Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Fiction >> LGBTQ+

The day Jackson Kern walks into Taylor Andrewss classroom is a momentous day in Taylors life. Hes had crushes before, sure, but as time goes on, this is starting to look a whole lot more serious. Still, Jackson doesnt return Taylors feelings.

Taylor has his own admirers, though. Kevin Richards is used to getting what he wants, and what he wants right now is Taylor, so when Taylor rejects him, Kevin retaliates. At first Taylors entourage rallies around him, but then Kevin takes his deception one step further and Taylor sees his support dwindle, teaching him the valuable...

"Secrets of Majestic Hills: Book One"

Cassidy Ryan and Brynn Michaels attend the same high school, but they live in different worlds. Cassidy s a popular cheerleader, and Brynn s the social leper. One is all sunshine and rainbows, while the other could ve been carved from an Edgar Allan Poe book.

Both girls have their problems, though. Cassidy is coming into her birthright a long line of ancient magic Cassidy isn t ready to have. Brynn is coming into her sexuality something that will definitely cause problems with her very conservative family.

When a teacher assigns Cassidy and...

Kyle Jackowski, typical sullen emo teen, struggles to find a way to deal with his sexuality and finds himself in trouble with the law... again. But instead of being sent to a juvenile detention center like he expected, he is given a chance to commute his sentence by working on a farm for the summer.

Enter Sam, son of the farm owners, who shows Kyle what he feels is perfectly normal and that he doesn't have to hide from his feelings. In turn, Sam's parents show Kyle that his abusive stepfather and battered mother are not the norm. With their love and support, Kyle finds his place in the...

Adam Jameson has always felt like an outsider in his own home, where his parents constant efforts to instill religious fervor have instead filled him with fear. Most of the time, he just wants to stay out of everybody s way. But when Adam is forced to volunteer at a homeless shelter his senior year in high school, everything changes. He s introduced to people who care about more than religion and, as a result, he starts to come out of his shell. For the first time in his life, Adam finds people who he wants to be around.

Mickey Stafford lives on the streets, a teen kicked out by his...

As a musician at the popular college cafe Coed Joe s, high school senior Kai Manter is never lacking for male attention. Out, proud, free-spirited, and sexually aware, Kai sets his sights on his darkly Gothic and undeniably bad-tempered coworker, Jamie Arlotta, a freshman at the local arts university. Sporting long hair and alluring hippie style, Kai expects his interest will be reciprocated, with satisfying sex as the end goal. That s what usually happens. But Jamie s lessons in life have been harsher. Having been sexually abused by his older stepbrother for several years, Jamie has grown...

Braving the start of high school, longtime childhood friends Benjamin Wells and Timmy Norton quickly realize they are entering a whole new world colored by their family responsibilities. Ben is trying to please his strict father; Timmy is taking care of his younger sisters. While their easy camaraderie is still comfortable, Ben notices Timmy growing distant and evasive, but Ben has his own problems. It s easier to let concerns about Timmy s home life slide, especially when Timmy changes directions and starts to get a little too close. Ben doesn t know how to handle the new feelings Timmy s...

Princess Amelia dreams of finding true love, with the help of a little magic and a loyal friend.

A lesbian fairytale, 'Princess Charming' presents a new twist on a classic idea, creating a world where sleeping spells and mischief are matched only by the truest of loves. The words are brought to life by beautiful and dreamlike art that will leave the reader floating in a realm of fantasy where love knows no bounds.

When family complications take Joshua away from his fundamentalist Christian mother and leave him with his grandfather, he finds himself immersed in a mysterious and magical world. Joshua s grandfather is a Wisconsin Ojibwe Indian who, along with an array of quirky characters, runs a recreated sixteenth-century village for the tourists who visit the reservation. Joshua s mother kept him from his Ojibwe heritage, so living on the reservation is liberating for him. The more he learns about Ojibwe traditions, the more he feels at home.

One Ojibwe legend in particular captivates him....

Secrets. Their weight can be crushing, but their release can change everything and not necessarily for the better. Ian is no stranger to secrets. Being a gay teen in a backwater southern town, Ian must keep his orientation under wraps, especially since he spends a lot of time with his hands all over members of the same sex, pinning their sweaty, hard bodies to the wrestling mat.

When he s trying not to stare at teammates in the locker room, he s busy hiding another secret that he starves himself so he doesn t get bumped to the next weight class.

Enter Julian Yang, an Adonis with...

Micah McGhee has struggled all his life against prejudice and abuse. Forced to drop out of school after the death of his mother, Micah works full time to support himself and his alcoholic father. One night, on his way home from a party, Micah s hard life ends when he s beaten to death by a street gang.

Three days later, Micah awakens with godlike abilities granted by the alien device that resurrected him. His work helping the downtrodden and performing miracles soon earns him worldwide attention including the notice of conservative Reverend Vaughn Titus. Micah s friends, devout...

One October morning, high school junior Bryan Dennison wakes up a different person-helpful, generous, and chivalrous-a person whose new admirable qualities he doesn't recognize. Stranger still is the urge to tie a red sheet around his neck like a cape.

Bryan soon realizes this compulsion to wear a red cape is accompanied by more unusual behavior. He can't hold back from retrieving kittens from tall trees, helping little old ladies cross busy streets, and defending innocence anywhere he finds it.

Shockingly, at school, he realizes he used to be a bully. He's attracted to the former...

It s not easy being Todd Williams, a fourteen-and-a-half-year-old gay musical prodigy. The bullies, Bob and Ari, at his fancy private school make his life a living hell. Todd s drunken, irresponsible mother, Eddie, constantly embarrasses him and puts his artistic future in jeopardy. And now, his best friend, Jennifer, who plays clarinet with him in the orchestra, isn t speaking to him. Maybe Leroy, Todd s friendly poltergeist, knows what s going on with her. To top it off, he can no longer rely on Jennifer's help in the race to solve a puzzle that could lead to a buried treasure. Todd must...