Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Reading List for Teens 2010

 

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Jump to: Fiction, Nonfiction, Graphic Novels, Best of the Decade

 

 Fiction

Ash / Malinda Lo.

Blue boy / Rakesh Satyal.

Hold still / Nina LaCour ; with illustrations by Mia Nolting.

How beautiful the ordinary : twelve stories of identity / ed. by Michael Cart.

Jumpstart the World / Catherine Ryan Hyde.

King of the screwups / K.L. Going.

A love story starring my dead best friend / by Emily Horner.

The Mariposa Club / Rigoberto González.

Punkzilla / Adam Rapp.

Rage : a love story / Julie Anne Peters.

Say the word / Jeannine Garsee.

Scars / Cheryl Rainfield.

Sprout : or my salad days, when I was green in judgment / Dale Peck.

The vast fields of ordinary / by Nick Burd.

Will Grayson, Will Grayson / John Green & David Levithan.

 Nonfiction

Kicked out / Sassafras Lowrey.

Let's get this straight : the ultimate handbook for youth with LGBTQ parents / Tina Fakhrid-Deen.

The meaning of Matthew : my son's murder in Laramie, and a world transformed / Judy Shepard with Jon Barrett.

Smash the church, smash the state!: the early years of gay liberation / ed. by Tommi Avicolli Mecca.

 Great Graphic Novels

Awkward and definition / Ariel Schrag.

The essential Dykes to watch out for / Alison Bechdel.

12 days / story and art by June Kim.

Eerie queerie! / by Shuri Shiozu ; [translator, Heidi Yamaguchi ; English adaptation, Jackie Medel].

Y square plus / Judith Park.

 Best of the Decade! (2000-2010)

Boy meets boy / David Levithan.

The full spectrum : a new generation of writing about gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, questioning, and other identities / ed. by David Levithan & Billy Merrell.

Geography Club / Brent Hartinger.

Hello, cruel world : 101 alternatives to suicide for teens, freaks, and other outlaws / Kate Bornstein ; foreword by Sara Quin.

Kissing Kate / Lauren Myracle.

Likewise / Ariel Schrag

Luna : a novel / Julie Anne Peters.

Parrotfish / Ellen Wittlinger.

The perks of being a wallflower / Stephen Chbosky.

Rainbow boys / Alex Sanchez.

Revolutionary voices : a multicultural queer youth anthology / ed. by Amy Sonnie

See our 2009 LGBT List for more: http://www.oaklandlibrary.org/links/teens/LGBT09.htm