Awards search:The Best Children's Books of the Year

When Love Comes to Town

by Tom Lennon
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
CHECKED, YA FIC L, ***Fiction, **YA Fiction, *YA, Location: Ireland, sport - rugby, Location: school, coming out, sports, adolescence — 1 more, Genre: romance
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC L

Uncle Bobby's Wedding

by Sarah S. Brannen
Paperback, 2008
Tags
CHECKED, C FIC B, ***Fiction, **Children's Fiction, *Children's, Identity: gay, relationship - marriage, relationship - family, relationship - uncle, Genre: picture book, galley
Status
Available
Call number
C FIC B

The Vast Fields of Ordinary

by Nick Burd
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
CHECKED, YA FIC B, ***Fiction, **YA Fiction, *YA, Identity: gay, relationship - family, Genre: tragedy, relationships, relationship - dating, coming of age — 1 more, relationship - divorce
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC B

Ash

by Malinda Lo
Paperback, 2009
Tags
CHECKED, YA FIC L, ***Fiction, **YA Fiction, *YA, Genre: fairy tales, Identity: lesbian, Genre: romance, Genre: fantasy
Series
Royal Huntress (1)
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC L

Wonder

by R. J. Palacio
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
C FIC P, *Children's, **Children's Fiction, disability, Location: middle school, coming of age
Series
Wonder (Palacio) (1)
Status
Available
Call number
C FIC P

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

37 Things I Love (In No Particular Order)

by Kekla Magoon
Paperback, 2012
Tags
CHECKED, YA FIC M, ***Fiction, **YA Fiction, *YA, relationship - family, health - coma, relationship - friendship, Identity: lesbian, coming of age
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC M

Drama

by Raina Telgemeier
Paperback, 2012
Tags
YA FIC T, Genre: graphic novel/comic, Location: middle school, Identity: gay, arts - theater, middle grade, young adult, stage crew, drama
Status
Checked out
Call number
YA FIC T

Drama: A Graphic Novel

by Raina Telgemeier
Paperback, 2012
Tags
YA LIT GRAPH, Genre: graphic novel/comic, Location: middle school, Identity: gay, arts - theater, middle grade, young adult, stage crew, drama, banned books
Status
Available
Call number
YA LIT GRAPH

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

Two Boys Kissing

by David Levithan
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
CHECKED, YA FIC L, ***Fiction, **YA Fiction, *YA, health - AIDS/HIV, Identity: gay, coming out, relationships, Genre: romance
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC L

Two Boys Kissing

by David Levithan
Paperback, 2015
Tags
YA FIC L, young adult, Identity: gay, coming of age, health - AIDS/HIV, relationships, Genre: romance, **YA Fiction, coming out, banned books
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

Branded by the Pink Triangle

by Ken Setterington
Paperback, 2013
Tags
YA HIST MOD, *YA, **YA Nonfiction, ***Nonfiction, +History, +Modern History, Genre: history, Location: Germany, ideology - homophobia, Identity: gay, Nazis — 5 more, Nazi germany, Time Period: World War II (WWII), Time Period: Holocaust, Holocaust, young adult
Status
Available
Call number
YA HIST MOD

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

Gracefully Grayson

by Ami Polonsky
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
CHECKED, YA FIC P, ***Fiction, **YA Fiction, *YA, Identity: transgender, coming out, acceptance, identity, gender, Location: middle school
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC P

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

Red: A Crayon's Story

by Michael Hall
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
CHECKED, C FIC H, ***Fiction, **Children's Fiction, *Children's, Identity: transgender
Status
Checked out
Call number
C FIC H

Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir

by Maggie Thrash
Paperback, 2017
Tags
CHECKED, YA LIT GRAPH, ***Fiction, **YA Fiction, *YA, Genre: graphic novel/comic, Identity: lesbian
Series
Honor girl (1)
Status
Available
Call number
YA LIT GRAPH

Unbecoming

by Jenny Downham
Paperback, 2017
Tags
YA FIC D, relationship - family, +Family Relationships, Identity: lesbian, Sapphic, wlw, coming out, Alzheimer's disease
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC D

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

History Is All You Left Me

by Adam Silvera
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
CHECKED, A FIC S, ***Fiction, **Adult Fiction, *Adult, Identity: gay
Status
Available
Call number
A FIC S

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

As I Descended

by Robin Talley
Paperback, 2020
Tags
YA FIC T, Identity: lesbian, Sapphic, wlw, Identity: bisexual, queer author, macbeth, retelling, Shakespeare retelling, *YA, **YA Fiction — 6 more, young adult, Location: high school, Ethnicity: Latino/a, disability, ghosts, supernatural
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC T

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

Home at Last

by Vera B. Williams
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
CHECKED, C FIC W, ***Fiction, **Children's Fiction, *Children's, relationship - adoption, relationship - fathers, relationship - father-son, relationship - parenting, trauma
Status
Available
Call number
C FIC W

Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit

by Jaye Robin Brown
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
CHECKED, YA FIC B, ***Fiction, **YA Fiction, *YA, Identity: lesbian, coming of age, Location: Georgia, Location: Atlanta, spirituality, Location: American South — 1 more, Spirituality: Christianity
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC B

Flying Lessons & Other Stories

by Ellen Oh Editor
Paperback, 2018
Tags
C ANT O, Identity: gay, Ethnicity: Chinese, disability, immigrants, death, grief, racism, alcoholism, sports, Genre: historical fiction — 10 more, Genre: short stories, +Anthology, *Children's, Mexican-American, Ethnicity: Latino/a, Ethnicity: Native American, Ethnicity: black/African American, Ethnicity: Indian, Location: Asia, QPOC
Status
Available
Call number
C ANT O

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

One of A Kind, Like Me / Único como yo (English and Spanish Edition)

by Laurin Mayeno
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
C FIC M, gender, gender nonconforming, gender nonconformity, gender variance, Genre: picture book, *Children's
Status
Available
Call number
C FIC M

They Both Die at the End

by Adam Silvera
Paperback, 2018
Tags
YA FIC S, Speculative fiction, Identity: gay, Identity: bisexual, Genre: romance, Genre: science fiction, Ethnicity: Latino/a, Puerto Rican, Culture: Cuban-American, Cuban, **YA Fiction — 3 more, young adult, *YA, QPOC
Series
They Both Die at the End (1)
Status
Checked out
Call number
YA FIC S

Dreadnought: Nemesis - Book One: 1 (Nemesis, 1)

by April Daniels
Paperback, 2017
Tags
Genre: adventure, superhero, young adult, ***Fiction, **YA Fiction, coming out, closeted, survival, LGBTQ+, gender identity, lgbtq+ fiction — 1 more, YA D
Series
Nemesis (1)
Status
Checked out
Call number
YA D

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

Jane, Unlimited

by Kristin Cashore
Paperback, 2018
Tags
A FIC C, Identity: bisexual, bisexual, Sapphic, wlw, Genre: mystery, Genre: science fiction, Genre: thriller, Genre: fantasy, Genre: horror, paranormal — 1 more, choose your own adventure
Status
Available
Call number
A FIC C

A Line in the Dark

by Malinda Lo
Paperback, 2018
Tags
YA FIC L, Identity: lesbian, Lesbian, wlw, Sapphic, Genre: thriller, young adult, **YA Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC L

Dress Codes for Small Towns

by Courtney Stevens
Paperback, 2018
Tags
YA FIC S, Identity: bisexual, bisexual, Location: American South, Location: Kentucky, young adult, **YA Fiction, *YA, Location: high school
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

The Witch Boy

by Molly Knox Ostertag
Paperback, 2017
Tags
C FIC O, *Children's, Genre: graphic novel/comic, Genre: fantasy, magic, witch, gender nonconforming, gender nonconformity, social issue - gender roles, gender, middle grade
Series
The Witch Boy (1)
Status
Checked out
Call number
C FIC O

The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy (Montague Siblings, 2)

by Mackenzi Lee
Paperback, 2020
Tags
YA FIC L, ideology - sexism, misogyny, profession: doctor, Identity: lesbian, Identity: gay, Identity: bisexual, bisexual, Identity: asexual, Doctors, young adult — 6 more, **YA Fiction, Genre: historical fiction, pirates, Profession: pirate, Location: England, Europe
Series
Montague Siblings (2)
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC L

Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag

by Rob Sanders
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
Genre: picture book, LGBTQ+, ***Nonfiction, **Children's Nonfiction, +Biography, +History, *Children's, queer, social justice, historical, biography memoir — 1 more, C BIO M
Status
Available

Julián Is a Mermaid

by Jessica Love
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
CHECKED, C FIC L, ***Fiction, **Children's Fiction, *Children's
Series
Julián (1)
Status
Available
Call number
C FIC L

Odd One Out

by Nic Stone
Paperback, 2019
Tags
YA FIC S, Identity: lesbian, Identity: bisexual, Location: high school, Identity: questioning, Ethnicity: Latino/a, Ethnicity: Asian American Pacific Islander, young adult, **YA Fiction, Ethnicity: black/African American, Genre: romance — 1 more, QPOC
Status
Available
Call number
YA FIC S

Where the Heart Is

by Jo Knowles
Paperback, 2021
Tags
C FIC K, *Children's, **Children's Fiction, middle grade, Location: middle school, social issue - poverty, coming of age, Identity: lesbian
Status
Available
Call number
C FIC K

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

Pet

by Akwaeke Emezi
Paperback, 2021
Tags
nonbinary author, lgbtq author, Genre: fantasy, young adult, LGBTQ+, ***Fiction, **YA Fiction, queer, magical realism, middle grade, transgender — 2 more, young adult fantasy, YA FIC E
Series
Pet (1)
Status
Available

Pride Colors

by Robin Stevenson
Board book, 2019
Tags
C FIC S, Genre: picture book, pride, *Children's, **Children's Fiction, Identity: gay, Identity: lesbian, gay marriage
Status
Available
Call number
C FIC S
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