Seventeen-year-old Raffy is determined to win a cosplay competition that could lead to art school admission and respect for his talent, but being paired with his main competitor, an ex-boyfriend, complicates things. 

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Michael is a mixed-race gay teen growing up in London. All his life, he’s navigated what it means to be Greek-Cypriot and Jamaican–but never quite feeling Greek or Black enough. As he gets older, Michael’s coming out is only the start of learning who he is and where he fits in. 

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High schooler Ryo knows he’s transgender, but he doesn’t have anyone to confide in about the confusion he feels. He can’t tell his best friend, who he’s secretly got a crush on, and he can’t tell his mom, who’s constantly asking why Ryo “dresses like a boy.” He certainly can’t tell Jin, the new transfer student who looks like just another bully… 

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Cuban American Camila Núñez’ has always been afraid of the future. She’s been working hard to keep her anxieties in check, but with so many new experiences–her first queer love, trouble with her dogwalking job, her mother’s judgments about her body, learning to drive, her father being too busy with work–there’s just so much to worry about. 

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By encouraging massive accumulations of debt from its underclass, a single corporation, Caerus, controls all aspects of society. Inesa lives with her brother in a half-sunken town where they scrape by running a taxidermy shop. Unbeknownst to Inesa, their cruel and indolent mother has accrued an enormous debt, enough to qualify one of her children for Caerus’s livestreamed assassination spectacle: the Lamb’s Gauntlet. 

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An illuminating set of profiles of Black and Queer icons from the Harlem Renaissance, interspersed with personal essays. 

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While many people identify as men or women, the reality is that gender is naturally diverse, and many people fall in between or outside of those boxes. More expansive ideas of gender have always existed throughout history. Author Lee Wind uses primary sources to explore gender roles and identities past and present, showing that gender identities and physical bodies are as diverse as the human experience. 

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Tony Keith Jr. pens a love letter to Black boys and men he affectionately calls ‘Knuckleheads.” While that label is often assigned to kids with attitude problems, this … poetry collection subverts that narrow way of thinking and empathizes with young people who are misunderstood and unheard. 

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When a former friend reenrolls at their Catholic high school a few years after a homophobic bullying incident, Cassie decides to start an underground Gender and Sexuality Alliance, exploring her own sexuality in the process. 

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Chinese American Derrick explores his queer identity by competing in a small-town beauty pageant where he shares his new love of drag with his family and friends. 

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A book of affirmations, advice, and real-life anecdotes for queer teenagers, covering topics from bullies and discrimination to acceptance and advocating for change. 

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When you grow up in a funeral home, death is just another part of life. But for sixteen-year-old Jaxon Santiago-Noble, it’s also part of his family’s legacy. Most dead bodies in the town of Jacob’s Barrow wind up at Jaxon’s house; his mom is the local mortician, after all. He doesn’t usually pay them much mind, but when Christian Reyes is brought in after a car accident, Jaxon’s world is turned upside down. 

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After finally reuniting, Jay and Leroy have never been in more danger. Caught in the crosshairs of the affluent Bainbridge family, who they’ve learned is determined to reshape Savannah in their own image, the duo has only just survived a series of near-death experiences before reaching the safety of the Black Diamonds. 

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