Kids
A good kind of trouble
Lisa Moore Ramée
eBOOK
Kids
After attending a powerful protest, Shayla starts wearing an armband to school to support the Black Lives Matter movement, but when the school gives her an ultimatum, she is forced to choose between her education and her identity.
A high five for Glenn Burke
Phil Bildner
jFICTION/Bildner Phil
Fiction, Historical Fiction, LGBTQ+, Kids
After researching Glenn Burke, the first major league baseball player to come out as gay, sixth-grader Silas Wade slowly comes out to his best friend Zoey, then his coach, with unexpected consequences.
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Pride : celebrating diversity & community
Robin Stevenson
j306.76 Stevenson
LGBTQ+, Kids, Nonfiction
"This work of nonfiction for middle readers examines what -- and why -- gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people and their supporters celebrate on Pride Day every June"--Title page verso.
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The Stonewall Riots : coming out in the streets
Gayle E. Pitman
j306.76 Pitman
Kids, LGBTQ+, Nonfiction, History
"This book is about the Stonewall Riots, a series of spontaneous, often violent demonstrations by members of the gay (LGBTQ+) community in reaction to a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The Riots are attributed as the spark that ignited the LGBTQ+ Movement. The author describes American gay history leading up to the Riots, the Riots themselves, and the aftermath, and includes her interviews of people involved or witnesses, including a woman who was ten at the time. Profusely illustrated, the book includes contemporary photos, newspaper clippings among other period objects. A timely and necessary read, The Stonewall Riots helps readers to understand the history and legacy of the LGBTQ+ movement"--
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Hurricane child
Kheryn Callender
jFICTION Callende Kheryn
Fiction, Adventure, LGBTQ+, Kids
Born on Water Island in the Virgin Islands during a hurricane, which is considered bad luck, twelve-year-old Caroline falls in love with another girl--and together they set out in a hurricane to find Caroline's missing mother.
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Martin McLean, middle school queen
Alyssa Zaczek
Seventh-grader Martin McLean has trouble expressing himself except at Mathletes competitions and, now, as a female impersonator but his first-ever drag show falls on the same night as an important Mathletes tournament.
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Birdie and me
J. M. M. Nuanez
jFICTION/Nuanez, J. M. M.
Fiction, LGBTQ+, Kids
Ever since their free-spirited mama died ten months ago, twelve-year-old Jack and her gender creative nine-year-old brother, Birdie, have been living with their fun-loving Uncle Carl, but now their conservative Uncle Patrick insists on being their guardian which forces all four of them to confront grief, prejudice, and loss, all while exploring what 'home' really means.
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Better Nate than ever
Tim Federle
jFICTION Federle Tim
Fiction, Kids, LGBTQ+
An eighth-grader who dreams of performing in a Broadway musical concocts a plan to run away to New York and audition for the role of Elliot in the musical version of "E.T."
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