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• Ariel Crashes a Train

  Cole, Olivia A.,

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  Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. Ariel grapples with her fear of her own mind and violent fantasies, driven by her desire to meet her parents' expectations and societal norms, until a summer job at a carnival leads her to new friends…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Diablo's Curse

  Novoa, Gabe Cole,

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  Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. Dami, a nonbinary former demonio, must cancel every deal they have ever made in order to tether their soul to earth and remain human, but first they must help a boy named Silas find Captain Kidd's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge

  Hubbard, Matthew, 1987-

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  Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. A queer coming-of-age debut about three teenage boys in small town Alabama who set out to get revenge on their ex-boyfriends and end up starting a student rebellion. Ezra Hayes has always felt like a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Daughter of the Bone Forest

  Skye, Jasmine,

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  Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. Two girls reluctantly bound by fate must weather a dangerous courtship as a prophesied war grows ever closer in Jasmine Skye's high-stakes, queernormative dark fantasy debut, Daughter of the Bone…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Where Sleeping Girls Lie

  Àbíké-Íyímídé, Faridah,

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  Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. A girl new to boarding school discovers dark secrets and coverups after her roommate disappears"-- "Sade Hussein is starting her third year of high school, this time at the prestigious Alfred Nobel…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• So Let Them Burn

  Cole, Kamilah,

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  Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. After her sister Elara forms an unbreakable bond with an enemy dragon, seventeen-year-old Faron, who once wielded the magic of the gods to save her island from those same dragon-riding colonizers, must…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Icarus

  Ancrum, K. (Kayla), 1991-

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  Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. A thief who steals priceless art and replaces it with his father's impeccable forgeries while targeting Mr. Black, the man responsible for his mother's death, Icarus Gallagher is torn between family…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Otherworldly

  Lukens, F. T.,

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  Available as an eBook. In a land where the supernatural is believed to be real, non-believer Ellery and familiar Knox from the Other World form an unexpected alliance to strike a deal that could alter their lives forever.

• Wish You Weren't Here

  Baldwin, Erin,

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  Juliette and her school rival Priya Pendley, navigate a truce to peacefully coexist, but when Priya unexpectedly becomes Juliette's cabinmate at Fogridge Sleepaway Camp, their uneasy peace turns into something more.

• This Day Changes Everything

  a Novel

  Underhill, Edward,

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  Available in eBook and Downloadable Audiobook. Abby Akerman believes in the Universe. After all, her Midwest high school marching band is about to perform in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City—if that’s not proof that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The No-girlfriend Rule

  Randall, Christen,

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  Available in eBook and Downloadable Audiobook. When her boyfriend excludes her from participating in a roleplaying game, high school senior Hollie joins an all-girls group where an in-game romance has the potential to be more than just…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Canto Contigo

  a Novel

  Garza Villa, Jonny,

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  Available in eBook and Downloadable Audiobook. In a twenty-four-hour span, Rafael Alvarez led North Amistad High School's Mariachi Alma de la Frontera to their eleventh consecutive first-place win in the Mariachi Extravaganza de Nacional;…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hot Boy Summer

  Jiménez, Joe,

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  Four gay teens in San Antonio have the summer of their lives while discovering the true meaning of friendship. "Once we calm down, Flor declares in his most Robin Roberts voice, "Rule number three: Loyalty is life. Love is forever. And…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Skater Boy

  Nerada, Anthony,

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  Available in eBook. 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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Most Ardently

  a Pride & Prejudice Remix

  Novoa, Gabe Cole,

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  Available in eBook and Downloadable Audiobook. Oliver Bennet, trapped by societal expectations to live as female, discovers the possibility of love and freedom when he forms a connection with Darcy, but is faced with the choice of living…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Only This Beautiful Moment

  Nazemian, Abdi,

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  "Set against the backdrop of Tehran and Los Angeles, this sweeping intergenerational story, examining queer identity at the end of different decades, follows three boys in the same Iranian family as they each gain a new understanding of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Venom & Vow

  McLemore, Anna-Marie,

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  "Blaming each other for an enchantment that takes both their families, Cade McKenna, a transgender prince who's doubling for his brother, and bigender dama/assassin Valencia Palafox discover they have far more dangerous enemies and must…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Imogen, Obviously

  Albertalli, Becky,

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  "High-school senior Imogen Scott has always been a cheerleader for her queer friends and sister, calling herself their biggest ally, never missing a Pride Alliance meeting, and supporting her best friend, Lili, when she comes out. Yet…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• If I See You Again Tomorrow

  Couch, Robbie,

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  "Clark, who has relived the same Monday 309 times, finds something different about Day 310 when Beau, a boy he's never seen before, appears, and as they spend this one day together, Clark falls hard and fast for someone with whom he'll…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Delicious Death

  Cottingham, Kayla,

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  "Ex-zombies living in Southern California, four best friends attend a musical festival in the desert, as a last hurrah before graduation, where they soon discover someone is drugging ghouls and reawakening their hunger for flesh and must…Read moreRead more of this annotation