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Say No to Hate: Notable Gay/Lesbian Books (page 2)


Cover art for WILL GRAYSON, WILL GRAYSON
CHILDREN'S
Released: April 1, 2010

"Their story, along with the rest of the cast's, will have readers simultaneously laughing, crying and singing at the top of their lungs. (Fiction. YA)"
Will Grayson loves indie rock, plays the eye-rolling angry stepchild to his extraordinarily giant, lovable, gay best friend Tiny Cooper and doesn't realize that he yearns for his other indie-rock–loving friend Jane until it's too late. will grayson (he never uses uppercase) hates most everything except sharing an XXL coffee with his best friend Maura each morning and covertly conversing with his Internet boyfriend every night. Read full book review >
Cover art for COUNTRY GIRL, CITY GIRL
CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2004

"Phoebe's lesbian feelings are not resolved by the end, leaving her simply as a growing girl with more confidence, better able to make friends and join the world. (Fiction. YA)"
A story with feminist and lesbian overtones follows 13-year-old Phoebe, raised on an isolated Maine farm, in her developing friendship with Melita, the 14-year-old daughter of an unstable actress from New York City. Read full book review >
Cover art for ALMOST PERFECT
CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 13, 2009

"An excellent companion piece to Ellen Wittlinger's Parrotfish (2007) and Jean Ferris's Eight Seconds (2000). (Fiction. 14 & up)"
Katcher flawlessly channels the worried and confused voice of a straight teenage boy in this honest and uncompromising take on transgender love. Read full book review >
Cover art for I AM NOT MYSELF THESE DAYS
NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 1, 2006

"Effortlessly entertaining yet still heartfelt: the romance of life as an escape artist."
The true adventures of a drag queen named Aqua: her loves, her trials, her goldfish. Read full book review >
Cover art for LEONARD DA VINCI
CHILDREN'S
Released: July 1, 2005
by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Boris Kulikov

Debuting a new series, Krull presents a compelling argument that the great painter of the Renaissance was one of the West's first real modern scientists. Read full book review >
Cover art for TOTALLY JOE
CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2005

"There's more of a sense of spending extra time with a favorite friend. (Fiction. 10-14)"
One quarter of the "Gang of Five" from The Misfits (2001) tells his own story of coming out and overcoming bullies and prejudice through alphabetical entries in his "alphabiography." Read full book review >