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Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence 28 reviews Marion Dane Bauer
HarperTrophy, 1995
Should be Required Reading in All Classrooms!
+ Am I Blue? + Am I Blue? + Courtesy of Teens Read Too + Overall a great book!
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Annie on My Mind 126 reviews Nancy Garden
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2007
I agree with almost everyone else
+ a rare story which outlines the signs and progression of true love + Superb book + mew
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Girl Walking Backwards 31 reviews Bett Williams
St. Martin's Griffin, 1998
Good book with one caveat
+ like it
I really enjoyed this book and thought the character of Skye was very fleshed out and real. However, I was a little disappointed by the character of Jessica, a goth girl who self-mutilates. I thought Jessica was a fascinating character, but I took issue with the fact that all of her ...
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Backstabber (Sweet Valley High Sr. Year(TM)) 27 reviews Francine Pascal
Sweet Valley, 2000
A Twisted Side
+ On Backstabbers and Hidden Romances + Book 17 in SVH Senior Year Series + A Good Buy! + this book was good ,but a little dissapointing
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Totally Joe 9 reviews James Howe
Aladdin, 2007
I love Joe Bunch!
+ Totally Joe + Too Good to be True (but so what?!) + A step over the rainbow
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Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins 30 reviews Emma Donoghue
HarperTeen, 1999
Bright, Refreshing, and Perfect.
+ An Enchanting Read! + What a gem! + For readers who love fairy tale re-tellings
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Queer 13: Lesbian And Gay Writers Recall Seventh Grade 8 reviews Clifford Chase
Harper Paperbacks, 1999
13--What a Year...
+ Queerly Brilliant + Questions of Upbringing + Great Collection + Brillant collection
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Free Your Mind: The Book for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youth and Their Allies 11 reviews Ellen Bass, Kate Kaufman
Harper Perennial, 1996
This book helped me through some tough times,
+ if you are confused.. this is your book! + Coming Out Aid + An excellent book for family library + Simply the BEST book for gay teens and their allies
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Baby Be-Bop (Weetzie Bat) 14 reviews Francesca Lia Block
HarperCollins, 1997
Doesn't get better than this...
+ Beautiful, by far one of her most touching + a some-what harsh (but brilliant) dose of trueth
I love everything Francesca Lia Block has written (except maybe The Hanged Man), but this one has to be my favorite. I could read it forever. Aboslutely heartbreaking and soul-wrenching. Dirk and Duck were my favorites in the Weetzie Bat series, and this was the story I always wanted to hear, ...
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Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books 141 reviews Francesca Lia Block
HarperTeen, 1998
Amazing
+ hyper-stylized slinkster cool + The one Weetzie to have if you're having only one! + LOVE!
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Beautiful Boys: Two Weetzie Bat Books (Weetzie Bat) 1 review Francesca Lia Block
HarperCollins, 2004
I love the weetzie bat books..but
This book, like Goat Girls has 2 previously published stories:Missing Angel Juan and Baby Be-Bop, both in which are fantastic. Missing Angel Juan is a story about Angel Juan and Witch Baby who fall in love. Baby Be-Bop is just as amazing as Angel Juan but has 3 different parts. It has a really ...
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Kissing Kate 16 reviews Lauren Myracle
Puffin, 2007
Mackenzie's Reveiw
+ Alright + A look into a teenagers life
Kissing Kate
Kissing Kate was a book about a girl who fell in love with her best friend and they kissed one night. Later on in the book they got into a fight and stopped being friends, when they would talk it were more like arguing. This girl could not just get over her friend, she really liked ...
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GLBTQ: The Survival Guide for Queer and Questioning Teens 3 reviews Kelly Huegel
Free Spirit Publishing, 2003
Dealing with Teens? Get this!
+ Great for teens! + wonderful book
This book is a must-have for any Library shelf that serves teens. It is written in a style appealing to teens and includes short, one or two page summaries of ways to cope with the many issues teens face when questioning their sexuality. It also provides excellent, current resources for teens, ...
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Luna 43 reviews Julie Anne Peters
Little, Brown Young Readers, 2006
amazing
+ A Wonderful Little Book + A great read + Sympathetic portrayal of a family's transgender struggles + A Great Book By An Amazing Author
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Deliver Us from Evie 35 reviews M. E. Kerr
HarperTeen, 1995
Great, not OK.
+ Very good. + Interesting...
Honestly I did not know what to expect from this book, but once i read the first pasge- i was hooked. The language in this story depicts the typical farmer-simple and straightforward, which i would like to see as a good thing.
Also, the characters are well-developed, completely believable and ...
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The Drowning of Stephan Jones 23 reviews Bette Greene
Laurel Leaf, 1997
It could really happen
+ Drowning of beliefs + Sarah`s review
This is a great story revolving around a very christian and church going young man and his blinded by love girlfriend. Andy is working a hate campaign towards the gentle and friendly gay couple Stephan Jones and Frank Montgomery for no reason other than the fact they are gay and the fact that Andy ...
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Boy Meets Boy 53 reviews David Levithan
Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2005
Definitely worth a read
+ This story on young gay love is charming, refreshing and irresistible! + A gay kid's Narnia... + Boy Meets Boy + A great story for young adult readers
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Keeping You a Secret 56 reviews Julie Anne Peters
Little, Brown Young Readers, 2005
Great and Very Realistic
+ Keeping You a Secret + right on time and exactly what I needed + LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!!!
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Alice On The Outside 19 reviews Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Simon Pulse, 2000
Great book for a teenager or preteen girl
+ Alice on the outside + Great addition to the *Alice Series*!
Well, I read a lot of Alice books, and all of them are great. I like this book a lot. Phyllis Reynolds Naylor wrote Alice 's life as a eighth grader, with all the changes come to her, it' s very excited book. It tell the real life of a teenager girl, and it also talk a lot about these question that ...
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The Misfits 70 reviews James Howe
Aladdin, 2003
"The Misfits"
+ Misfits + "Sticks and stones may break our bones, but names can break our spirit." + Liz's Review + The Misfits: An Adult Reader's Take On It
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