesn't allow. Not after what happened with Chaz Wilson. But that was ages ago, when Luis's parents were in high school; it would never happen today, right? He's determined...
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The Magic Fish

Trung Le Nguyen - Random House Graphic
Format: Paperback

Real life isn't a fairytale. But Tin still enjoys reading his favorite stories with his parents from the books he borrows from the local library. It's hard enough trying to communicate with your parents as a kid, but for Tin, he doesn't even have the right words because his parents...
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Date Me, Bryson Keller

Kevin van Whye - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

What If It's Us meets To All the Boys I've Loved Before in this upbeat and heartfelt boy-meets-boy romance that feels like a modern twist on a '90s rom-com!Everyone knows about the dare: Each week, Bryson Keller must date someone new--the first person to ask him out on Monday...
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Be Dazzled

Ryan La Sala
Format: Hardcover

Project Runway goes to Comic Con in an epic queer love story about creativity, passion, and finding the courage to be your most authentic self.Raffy has a passion for bedazzling. Not just bedazzling, but sewing, stitching, draping, pattern making -- for creation. He's always chosen...
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Camp

L. C. Rosen - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the acclaimed Jack of Hearts (and other parts) comes a sweet and sharp screwball comedy that critiques the culture of toxic masculinity within the queer community.Sixteen-year-old Randy Kapplehoff loves spending the summer at Camp Outland, a camp for queer teens. It's...
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Check, Please!: # Hockey

NGOZI UKAZU - First Second
Format: Hardcover

Eric Bittle may be a former junior figure skating champion, vlogger extraordinaire, and very talented amateur ptissier, but being a freshman on the Samwell University hockey team is a whole new challenge. It is nothing like co-ed club hockey back in Georgia! First of all? There's...
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Heartstopper

Alice Oseman - Graphix
Format: Paperback

Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. A sweet and charming coming-of-age story that explores friendship, love, and coming out."Absolutely delightful. Sweet, romantic, kind. Beautifully paced. I loved this book." -- Rainbow Rowell, author of Carry OnShy and softhearted...
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