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Stonebridge High’s resident bad boy, Wesley “Big Mac” Mackenzie, is failing senior year—thanks to his unchecked anger, rowdy friends, and a tendency to ditch his homework for skateboarding and a secret photography obsession. So when his mom drags him to a production of The Nutcracker, Wes isn’t interested at all … until he sees Tristan Monroe. Mr. Nutcracker himself. Wes knows he shouldn’t like Tristan; after all, he’s a ballet dancer, and Wes is as closeted as they come. But when they start spending time together, Wes can’t seem to get Tristan out of his head.

Four gay teens in Texas have the summer of their lives while discovering important truths about realness, belonging, and friendship in this “explosive prose debut for the gays and theys growing up outside of the box” (Booklist, starred review). Mac has never really felt like he belonged...

Cemetery Boys meets The Haunting of Bly Manor in this spellbinding debut! Alex Crespo’s queer haunted house mystery is equal parts spine-tingling thrills, a celebration of found family, and must-read for paranormal romance fans. For Jaime, returning to the tiny Vermont town of Saint Juniper...

Before he can be reborn, Zan has spent 499 years bound in a 500-year curse to process souls for the monstrous Ferryman—and if he fails, he dies. In Portland, Bastian is grieving. He survived a car accident that took his mother and impulse-purchased a crumbling bookstore with the life insurance money. But in sleep, death’s mark keeps dragging Bastian into Zan’s office. It shouldn’t be a problem to log his soul and forget he ever existed. But when Zan follows Bastian through his memories of grief and hope, Zan realizes that he is not ready for Bastian to die.

Two starred reviews! A “heartrending yet beautiful” (School Library Journal, starred review) tale of twins and their group of friends who are forced to navigate life, relationships, and grief after their world is turned upside down from New York Times bestselling and award-winning author...

Lydia Jones and her younger sister Penny have had it with boy drama. Last year was marred by relationship disasters for both of them, threatening Lydia’s standing with her school’s theater tech club and Penny’s perfect GPA. Penny has, naturally, diagnosed the problem and prescribed a drastic solution: a summer off from boys. Lydia and Penny decide to stay with their Aunt Grace and her boyfriend Oscar in Los Angeles while their parents are off on a European cruise. Penny follows her dreams with an internship at Oscar’s office, and Lydia gets a part-time job at Grace’s neighborhood coffeeshop.

"Avi Roque is the perfect narrator for this queer YA fantasy...The novel hits all the expected beats of YA fantasy, and Roque infuses it with even more life and drama." —AudioFile Godly Heathens is the first book in H.E. Edgmon's YA contemporary fantasy duology The Ouroboros, in which a teen...

Enter the corrupt world of Veradell, where warring monarchs vie for a kingdom full of forbidden magic, illicit romance and cut-throat horse racing. Steeped in Jewish folklore, This Dark Descent is an explosive YA fantasy by Kalyn Josephson, perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows...

On the worst day of her life, Madison is dumped by her girlfriend, then fired as said (ex)girlfriend’s campaign manager... plus she accidentally rear-ends the student government advisor—the one person whose good word might help her win a spot at a prestigious youth politics summer camp. But Madison is nothing if not a girl with a plan, and she isn’t going to let a little thing like heartbreak (or a slightly dented bumper) get in her way. Soon, she has a new junior class president candidate to back—although the two of them might be getting a little too close on the campaign trail.

What becomes of the forgotten? Where do the lost ones go when they disappear? What if everything you thought were true turned out to be a lie? In the early 2000s, the death of a local boy shook a community to its core and tore a family apart. Now, no one seems to remember the sweet minister's son named Neil, who roamed the camp he once called home—no one except Jonah. Jonah McAlister could never forget the boy he once loved. Even though he's moved on mentally, he's stuck somewhere back in time.

It's the 1950s! What happens when you are a 15-year-old boy and you look just like Elvis? What happens when you are a 15 year old boy and look just like James Dean? What happens when you meet? An innocent light-hearted love story that uses the pop music, hot rods, and fashion of the time as a landscape to enhance the story. Perfect for LGBT youth and their friends!

One glance is all it takes to bring his defences crashing down...Seventeen-year-old Davey has never made friends easily. Shy, geeky, crippled with social anxiety, he feels isolated from his peers, and only his position as defender for the school football team fills the void of loneliness. On the pitch, his deft footwork has earned him the respect and acceptance of his squad, though at a price. Desperate to hold onto this camaraderie, Davey conceals the truth from everyone, even his own family.

Als ein verhängnisvoller Kuss dafür sorgt, dass Lilas Freundinnen ihr den Rücken zukehren, findet sie sich kurz darauf ausgerechnet mit Malin in Camp Rainbow wieder. Nie hätte sie damit gerechnet, dass sie sich dort zum ersten Mal verstanden und angekommen fühlen würde. Doch dann erfahren die Zwillinge, dass das Camp geschlossen werden soll. Schnell ist klar: Sie werden es gemeinsam retten - und ausgerechnet in Malins letztem Jahr in Camp Rainbow endlich wieder zusammenwachsen.

From the author of If I Can Give You That comes an emotional novel that follows a transgender teen who must grapple with a friendship fracturing and a new romance blossoming, all while being haunted by a devastating loss. A must-read for fans of How It Feels to Float and The Ghosts We Keep...

"[Narrator Mark] Sanderlin convincingly shares this LGBTQ romance, with emotions ranging from snark to sweet and everything in between, and serving up a satisfying conclusion...A fun listen on a variety of levels, but make no mistake: it packs some great messaging without any nasty aftertaste...

While Ryan's guy friends were interested in trucks and monsters, he's always preferred the more feminine things in life, even if he hasn't quite admitted it to everyone yet. It's always been hard for him to act the like man people think he is, and it’s getting harder and harder as his senior year prom approaches. He'll never get a second chance at his senior prom, and he'd love nothing more than to spend it with his longtime crush, the most popular guy in the school. But it wouldn't be the same unless he could be a woman.

Marens world was shattered when her girlfriend, Kaia, was abducted by the Aurati. After a daring rescue, they've finally been reunited, but Maren's life is still in pieces: Kaia seems more like a stranger than the lover Maren knew back home; Naava, the mother of all dragons, has retreated into seclusion to recover from her wounds, leaving Maren at a loss on how to set the rest of the dragons free; and worst of all, her friend Sev has been captured by the emperors Talons.  

Alex Clarademont-Díaz, el hijo millennial de la presidenta de los Estados Unidos, es un tesoro para el marketing de la Casa Blanca: atractivo, carismático e inteligente. Lo que nadie sabe es que no soporta al príncipe Henry, el hijo de la reina de Inglaterra. Así que, cuando la prensa sensacionalista se hace con una fotografía que refleja un altercado entre Alex y Henry, las relaciones entre Estados Unidos y el Reino Unido se enfrían.

“A fun-filled romantic steampunk story that returning readers will enjoy.” ~Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review Falcon Smoke never wanted the fame he's gained. He only ever wanted to help people, but it's hard to do right within a broken system. The cost of that same fame has forced Falcon to...

A teen actress lands a role on the same high-profile show as her ex-boyfriend—only for things to get messy when she falls for his cute scene partner—in a dazzling sapphic rom-com from the author of Caught in a Bad Fauxmance. “A swoony celebrity romance sure to steal your heart.”...