 | Beautiful Music for Ugly Children
Kirstin Cronn-Mills
ALA Recommended 2012
"This is Beautiful Music for Ugly Children, on community radio 90.3, KZUK. I’m Gabe. Welcome to my show."
My birth name is Elizabeth, but I’m a guy. Gabe. My parents think I’ve gone crazy and the rest of the world is happy to agree with them, but I know I’m right. I’ve been a boy my whole life.
When you think about it, I’m like a record. Elizabeth (more...) |
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 | We Are Quiet We Are Loud: The Best Young Writers and Artists in America
Levithan, David
Chosen from tens of thousands of entries to the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, PUSH is proud to present the best young writers and artists in America. Some show us the world with quiet force. Others yell. There is anger in these pages, as well as love. There is clarity, as well as confusion. And there is hope. Hope that things can sometimes be fixed. Hope that eventually high (more...) |
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 | Night Kites
Kerr, M.E.
What do you do when your best friend's girlfriend makes a pass at you?
Erick Rudd isn't sure how it happened -- he did nothing but look. It was Nicki who made the first move. And if that doesn't complicate things enough, Erick is about to get some news that will blow his safe world apart: Pete, his older brother and idol, has fullblown AIDS. I'm a night kite, Pete once told (more...) |
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 | Rubyfruit Jungle
Brown, Rita Mae
Rubyfruit Jungle is the first milestone novel in the extraordinary career of one of this country's most distinctive writers. Bawdy and moving, the ultimate word-of-mouth bestseller, Rubyfruit Jungle is about growing up a lesbian in America – and living happily ever after.
Born a bastard, Molly Bolt is adopted by a dirt-poor Southern couple who want something be (more...) |
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 | Peter
Walker, Kate
Walker has written a profoundly moving book that earned her a Human Rights Award honor and a nomination for the Children's Book of the Year Award. Set in Australia Walker's novel convincingly describes a boy's confusion about his sexuality and manhood. Dealing with the macho Aussie attitude towards manhood, Peter finds it hard to fit in. The victim of bullying and name-calling (more...) |
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 | Out Walked Mel
Boock, Paula
Seventeen-year-old Mel is short, stroppy and never knows when to keep her mouth shut. Having stormed out of school she decides to go for a trip to Cape Reinga (NZ). Her adventures and the death of her friend help Mel to deal with her mother's lesbianism. This is a lively yet sensitive story of adolescent rebellion and acceptance. Aimed at late teens and parents. (more...) |
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| Drowning of Stephen Jones
Greene, Betty
Written after Greene was shock by the attitudes shown by Christians to her questions on homosexuality. It concerns a gay couple Stephan and Frank who move to a small town in the Arkansas Ozarks. They are harassed by phone calls from Fundamentalist Christian and high school hunk Andy. Contrasts are set up as Stephan is also Christian. The novel is told from the perspective of bo (more...) |
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 | Boys on the Rock
Fox, John
A wonderful slice-of-life coming of age novel. The story of a high school student in the Bronx, who in his sixteenth year, has to face the fact that he's a little different from everyone else. Although he's 'sort of' going steady he falls in love with another boy over an adventurous summer. With its conversational style it captures the rhythms of speech common among teenagers b (more...) |
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| Thriller and Me
Moss, Merrilee
Angelica is 12 years old and she has a lot on her plate. Her parents have split up, and she tries to come to terms with this and the fact that her father is gay. As she looks for answers about life's bigger questions she finds out about gays, computers, writing, the RSPCA and herself. Aimed at early teens. (more...) |
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| What Are Ya?
Pausacker, Jenny
Leith and Barbara have been close since childhood but now that they are 16 things are different as they discover an adult world in which difficult choices must be made. This is a very human, sometimes funny look at same-sex desire, friendship and urban adolescent life. It gives a face to the often invisible young lesbian in a warm yet realistic fashion. Aimed at late teens. (more...) |
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 | Fat Girl Dances With Rocks
Stinson, Susan
It's the summer of drinking and driving, disco and diets, fake Ids and geology; fat 17-year-old Char is wondering if she is animal, vegetable, or mineral. What does it mean when your best friend French-braids your hair, kisses you on the lips, and leaves town? Fat Girl Dances with Rocks is a coming-of-age story, a coming-out story, and for Char, this is a story of coming (more...) |
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 | Death by Denial: Studies of Suicide in Gay and Lesbian Teenagers
Remafedi, Gary (ed)
This book presents the full findings of a1989 US report into youth suicide and sexual orientation. It also presents the results of other studies, documenting the difficulties faced by teenagers who are coming out, and proposes ways to ease that process. Aimed at educators and professionals working with high school aged youth. (more...) |
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 | Blue Lawn
Taylor, William
In this award winning novel Taylor explores the angst, confusion and exhilaration felt by gay teens everywhere. High school students David and Theo have at first glance nothing in common. David is the star player of the school's rugby team, whilst Theo is a bit of an introvert and an outsider. An unlikely friendship develops between the two boys who had previously held a hostil (more...) |
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 | Am I Blue: Coming Out of the Silence
Bauer, Marion Dane
A carefully selected collection of stories for young adults which deal openly with homosexuality. Includes Leslea Newman, Nancy Garden, Bruce Coville, ME Kerr and William Sleator. (more...) |
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 | Crush
Futcher, Jane
Jinx goes to a private school and is a member of the hockey team. After she is dropped from the team she meets Lexie and falls obsessively in love with her, but not all goes as she palns. This is an emotional tale of hurt, bewilderment, longing and young lesbian love. Aimed at late teens and young adults. (more...) |
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 | President's Son
Kraus, Krandall
Handsome and gay, DJ Marshall is the son of the US president. As the president's reelection campaign unfolds DJ finds himself cut off from his father by ambitious advisers intent on preventing any scandal. D.J. develops an unlikely friendship with Parker, a beefy secret service agent. Set in Washington this political thriller/romantic love story is driven by power games in publ (more...) |
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 | Fat Chance
Newman, Leslea
This is the often humouress and often painful diary of teenaged Judi. Wondering what she'll be when she leave school, whether certain boys will ask her out, and worried about her weight and looks, Judi has a lot on her mind. When her diet starts to work, Judi decides to eat less and less. Newman shows great insight into the teenage mind, the problems of body image and the dange (more...) |
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 | Deliver Us From Evie
Kerr, M.E.
When 18-year-old Evie falls in love with gorgeous Patsy Duff, her parents tell her it's just a passing phase. But for Evie, her feelings confirm what she has always known. This involving and emotive novel looks at Evie's journey of self-acceptance and her family's struggle to accept her as she is. Aimed at late teens/young adults. (more...) |
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 | Ready or Not
Macleod, Mark (ed)
An Australian anthology of short stories for teenage readers about sex and sexuality. It includes some coming out stories, but particularly aims to break down stereotypes in relation to sexual identity. (more...) |
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 | Unlived Affections
Shannon, George
This is the compelling story of a father and son each finding themselves and the courage to live the truth. A young teenager, Willie, embarks on a journey of finding his presumed dead father. In his quest for answers he learns more about himself, his father and the impact of secrets from the past on the present. Shannon explores questions of sexual identity in two generations i (more...) |
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 | Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories
Crutcher, Chris
Six short stories, five of them about characters from Crutcher's novels. The protagonists are involved in sports, but the real theme is growing--grappling with something tough and finding the courage to carry on. For instance, in ``A Brief Moment in the Life of Angus Bethune'' (originally published in Connections, 1989, edited by Don Gallo), huge Angus has been elected Senior W (more...) |
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 | Stotan!
Crutcher, Chris
At the start of the final swim season the school coach challenges his team to participate in Stotan Week, a week of daily physical and emotional tests. Four of the team take up the challenge but the swimming races are not the only challnges as one member of the group is keeping a secret that will confront the rest of the team. (Fiction. 12-15) (more...) |
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 | Northridge High Football Camp
Krol, S. Joseph
Rivalry between two football players develops into a friendship but a pervasive tension persists. This boyjock novel catches the authentic voice of the boy's locker room as Vinnie and Vuch explore the boundaries of male friendship. Sporty and sexy, this tale of school boy lust is aimed at late teens. (more...) |
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 | Holding the Man
Conigrave, Timothy
The mid-seventies - and satin baggies and chunky platforms reigned supreme. Jethro Tull did battle with glam-rock for the airwaves. At an all-boys Catholic school in Melbourne, Timothy Conigrave fell wildly and sweetly in love with the captain of the football team. So began a relationship that was to last for 15 years, a love affair that weathered disapproval, separation and, u (more...) |
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 | Baby Be-Bop
Block, Francesca Lia
Dirk MacDonald, a sixteen-year-old boy living in Los Angeles, comes to terms with being gay after he receives surreal storytelling visitations from his dead father and great-grandmother. (Harper) (more...) |
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