Awards search:Tayshas High School Reading List

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

by Stephen Chbosky
Paperback, 1999
Tags
CHECKED, YA FIC C, ***Fiction, **YA Fiction, *YA, Location: high school, Identity: gay, coming of age, sex, abuse - sexual, abuse - bullying — 7 more, relationship - friendship, relationships, drugs, relationship - family, drama, Genre: romance, banned books
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC C

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

by Stephen Chbosky
Paperback, 2012
Tags
CHECKED, YA FIC C, ***Fiction, **YA Fiction, *YA, Location: high school, Identity: gay, coming of age, sex, abuse - sexual, abuse - bullying — 7 more, relationship - friendship, relationships, drugs, relationship - family, drama, Genre: romance, banned books
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC C

Cut

by Patricia McCormick
Hardcover, 2000
Tags
CHECKED, YA FIC M, ***Fiction, **YA Fiction, *YA, health - mental health, Trigger Warning: self harm, Location: high school, health - eating disorders
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC M

Luna

by Julie Anne Peters
Paperback, 2004
Tags
CHECKED, YA FIC P, ***Fiction, **YA Fiction, *YA, Identity: transgender, identity, gender, self acceptance, Location: high school, coming out — 1 more, relationship - family
Status
Checked out
Call number
YA FIC P

Rainbow Boys

by Alex Sanchez
Paperback, 2003
Tags
CHECKED, YA FIC S, ***Fiction, **YA Fiction, *YA, Location: high school, Identity: gay, Identity: male
Series
Rainbow Trilogy (1)
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC S

Surface Tension: Love, Sex and Politics Between Lesbians and Straight Women

by Meg Daly Editor
Paperback, 1996
Tags
CHECKED, A ANT D, +Anthology, ***Nonfiction, **Adult Nonfiction, *Adult, Identity: lesbian, relationship - friendship
Status
Available
Call number
A ANT D

The Shared Heart: Portraits and Stories Celebrating Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Young People

by Adam Mastoon
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
CHECKED, A CULT GEN, +Cultural Studies, +General Cultural Studies, ***Nonfiction, **Adult Nonfiction, *Adult, arts - photography, Identity: gay, Identity: lesbian, Identity: bisexual
Status
Available
Call number
A CULT GEN

Dragoneye Series 1 - Eon

by Alison Goodman
Paperback, 2010
Tags
CHECKED, YA FIC G, ***Fiction, **YA Fiction, *YA, series, Genre: fantasy, dragon, magic, crossdressing, Genre: adventure — 1 more, Genre: science fiction
Series
Dragoneye (1)
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC G

The Mortal Instruments Series 1 - City of Bones

by Cassandra Clare
Paperback, 2007
Tags
CHECKED, YA FIC C, ***Fiction, **YA Fiction, *YA, Genre: fantasy, Identity: gay, Identity: lesbian, Identity: bisexual, faeries, werewolves — 5 more, Profession: wizard, Location: New York City, vampires, demons, series
Series
The Mortal Instruments (1), The Shadowhunter Chronicles: Author-recommended order (The Mortal Instruments, 2007-1)
Status
Checked out
Call number
YA FIC C

Will Grayson, Will Grayson

by John Green
Paperback, 2011
Tags
YA FIC G, Identity: gay, young adult, **YA Fiction, *YA, coming of age
Series
Will Grayson (1)
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC G

I Am J

by Cris Beam
Paperback, 2012
Tags
CHECKED, YA FIC B, ***Fiction, **YA Fiction, *YA, Identity: transgender
Status
Checked out
Call number
YA FIC B

The Disenchantments

by Nina LaCour
Paperback, 2013
Status
Available

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
CHECKED, YA FIC S, ***Fiction, **YA Fiction, *YA, Identity: gay, Genre: romance, Identity: Chicana, Location: prison, relationship - friendship, coming of age — 7 more, relationships, relationship - family, Award: Michael L. Printz Award, Award: Lambda Literary Award, Award: Stonewall Award, identity, QPOC
Series
Aristotle and Dante (1)
Status
Checked out
Call number
YA FIC S

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Paperback, 2014
Tags
YA FIC S, *YA, **YA Fiction, young adult, Identity: gay, coming of age, Genre: romance, relationship - friendship
Series
Aristotle and Dante (1)
Status
Checked out
Call number
YA FIC S

Openly Straight Series 1 - Openly Straight

by Bill Konigsberg
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
CHECKED, YA FIC K, ***Fiction, **YA Fiction, *YA, Identity: gay, Genre: romance, sport - soccer, Profession: writer, Location: boarding school, Location: New England — 3 more, coming out, coming of age, tolerance
Series
Openly Straight (1)
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC K

Proxy Series 1 - Proxy

by Alex London
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
CHECKED, YA FIC L, ***Fiction, **YA Fiction, *YA, series, Genre: dystopian, Genre: science fiction, Identity: gay
Series
Proxy (1)
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC L

Freakboy

by Kristin Elizabeth Clark
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
CHECKED, YA FIC C, ***Fiction, **YA Fiction, *YA, Genre: contemporary, sport - wrestling, Identity: questioning, coming of age, gender, Identity: non-binary — 1 more, Identity: transgender
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC C

Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out

by Susan Kuklin
Paperback, 2015
Tags
YA CULT TRANS, Identity: transgender, **YA Nonfiction, ***Nonfiction, arts - photography, self acceptance, identity, transgender, *YA, young adult, banned books
Status
Checked out
Call number
YA CULT TRANS

More Happy Than Not

by Adam Silvera
Paperback, 2016
Tags
CHECKED, YA FIC S, ***Fiction, **YA Fiction, *YA, Identity: gay, coming of age, coming out, grief, loss, relationship - friendship — 3 more, memory, Genre: science fiction, banned books
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC S

Everything Leads to You

by Nina LaCour
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
CHECKED, YA FIC L, ***Fiction, **YA Fiction, *YA, Genre: romance, Location: Hollywood, Identity: lesbian, relationships, relationship - family, acceptance — 1 more, Profession: artist
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC L

Everything Leads to You

by Nina LaCour
Paperback, 2015
Tags
YA FIC L
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC L

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

by Becky Albertalli
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
CHECKED, YA FIC A, ***Fiction, **YA Fiction, *YA, Location: high school, relationship - friendship, relationships, coming of age, abuse - bullying, coming out — 1 more, Identity: gay
Series
Simonverse (1)
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC A

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

by Becky Albertalli
Paperback, 2016
Tags
YA FIC A, Identity: gay, coming out, Location: high school, **YA Fiction, young adult, *YA, Genre: romance, Romance
Series
Simonverse (1)
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC A

If I Was Your Girl

by Meredith Russo
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
CHECKED, YA FIC R, ***Fiction, **YA Fiction, *YA, Location: Tennessee, Location: high school, Identity: transgender
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC R

If I Was Your Girl

by Meredith Russo
Paperback, 2018
Tags
YA FIC R, Identity: transgender, transgender, Location: high school, coming of age, Genre: romance, **YA Fiction, young adult
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC R

The Prince and the Dressmaker

by Jen Wang
Paperback, 2018
Tags
CHECKED, YA FIC T, ***Fiction, **YA Fiction, *YA, acceptance, crossdressing, Genre: fairy tales, Profession: prince, Location: Paris, adolescence — 2 more, YA FIC W, Genre: graphic novel/comic
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC W

When the Moon was Ours: A Novel

by Anna-Marie McLemore
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
CHECKED, YA FIC M, ***Fiction, **YA Fiction, *YA, magic, Genre: fantasy, Identity: transgender
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC M

Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen

by Jazz Jennings
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
CHECKED, YA BIO ANT, +Anthology, +Biography, ***Nonfiction, **YA Nonfiction, *YA, Identity: transgender, memoir, Location: high school, acceptance
Status
Available
Call number
YA BIO AUTO

Girl Mans Up

by M-E Girard
Paperback, 2018
Tags
YA FIC G, Identity: lesbian, Lesbian, Lesbian fiction, Location: high school, Identity: butch, Romance, *YA, **YA Fiction, young adult, gender nonconforming — 5 more, gender nonconformity, gender, wlw, Sapphic, coming of age
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC G

We Are Okay

by Nina LaCour
Paperback, 2019
Tags
YA FIC L, Identity: lesbian, Lesbian, Identity: gay, health - mental health, mental illness, health - depression, loneliness, young adult, **YA Fiction, Sapphic — 3 more, wlw, Romance, grief
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC L

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings, 1)

by Mackenzi Lee
Paperback, 2018
Tags
YA FIC L, Identity: gay, Genre: historical fiction, young adult, **YA Fiction, coming out, ideology - homophobia, coming of age, Genre: romance, Profession: pirate, disability — 6 more, epilepsy, pirates, Identity: bisexual, bisexual, Europe, Location: England
Series
Montague Siblings (1)
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC L

Dear Martin

by Nic Stone
Paperback, 2018
Tags
YA FIC S, Ethnicity: black/African American, *YA, **YA Fiction, young adult, bisexual author, racism, race relations, Location: high school, QPOC
Series
Dear Martin (1)
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC S

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives

by Dashka Slater
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
YA HIST GEN, +Hate Crime & Homophobia, abuse - hate crimes, ideology - homophobia, Identity: transgender, Identity: non-binary, ideology - transphobia, Identity: agender, *YA, **YA Nonfiction, ***Nonfiction — 1 more, +History
Status
Available
Call number
YA HIST GEN

Circe

by Madeline Miller
Paperback, 2020
Tags
fiction, YA, young adult, greek mythology, retelling, fantasy, historical fiction, adult, witches, +Feminism, adventure — 4 more, queer themes, outcast, lover, woman
Status
Checked out

Darius the Great Is Not Okay

by Adib Khorram
Paperback, 2019
Tags
YA FIC K, Ethnicity: Iranian American, Location: Iran, Identity: gay, coming of age, young adult, **YA Fiction, *YA, Genre: romance, Ethnicity: Persian, QPOC
Series
Darius the Great (1)
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC K

Dear Evan Hansen

by Val Emmich
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
YA FIC E, young adult, fiction, LGBTQ+, anxiety, mental health, friendship, suicide, grief
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC E

They Called Us Enemy

by George Takei
Paperback, 2019
Tags
LIT GRAPH, Gay author, Identity: Japanese Americans; Graphic memoir, Japanese internment, Genre: memoir, QPOC
Status
Available
Call number
LIT GRAPH

Deposing Nathan

by Zack Smedley
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
YA FIC S, **YA Fiction, young adult, coming of age, abuse - child abuse, abuse - emotional, Identity: bisexual, +Religion, +Christianity, sexuality, profanity — 3 more, violence, anxiety, *YA
Status
Checked out
Call number
YA FIC S

Hot Dog Girl

by Jennifer Dugan
Paperback, 2020
Tags
YA FIC D, Identity: bisexual, Identity: queer, Genre: romance, coming of age, **YA Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC D

All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto

by George M. Johnson
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
YA BIO AUTO, *YA, **YA Nonfiction, ***Nonfiction, young adult, masculinity, Identity: queer, Identity: person of color, Ethnicity: black/African American, Genre: memoir, gender — 2 more, banned books, QPOC
Status
Checked out
Call number
YA BIO AUTO

With the Fire on High

by Elizabeth Acevedo
Paperback, 2021
Tags
YA FIC A, Identity: gay, Identity: lesbian, Lesbian, Sapphic, wlw, cooking, food and drink, chefs, Location: high school, coming of age — 8 more, **YA Fiction, young adult, ethnicity: afrolatino/a, afrolatino/a, teen mothers, teen moms, teenage motherhood, QPOC
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC A

Clap When You Land

by Elizabeth Acevedo
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
YA FIC A, novel-in-verse, Genre: poetry, Dominican Republic, Ethnicity: Latino/a, Ethnicity: black/African American, ethnicity: afrolatino/a, relationship - family, Identity: lesbian, Sapphic, wlw — 3 more, **YA Fiction, young adult, QPOC
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC A

Burn Our Bodies Down

by Rory Power
Paperback, 2021
Tags
YA FIC P, Genre: mystery, Genre: thriller, Genre: horror, Identity: lesbian, Sapphic, *YA, **YA Fiction, young adult
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC P

Iron Widow

by Xiran Jay Zhao
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
YA FIC Z, Genre: fantasy, Identity: polyamorous, relationship - polyamory, Identity: gay, Genre: science fiction, Chinese inspired, Identity: bisexual, *YA, **YA Fiction, young adult
Series
Iron Widow (1)
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC Z

I Kissed Shara Wheeler: A Novel

by Casey McQuiston
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
YA FIC M, Identity: bisexual, Identity: lesbian, Sapphic, wlw, Location: high school, small town mystery, Genre: mystery, Genre: romance, coming of age, nonbinary — 5 more, Identity: gay, Genre: thriller, *YA, young adult, **YA Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC M

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

by Sonora Reyes
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
coming of age, Lesbian fiction, Identity: lesbian, Ethnicity: Latino/a, indigenous, Ethnicity: Native American, Identity: bisexual, ideology - homophobia, +Family Relationships, Ethnicity: Asian American Pacific Islander, Ethnicity: Chinese — 8 more, Location: Catholic school, +Religion, Catholicism, Spirituality: Christianity, *YA, **YA Fiction, young adult, QPOC
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC R
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