Queer Teens: Beyond Coming Out Stories (page 4)

CHILDREN'S

Released: April 1, 2007

by Sara Ryan

"Still, fans of Empress of the World (2001) will welcome the chance to follow up with a familiar character, while those who first meet Battle here may be sufficiently intrigued to turn to Ryan's earlier work to learn more about her. (Fiction. YA)"

It's hard to believe that Battle Davies is a fictional character. Read full book review >

CHILDREN'S

Released: July 25, 2006

THE FULL SPECTRUM: A NEW GENERATION OF WRITING ABOUT GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, QUESTIONING, AND OTHER IDENTITIES

edited by David Levithan, Billy Merrell

"No story here will raise a blush—there's no explicit sex—but this emotionally spicy collection will inspire identification, compassion and hope in readers queer or not. (Nonfiction. YA)"

Forty essays by 13- to 23-year-olds range from sweet to salty to bitter—the flavors of growing up gay, lesbian or transgender in the contemporary world. Read full book review >

CHILDREN'S

Released: June 1, 2006

TALE OF TWO SUMMERS

by Brian Sloan

"And, where they can bandy ideas back and forth in an unflinching manner without worrying they'll offend each other. (Fiction. YA)"

Two best friends, Hal and Chuck, spend their first summer apart. Read full book review >

CHILDREN'S

Released: April 29, 2002

MY HEARTBEAT

by Garret Freymann-Weyr

"Breathtaking in the purity of its emotions and in its refusal to pigeonhole any of its characters, it will engage teen readers to the very last page. (Fiction. YA)"

In this lovely and passionate story, told in the first-person present, the questions of love are repeated over, under, around, and beneath: how do parents love their children? Read full book review >

BROWSE BOOK REVIEWS

Queer Teens: Beyond Coming Out Stories (page 4)