LGBTQ at NYPL
LGBTQ Books for the Teen Age
This week The New York Public Library published our 79th edition of Books for the Teen Age, which pulls together the best in young adult literature, including books for LGBTQ teens. Check out this year's exciting LGBTQ selections:
Transparent, by Cris Beam, from Harcourt. Teen transgirls surviving LA's mean streets.
Dahlia Season, by Myriam Gurba, from Manic D. Books. Desiree: trans, fierce, Chicana, survivor.
Split Screen, by Brent Hartinger, from HarperTempest. Min and Russell on the set, finding love and lust.
Out Law, by Lisa Keen, from Beacon. What LGBT youth should know about their legal rights.
The Straight Road to Kylie, by Nico Medina, from Simon Pulse. Going back into the closet for front row seats.
grl2grl, by Julie Anne Peters, from Megan Tingley Books. Girls on the brink, discovering themselves and each other.
The Gay and Lesbian Guide to College Life, by the Princeton Review, published by Random House. How to be out and proud after high school.
The God Box, by Alex Sanchez, from Simon & Schuster. WWMD: What would Manuel do?
Freak Show, by James St. James, from Dutton. Billy Bloom: artist, rebel, metamorph, prom queen.
Parrotfish, by Ellen Wittlinger, from Simon & Schuster. Grady: a girl on the outside, a boy underneath.
Transparent, by Cris Beam, from Harcourt. Teen transgirls surviving LA's mean streets.
Dahlia Season, by Myriam Gurba, from Manic D. Books. Desiree: trans, fierce, Chicana, survivor.
Split Screen, by Brent Hartinger, from HarperTempest. Min and Russell on the set, finding love and lust.
Out Law, by Lisa Keen, from Beacon. What LGBT youth should know about their legal rights.
The Straight Road to Kylie, by Nico Medina, from Simon Pulse. Going back into the closet for front row seats.
grl2grl, by Julie Anne Peters, from Megan Tingley Books. Girls on the brink, discovering themselves and each other.
The Gay and Lesbian Guide to College Life, by the Princeton Review, published by Random House. How to be out and proud after high school.
The God Box, by Alex Sanchez, from Simon & Schuster. WWMD: What would Manuel do?
Freak Show, by James St. James, from Dutton. Billy Bloom: artist, rebel, metamorph, prom queen.
Parrotfish, by Ellen Wittlinger, from Simon & Schuster. Grady: a girl on the outside, a boy underneath.
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