In and Out of the Closet: Fiction and Nonfiction about GLBTQ Teens

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In and Out of the Closet: Fiction and Nonfiction about GLBTQ Teens
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Howe, James. Totally Joe. 2005. (YA Fiction Howe.J)Cover Art

As a school assignment, a thirteen-year-old boy writes an alphabiography--life from A to Z--and explores issues of friendship, family, school, and the challenges of being a gay teenager.

 

Huser, Glen,. Stitches. 2003. (YA Fiction Huser.G)Cover Art

Having learned to cope with the teasing that comes from having an unusual family situation, Travis is generally quite happy, until the school thugs go on the attack while Travis and his friends are trying to assemble a puppet production for school.

 

Hyde, Catherine Ryan. Becoming Chloe. 2006. (YA Fiction Hyde.C)Cover Art

A gay teenage boy and a fragile teenage girl meet while living on the streets of New York City and eventually decide to take a road trip across America to discover whether or not the world is a beautiful place.

 

Johnson, Maureen. The Bermudez Triangle : A Novel. 2004. (YA Fiction Johns.M)Cover Art

The friendship of three high school girls and their relationships with their friends and families are tested when two of them fall in love with each other.

 

Kerr, M. E. "Hello," I Lied : A Novel. 1997. (YA Fiction Kerr.M)Cover Art

Lang knew his summer at a ritzy East Coast resort spot would change him, but he didn’t expect that he would come out to his childhood friends, examine his relationship with his boyfriend, or most surprisingly, fall in love with the beautiful daughter of a rock star.

 

Koertge, Ronald. The Arizona Kid. 2005. (YA Fiction Koert.R 2005)Cover Art

Sixteen-year-old Billy comes to terms with his own values when he is sent to live with his gay uncle in Tucson and is introduced to the world of rodeos where he falls in love with an outspoken racehorse rider named Cara.

 

Koja, Kathe. Talk. 2005. (YA Fiction Koja.K)Cover Art

Hoping to escape from himself for awhile, Kit auditions for a controversial school play and discovers his talent for acting, struggles with coming out, and both he and his costar face crises in their view of themselves and in their close relationships. Told from two points of view.

 

 

 

Kluger, Steve. My Most Excellent Year : A Novel Of Love, Mary Poppins, & Fenway Park. 2008. (YA Fiction Kluge.S)Cover Art

Good friends T.C., Augie, and Alejandra experience an earth-shattering year of musical theatre, baseball, community activism, and pursuing their dreams. During this year, Augie comes to accept what his friends already suspect about his sexual orientation.

 

Koertge, Ron. Boy Girl Boy. 2005. (YA Fiction Koert.R)Cover Art

Three high school seniors, who plan to run away together from Illinois to California after graduation, try to figure out who they are who they want to be.

 



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