SJPL Picks: LGBTQIA+ Voices in YA FictionLike this list

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• If We Were a Movie

  Jamal, Zakiya N.,

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  Rochelle 'the Shell' Coleman is laser focused on only three things: becoming valedictorian, getting into Wharton, and, of course, taking down her annoyingly charismatic nemesis and only academic competition, Amira Rodriguez. However, despite her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Pride or Die

  a Novel

  Montblanc, C. L.,

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  It’s kind of hard to graduate high school when you’re the prime suspect in an attempted murder. Seventeen-year-old Eleanora Finkel just wants to finish her senior year and get the hell out of Texas. But when her LGBTQ+ club meeting inconveniently…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Infinity Alchemist

  Callender, Kacen,

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  Book 1 of the Infinity Alchemist Series. The Second Book, Chaos King is available. Only an elite few are legally permitted to study the science of magic―so when Ash is rejected by Lancaster College of Alchemic Science, he takes a job as the school’s…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Roll for Love

  England, M. K.,

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  Harper Reid's summer is not off to a great start. After the death of her grandpa, she moves across the country, leaving her friends and Dungeons & Dragons group behind. She wasn’t exactly planning to start her senior year on the farm where she…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Messy Perfect

  Boteju, Tanya,

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  Cassie Perera is a star student in St. Luke's junior class. But the new school year brings an unwelcome surprise—the return to St. Luke's of Cassie's former friend, Ben, who left a few years ago after a homophobic bullying incident Cassie knows she…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Run Away With Me

  Selznick, Brian,

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  "I'm going to call you Danny. What are you going to name me?" "Angelo." Danny is spending his sixteenth summer in Rome. As his mother spends the day at work in a mysterious museum, he wanders the ancient sites and streets. Soon after his arrival,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Corruption of Hollis Brown

  Ancrum, K. (Kayla), 1991-

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  Hollis Brown is stuck. Born to a blue-collar American Dream, Hollis lives in a rotting small town where no one can afford to leave. Hollis's only bright spots are his two best friends, cool girls Annie and Yulia, and the thrill of fighting his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• What Wakes the Bells

  Tesch, Elle,

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  Built by long-gone Saints, the city of Vaiwyn lives and breathes and bleeds. As a Keeper, Mina knows better than most what her care of Vaiwyn’s bells means for the sentient city. It’s the Strauss family’s thousand-year legacy―prevent the Vespers…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Little Thieves

  Owen, Margaret, 1986-

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  Book 1 of Little Thieves Series. Books 2 (Painted Devils) and Book 3 (Holy Terrors) available. Once upon a time, there was a horrible girl... Vanja Schmidt knows that no gift is freely given, not even a mother’s love―and she’s on the hook for one…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fable for the End of the World

  Reid, Ava,

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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,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Our Infinite Fates

  a Novel

  Steven, Laura,

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  They’ve loved each other in a thousand lifetimes. They’ve killed each other in every one. Evelyn can remember all her past lives. She can also remember that in every single one, she’s been murdered before her eighteenth birthday by Arden, a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Say a Little Prayer

  Voris, Jenna,

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  Riley quietly left church a year ago when she realized there was no place for a bi girl in her congregation. But it wasn’t until the pastor shunned her older sister for getting an abortion that she really wanted to burn it all down. It’s just her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Girl You Know

  Rose, Elle Gonzalez,

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  The week before Luna's twin sister Solina was supposed to head back for her final semester at Kingswood Academy, an elite boarding school in the Washington mountains, she told Luna she was dropping out. When Luna refused to let her throw away her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wicked Darlings

  Taylor, Jordyn,

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  Aspiring journalist Noa has a secret she's been keeping. Ever since her sister's tragic death, she's felt almost...relieved. Noa and Leah had been locked in competition with one another since childhood, and things came to a head when her sister…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lover Birds

  Egan, Leanne,

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  Isabel catches Lou's eye the minute she arrives as the new girl in school. But Lou keeps her curiosity in check and even seems dismissive (which Isabel overhears). Then Isabel is equally dismissive (which Lou overhears)... and immediately a rivalry…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Under the Same Stars

  Bray, Libba,

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  Three timelines converge to unveil the mysterious disappearance of two girls during World War II"-- "You would like me to tell the story... New York City, 2020. As the world stills around them, best friends Miles and Chloe keep each other afloat…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Trial Period

  Morrow, Auburn,

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  This contemporary romance from a debut author is perfect for fans of LGBTQ+ YA and fake-dating, slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romance about opposites who do not attract. Perfect for fans of Jennifer Dugan and Becky Albertalli. Ashley Marie Parker and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King

  Trevaldwyn, Harry,

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  Patch Simmons has decided that this is the year he will get a boyfriend, so it's goodbye to his French pen-pal Jean-Pierre and hello to the world! Unfortunately, the only other "out" boys in his school year are dating each other, so finding a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• It's a Love/skate Relationship

  Corson, Carli J.,

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  Charlie Porter is a force to be reckoned with, both on and off the hockey rink. When she accidentally starts a brawl after a game, she’s suspended from school, meaning no hockey this season—and no chance to play in front of college scouts. Alexa…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Brewed With Love

  Page, Shelly,

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  Teen witch Sage teams up with her former best friend and first crush, Ximena, to prevent her family's apothecary from falling to the competition.