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• Sold

  McCormick, Patricia, 1956-

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  Thirteen-year-old Lakshmi leaves her poor mountain home in Nepal thinking that she is to work in the city as a maid only to find that she has been sold into the sex slave trade in India and that there is no hope of escape.

• The Perks of Being a Wallflower

  Chbosky, Stephen

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  This is the story of what it's like to grow up in high school. More intimate than a diary, Charlie's letters are singular and unique, hilarious and devastating. We may not know where he lives. We may not know to whom he is writing. All we know is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gender Queer

  A Memoir

  Kobabe, Maia,

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  Started as a way to explain to eir family what it means to be nonbinary and asexual, Gender Queer is more than a personal story: it is a useful and touching guide on gender identity—what it means and how to think about it—for advocates, friends, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Last Night at the Telegraph Club

  Lo, Malinda,

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  Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can't remember exactly when the question took root, but the answer was in full bloom the moment she and Kathleen Miller walked under the flashing neon sign of a lesbian bar called the Telegraph Club. America in 1954 is not…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tricks

  Hopkins, Ellen

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  Five troubled teenagers fall into prostitution as they search for freedom, safety, community, family, and love.

• Identical

  Hopkins, Ellen

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  Sixteen-year-old identical twin daughters of a district court judge and a candidate for the United States House of Representatives, Kaeleigh and Raeanne Gardella desperately struggle with secrets that have already torn them and their family apart.

• Looking for Alaska

  Green, John, 1977-

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  Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words--and tired of his safe life at home. He leaves for boarding school to seek what the dying poet François Rabelais called "The Great Perhaps." Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Storm and Fury

  Armentrout, Jennifer L,

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  Eighteen-year-old Trinity Marrow, who is losing her sight, has a well-kept secret. She can see and talk to the dead and must remain in a compound that is guarded by Wardens who are shape-shifting gargoyles. They must protect her from demons who want…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All Boys Aren't Blue

  a Memoir-manifesto

  Johnson, George M. (George Matthew), 1985-

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  In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explores his childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia. From the memories of getting his teeth kicked out by bullies at age five,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

  Andrews, Jesse,

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  Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia.

• Crank

  Hopkins, Ellen,

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  Kristina Snow is the perfect daughter, but she meets a boy who introduces her to drugs and becomes a very different person, struggling to control her life and her mind.

• Flamer

  Curato, Mike,

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  In the summer between middle school and high school, Aiden Navarro navigates friendships, deals with bullies, and finds himself drawn to Elias, a boy he can't stop thinking about.

• This Book Is Gay

  Dawson, Juno (Young adult fiction writer),

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  There's a long-running joke that, after coming out as a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or intersex person, you should receive a membership card and instruction manual. THIS IS THAT INSTRUCTION MANUAL. You're welcome.

• Let's Talk About It

  the Teen's Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human

  Moen, Erika, 1983-

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  A graphic novel about sex, sexuality, gender, body, consent, and many other topics for teens.

• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian

  Alexie, Sherman, 1966-

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  Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.

• Out of Darkness

  Pérez, Ashley Hope,

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  It's 1937. Naomi Vargas is Mexican American. Wash Fuller is Black. These teens know the town's divisive racism-- and the potential consequences of defying "the rules"--Better than anyone. But sometimes the attraction between two people is so…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Hate U Give

  Thomas, Angie,

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  Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Beyond Magenta

  Transgender Teens Speak Out

  Kuklin, Susan,

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  A groundbreaking work of LGBT literature takes an honest look at the life, love, and struggles of transgender teens.

• Stamped

  Racism, Antiracism, and You

  Reynolds, Jason,

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  A history of racist and antiracist ideas in America, from their roots in Europe until today, adapted from the National Book Award winner Stamped from the Beginning.

• All American Boys

  Reynolds, Jason,

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  When sixteen-year-old Rashad is mistakenly accused of stealing, classmate Quinn witnesses his brutal beating at the hands of a police officer who happens to be the older brother of his best friend.