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Sam and Ilsa's Last Hurrah
Siblings Sam and Ilsa Kehlmann have spent most of their high school years throwing parties for their friends—and now they've prepared their final blowout, just before graduation. The rules are simple: each twin gets to invite three guests, and the other twin doesn't know who's coming until the partiers show up at the door. With Sam and Ilsa, the sibling revelry is always tempered with a large dose of sibling rivalry, and tonight is no exception. One night. One apartment. Eight people. What could possibly go wrong? Oh, we all know the answer is plenty. But plenty also goes right, as well…in rather surprising ways.- Realistic Fiction, Romance, Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2019
- ISBN: 9780399553844
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Saving Montgomery Sole
While Montgomery spends her time steeped in the paranormal, she never questions the security and love of her two moms. When a well-known evangelical preacher moves to town, she worries that others may challenge her family.- Realistic Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2017
- ISBN: 9781626722712
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Screaming Divas
High school misfits Trudy, Cassie, Harumi and Esther seem an unlikely group to be in the up-and-coming punk band Screaming Divas. Will their rocky friendship survive love, addiction and imminent tragedy?- Realistic Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2015
- ISBN: 9781440572791
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Secret City
When sixteen-year-old Ruby Pickett moves with her family to Oak Ridge, Tennessee in 1944, she is told not to talk about why this new city was created. When Ruby starts working for Iris, a young mother whose husband works in one of the top-secret government buildings, their friendship blossoms into something more and Ruby begins to believe in a wider world for herself.- Historical Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2015
- ISBN: 9781594933905
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Seven Ways We Lie
One scandal. Seven students. As they bury their secrets and uncover others', friendships and unexpected loves are formed and lost.- Realistic Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2017
- ISBN: 9781419719448
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Ship It
In America's Gulf Coast region, where grounded oil tankers are being broken down for parts, Nailer, a teenage boy, works the light crew, scavenging for copper wiring just to make quota--and hopefully live to see another day. But when, by luck or chance, he discovers an exquisite clipper ship beached during a recent hurricane, Nailer faces the most important decision of his life: Strip the ship for all it's worth or rescue its lone survivor, a beautiful and wealthy girl who could lead him to a better life...- Science Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2019
- ISBN: 9781368003131
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Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Closeted high schooler Simon Spier is being blackmailed—either help Martin Addison get together with the girl of his dreams (Simon's good friend) or Simon's sexuality and email romance with mystery classmate “Blue” will be made public. Follow Simon as he comes out, handles his bully, and navigates how to be with “Blue” in real life. -
Social Intercourse
Beckett Gaines, a gay teen living in South Carolina, has his world turned upside-down by a jock in this laugh-out-loud novel that's Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda meets The Parent Trap. Beck: The Golden Girls-loving, out-and-proud choir nerd growing up in the “ass-crack of the Bible belt.” Jax: The Golden Boy, star quarterback with a slick veneer facing uncomfortable truths about himself and his past. When Beck's emotionally fragile dad starts dating the recently single (and supposedly lesbian) mom of former bully, Jaxon Parker, Beck is not having it. Jax isn't happy about the situation either, holding out hope that his moms will reunite and restore the only stable home he's ever known. Putting aside past differences, the boys plot to derail the budding romance between their parents at their conservative hometown's first-ever Rainbow Prom. Hearts will be broken, new romance will bloom, but nothing will go down the way Beck and Jax have planned. In his hilarious and provocative debut, Greg Howard examines the challenges of growing up different in a small southern town through the lens of colorful and unforgettable characters who stay with you long after the last drop of sweet tea.- Realistic Fiction, Romance
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2019
- ISBN: 9781481497817
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The Steep and Thorny Way
Urged on by her father's ghost, Hanalee and Joe search to find the truth about his murder in 1920s Oregon.. -
Stranger
Generations after a natural disaster destroyed civilization as we know it, eighteen-year-old prospector Ross Juarez escapes King Voske's bounty hunter and finds refuge in the town of Las Anclas. Mutated residents with strange powers live side-by-side with “Norms,” yet not even this haven is free from the shadow of King Voske's greed for dominion.
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The Summer of Jordi Perez (And the Best Burger in Los Angeles)
Seventeen, fashion-obsessed, and gay, Abby Ives has always been content playing the sidekick in other people's lives. While her friends and sister have plunged headfirst into the world of dating and romances, Abby has stayed focused on her plus-size style blog and her dreams of taking the fashion industry by storm. When she lands a prized internship at her favorite local boutique, she's thrilled to take her first step into her dream career. She doesn't expect to fall for her fellow intern, Jordi Perez. Abby knows it's a big no-no to fall for a colleague. She also knows that Jordi documents her whole life in photographs, while Abby would prefer to stay behind the scenes. Then again, nothing is going as expected this summer. She's competing against the girl she's kissing to win a paid job at the boutique. She's somehow managed to befriend Jax, a lacrosse-playing bro type who needs help in a project that involves eating burgers across L.A.'s eastside. Suddenly, she doesn't feel like a sidekick. Is it possible Abby's finally in her own story? But when Jordi's photography puts Abby in the spotlight, it feels like a betrayal, rather than a starring role. Can Abby find a way to reconcile her positive yet private sense of self with the image that other people have of her? -
Summer of Salt
A magic passed down through generations . . . Georgina Fernweh waits with growing impatience for the tingle of magic in her fingers—magic that has been passed down through every woman in her family. Her twin sister, Mary, already shows an ability to defy gravity. But with their eighteenth birthday looming at the end of this summer, Georgina fears her gift will never come. An island where strange things happen . . . No one on the island of By-the-Sea would ever call the Fernwehs what they really are, but if you need the odd bit of help—say, a sleeping aid concocted by moonlight—they are the ones to ask. No one questions the weather, as moody and erratic as a summer storm. No one questions the (allegedly) three-hundred-year-old bird who comes to roost on the island every year. A summer that will become legend . . . When tragedy strikes, what made the Fernweh women special suddenly casts them in suspicion. Over the course of her last summer on the island—a summer of storms, of love, of salt—Georgina will learn the truth about magic, in all its many forms. -
Symptoms of Being Human
Is Riley Cavanaugh a boy or a girl? The answer is yes. In this ground-breaking exploration of what it's like to be a gender fluid teen, Riley grapples with self-identity, balancing that identity with family expectations, and standing up to bullies. -
Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel
High-school junior Leila Azadi suddenly and unexpectedly falls hard for Saskia, the beautiful and sophisticated new girl at school. Leila finds herself taking risks she never would have before. -
This is Kind of an Epic Love Story
Nathan Bird doesn't believe in happy endings. Although he's the ultimate film buff and an aspiring screenwriter, Nate's seen the demise of too many relationships to believe that happy endings exist in real life. Playing it safe to avoid a broken heart has been his MO ever since his father died and left his mom to unravel—but this strategy is not without fault. His best-friend-turned-girlfriend-turned-best-friend-again, Florence, is set on making sure Nate finds someone else. And in a twist that is rom-com-worthy, someone does come along: Oliver James Hernández, his childhood best friend. After a painful mix-up when they were little, Nate finally has the chance to tell Ollie the truth about his feelings. But can Nate find the courage to pursue his own happily ever after? -
This Song Is (Not) for You
Bandmates Sam and Ramona are in love with each other, but afraid to admit it. When Tom, who has always had to defend his asexuality to others, makes their duo a trio, there is enough love for everyone.- Realistic Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2017
- ISBN: 9781492602903
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Top Ten
Ryan McCullough and Gabby Hart are the unlikeliest of friends. Introverted, anxious Gabby would rather do literally anything than go to a party. Ryan is a star hockey player who can get any girl he wants—and does, frequently. But against all odds, they became not only friends, but each other's favorite person. Now, as they face high school graduation, they can't help but take a moment to reminisce and, in their signature tradition, make a top ten list—counting down the top ten moments of their friendship: 10. Where to begin? Maybe the night we met. 9. Then there was our awkward phase. 8. When you were in love with me but never told me… 7. Those five months we stopped talking were the hardest of my life. 6. Through terrible fights… 5. And emotional makeups. 4. You were there for me when I got my heart broken. 3. …but at times, you were also the one breaking it. 2. Above all, you helped me make sense of the world. 1. Now, as we head off to college—how am I possibly going to live without you? (l- Realistic Fiction, Romance
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2019
- ISBN: 9780062418302
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True Letters from a Fictional Life
The real James Liddell is hidden inside his desk. His friends see his girlfriend, athleticism, and confidence as givens, but the letters inside tell another story.- Realistic Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2017
- ISBN: 9780062380258
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Unbecoming
As if kissing her best friend and then being shunned by all her school mates isn't bad enough, now the grandmother Katie didn't know existed is living with them. But revelations of her mother's and grandmother's histories soon offer insights into her own life that she couldn't have predicted. -
The Unbinding of Mary Reade
There's no place for a girl in Mary's world. Not in the home of her mum, desperately drunk and poor. Not in the household of her wealthy granny, where no girl can be named an heir. And certainly not in the arms of Nat, her childhood love who never knew her for who she was. As a sailor aboard a Caribbean merchant ship, Mary's livelihood—and her safety—depends on her ability to disguise her gender. At least, that's what she thinks is true. But then pirates attack the ship, and in the midst of the gang of cutthroats, Mary spots something she never could have imagined: a girl pirate. The sight of a girl standing unafraid upon the deck, gun and sword in hand, changes everything. In a split-second decision, Mary turns her gun on her own captain, earning herself the chance to join the account and become a pirate alongside Calico Jack and Anne Bonny. For the first time, Mary has a shot at freedom. But imagining living as her true self is easier, it seems, than actually doing it. And when Mary finds herself falling for the captain's mistress, she risks everything—her childhood love, her place among the crew, and even her life.- Historical Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2019
- ISBN: 9781510727052
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Under the Lights
Vanessa Park loves her job on the teen TV drama Daylight Falls; Josh Chester is a notorious Hollywood playboy whose career is spiraling out of control. As major life transitions happen, relationships blossom in unexpected ways.- Realistic Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2016
- ISBN: 9781633920170
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Under Threat
Franny's parents, the town's local abortion providers, have always received threats. But when the threats reach a little too close to home, will they destroy both her family and her relationship with her girlfriend?- Realistic Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2017
- ISBN: 9781459811317
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We Are All Made of Molecules
Personalities clash when brainiac Stewart and his widower father move in with social-elite Ashley and her mother. To complicate matters (and to Ashley's chagrin), her gay dad lives in the carriage house in the backyard.- Realistic Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2016
- ISBN: 9780553496864
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We Are the Ants
Henry has the chance to destroy the world; should he press the button? -
Weird Girl and What's His Name
Lula and Rory have two things in common: their love for X-Files and the fact they don't fit in in their small town of Hawthorne, North Carolina. They share everything with one another, until Lula finds out Rory has a few secrets hidden up his sleeve, making Lula reconsider her sexuality and their friendship.- Realistic Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2017
- ISBN: 9781941110270
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What If It's Us
Arthur is only in New York for the summer, but if Broadway has taught him anything, it's that the universe can deliver a showstopping romance when you least expect it. Ben thinks the universe needs to mind its business. If the universe had his back, he wouldn't be on his way to the post office carrying a box of his ex-boyfriend's things. But when Arthur and Ben meet-cute at the post office, what exactly does the universe have in store for them? Maybe nothing. After all, they get separated. Maybe everything. After all, they get reunited. But what if they can't quite nail a first date . . . or a second first date . . . or a third? What if Arthur tries too hard to make it work . . . and Ben doesn't try hard enough? What if life really isn't like a Broadway play? But what if it is? -
What We Left Behind
Toni and Gretchen were the perfect high school couple, determined to stay together forever. However, their relationship begins to strain when Gretchen unexpectedly starts college at NYU instead of following Toni to Boston. Further troubles arise as Toni connects with Harvard's trans community, which raises questions about Toni's own gender and Gretchen's sexuality.- Realistic Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2016
- ISBN: 9780373211753
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When Everything Feels Like the Movies.
There is no such thing as bad press, especially to small town middle-schooler Jude Rothesay. Loosely based on the on the real-life story of Larry Fobes King, this brutal novel explores the life of a glamorous boy who is always in the spotlight. -
When the Moon Was Ours
A girl born of a water tower and a boy who hangs moons risk everything for love in this magical fairy tale. -
White Rabbit
Rufus Holt is having the worst night of his life. It begins with the reappearance of his ex-boyfriend, Sebastian—the guy who stomped his heart out like a spent cigarette. Just as Rufus is getting ready to move on, Sebastian turns up out of the blue, saying they need to "talk." Things couldn't get much worse, right? But then Rufus gets a call from his sister April, begging for help. And then he and Sebastian find her, drenched in blood and holding a knife, beside the dead body of her boyfriend, Fox Whitney. April swears she didn't kill Fox—but Rufus knows her too well to believe she's telling him the whole truth. April has something he needs, though, and her price is his help. Now, with no one to trust but the boy he wants to hate yet can't stop loving, Rufus has one night to prove his sister's innocence…or die trying.- Thriller, Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2019
- ISBN: 9781250085658
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Wild Beauty
For nearly a century, the Nomeolvides women have tended the grounds of La Pradera, the lush estate gardens that enchant guests from around the world. They've also hidden a tragic legacy: if they fall in love too deeply, their lovers vanish. But then, after generations of vanishings, a strange boy appears in the gardens. The boy is a mystery to Estrella, the Nomeolvides girl who finds him, and to her family, but he's even more a mystery to himself; he knows nothing more about who he is or where he came from than his first name. As Estrella tries to help Fel piece together his unknown past, La Pradera leads them to secrets as dangerous as they are magical in this stunning exploration of love, loss, and family.- Fantasy
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2019
- ISBN: 9781250124555
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Willful Machines
In a future world where machines are not only sentient but also have free will, Lee is the closeted son of the very conservative US President. When an escaped 2B machine targets Lee at his prep school, all hell breaks loose.- Science Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2016
- ISBN: 9781481432771
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Without Annette
Josie and her girlfriend Annette escape Annette's alcoholic mother and their small town, but suddenly closeted and excluded from Annette's new circle, the private boarding school in Connecticut is not what Josie thought it would be.- Realistic Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2017
- ISBN: 9780545819954
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Wonders of the Invisible World
Seventeen-year-old Aidan feels like he is sleepwalking through his life until his childhood friend Jarrod returns to his hometown. Jarrod and Aidan are inexorably drawn to each other. Can their connection help Aiden unlock the secrets in his family and find his true self? -
You Know Me Well.
Mark's boyfriend ditches him to flirt with older guys, and Kate runs away from meeting the girl of her dreams. Instead of finding themselves alone, they find each other for the kick off of San Francisco's Pride Week.
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