Not The Only One
Gay & Lesbian Fiction for Teens
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Not The Only One |
| Am | Am I Blue? Coming Out from the Silence (1994) A collection of short stories about homosexuality by well-known teen authors. |
| Block, Francesca Lia | Girl Goddess #9 (1996) Collection of short stories about love: gay, straight, familial, and other worldly. |
| Boock, Paula | Dare, Truth or Promise (1997) Louie Angelo, a high school prefect who plans to be a lawyer, falls in love with a girl who lives in a pub and just wants to get through her exams so she can become a chef. |
| Brothers, Meagan | Debbie Harry Sings in French (2008) Johnny is sent to live with his uncle who understands his fascination with the band Blondie, and learns about his deceased father’s youthful forays into “glam rock.” |
| Crutcher, Chris | Ironman (1995) Bo learns to cope with the shocking fact that his beloved swimming coach is gay. |
| Ferris, Jean | Eight Seconds (2000) John must confront his own sexuality when he goes to rodeo school and finds himself attracted to an older boy who is smart, tough, complicated, gorgeous and gay. |
| Freymann-Wehr, Garret | My Heartbeat (2002) As she tries to understand the closeness between her older brother and his best friend, fourteen-year-old Ellen finds her relationship with each of them changing. |
| Hartinger, Brent | Geography Club (2002) A group of gay and lesbian teens find mutual support when they form the “Geography Club” at their high school. |
| Howe, James | The Misfits (2001) Four students who do not fit in at their middle school decide to create a third party for the student council elections to represent all kids who have ever been called names. |
| Johnson, Maureen | Bermudez Triangle (2004) 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. |
| Konigsberg, Bill | Out of the Pocket (2008) Quarterback Bobby Framingham, finally admits to himself that he’s gay, but events spin out of control when his sexual orientation is revealed in the local papers. |
| Levithan, David | Boy Meets Boy (2003) Paul’s simple high-school life is confused by his desire for another boy who seems unattainable until a friend helps him find the courage to pursue his crush. |
| Matthews, Andrew | The Flip Side (2003) Robert is going psycho – he’s 15, has to wear a dress in a Shakespeare play, and likes it. |
| Moore, Perry | Hero (2007) Thom Creed tries not to disappoint his dad, a disgraced caped crusader, so he keeps his gay identity and his developing superpowers under wraps. |
| Myracle, Lauren | Kissing Kate (2003) 16 year old Lissa’s relationship with her best friend changes after they kiss at a party and Lissa does not know what to do, until she gets help from an unexpected new friend. |
| Papademetriou, Lisa | m or f? (2005) Gay teen Marcus helps his friend Frannie chat up her crush online, but then becomes convinced that the crush is falling for him instead. |
| Peters, Julie Anne | Keeping You a Secret (2003) As she begins her last semester of high school, Holland finds herself puzzled about her future and intrigued by a transfer student who wants to start a Lesbigay club at school. |
| Peters, Julie Anne | Luna (2004) Liam has always longed to be a girl and has only revealed himself at night as Luna, but will Liam’s family and friends welcome Luna when she emerges from her cocoon? |
| Ryan, Sara | Empress of the World (2001) While attending a summer institute, fifteen-year-old Nic meets another girl named Battle, falls in love with her, and finds the relationship to be difficult and confusing. |
| St. James, James | Freak Show (2008) Having faced difficult challenges, 17 year old Billy Bloom, a drag queen, decides the only way to become fabulous again is to run for Homecoming Queen at his school. |
| Sanchez, Alex | The God Box (2007) When openly gay Manuel transfers to Paul’s high school, Paul, a born-again Christian, begins to question his own sexuality. Also try Sanchez’s Rainbow trilogy. |
| Schmatz, Pat | Mousetraps (2008) When Maxie’s best friend from elementary school returns years later, she must deal with the guilt about how she treated him and decide on whether to befriend him again. |
| Trujillo, Carla Mari | What Night Brings (2003) Marci struggles to find and maintain her identity against all odds—a perilous home life, an incomprehensible Church, and a largely indifferent world. |
| Wilson, Martin | What They Always Tell Us (2008) Alex feels so disconnected that he starts his junior year by attempting suicide, but his brother’s friend draws him into running and a new understanding of himself. |
| Wittlinger, Ellen | Hard Love (1999) After starting to publish a zine in which he writes his secret feelings about his lonely life, 16 year old John meets an unusual girl and begins to develop a healthier personality. |
| Wittlinger, Ellen | Parrotfish (2007) Grady, a transgendered high school student, yearns for acceptance by his classmates and family as he struggles to adjust to his new identity as a male. |
August 2009