1.
Series:
Kens
Paperback
Raziel Reid
9780735263796
$13.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 14
May 04, 2021
Heterosexuality is so last season: Kens is the gay Heathers meets Mean Girls, a shocking parody for a whole new generation.Every high school has the archetypical Queen B and her minions. In Kens, the high school hierarchy has been reimagined. Willows High is led by Ken Hilton, and he makes Regina George from Mean Girls look like a saint. Ken Hilton rules Willows High with his carbon-copies, Ken Roberts and Ken Carson, standing next to his throne. It can be hard to tell the Kens apart. There are minor differences in each edition, but all Kens ar...
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2.
Series:
The GayBCs
Board book
M. L. Webb
9781683692508
$12.99
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 3 - 7
May 04, 2021
Now in board book format, a joyful alphabet book of LGBTQ+ vocabulary for kids of all ages!A playdate extravaganza transforms into a joyful celebration of friendship, love, and identity as four young friends sashay out of all the closets, dress up in a wardrobe fit for kings and queens, and discover the wonders of their imagination. In The GayBCs, M. L. Webb’s playful illustrations and lively poems delight in the beauty of embracing one’s truest self—from A is for Aro and Ace to F is for Family to T is for Trans.The GayBCs is a heartwarming and...
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3.
Series:
All Our Hidden Gifts
Hardcover
Caroline O'Donoghue
9781536213942
$25.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 14
Jun 08, 2021
Maeve’s strangely astute tarot readings make her the talk of the school, until a classmate draws a chilling and unfamiliar card—and then disappears.After Maeve finds a pack of tarot cards while cleaning out a closet during her in-school suspension, she quickly becomes the most sought-after diviner at St. Bernadette’s Catholic school. But when Maeve’s ex–best friend, Lily, draws an unsettling card called The Housekeeper that Maeve has never seen before, the session devolves into a heated argument that ends with Maeve wishing aloud that Lily woul...
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4.
Series: Underlined Paperbacks
I Think I Love You
Paperback
Auriane Desombre
9780593179765
$13.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 12
Mar 02, 2021
A YA contemporary rom com about two girls who start as rivals but after a twist of events, end up falling for one another—at least they think so. A pitch perfect queer romance—and it’s a paperback original!Arch-nemeses Emma, a die-hard romantic, and more-practical minded Sophia find themselves competing against one another for a coveted first-prize trip to a film festival in Los Angeles …what happens if their rivalry turns into a romance? For fans of Becky Albertalli’s Leah on the Offbeat, full of laugh-out-loud humor and make-your-heart-melt m...
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5.
Series:
Pet
Paperback
Akwaeke Emezi
9780593175446
$13.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 12
Jan 19, 2021
Now in paperback, the National Book Award finalist and genre-defying novel by award-winning author Akwaeke Emezi that explores themes of identity and justice. Pet is here to hunt a monster. Are you brave enough to look?There are no monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. Jam and her best friend, Redemption, have grown up with this lesson all their life. But when Jam meets Pet, a creature made of horns and colors and claws, who emerges from one of her mother’s paintings and a drop of Jam’s blood, she must reconsid...
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6.
Series:
Wider than the Sky
Hardcover
Katherine Rothschild
9781641291132
$21.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 14
Jan 19, 2021
In the wake of sudden tragedy, twin sisters uncover a secret that rips open their world. Katherine Rothschild explores the pain and power of forgiveness in a stunning debut novel that will shatter your heart and piece it back together, one truth at a time. Sixteen-year-old Sabine Braxton doesn’t have much in common with her identical twin, Blythe. When their father dies from an unexpected illness, each copes with the loss in her own way—Sabine by “poeting” (an uncontrollable quirk of bursting into poetry at inappropriate moments) and Blythe by ...
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7.
Series:
Over the Shop
Hardcover
Jonarno Lawson
9781536201475
$22.99
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 3 - 7
Jan 05, 2021
In a beautifully detailed wordless picture book, a tumbledown building becomes home sweet home for a found family.A lonely little girl and her grandparent need to fill the run-down apartment in their building. But taking over the quarters above their store will mean major renovations for the new occupants, and none of the potential renters can envision the possibilities of the space—until one special couple shows up. With their ingenuity, the little girl’s big heart, and heaps of hard work, the desperate fixer-upper begins to change in lovely a...
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8.
Series:
What If We Were...
Paperback
Axelle Lenoir
9781603094801
$19.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 13 - 17
Dec 08, 2020
Teen girls reimagine the universe on a daily basis! This graphic novel proves there’s nothing better than using your imagination…except maybe talking nonsense with your friends. Hey, why not both?Nathalie and Marie are 17 years old and best friends. Since elementary school, they’ve battled boredom by playing a special game: What If We Were…The rules are simple: one player names a topic—fruit! spies! Vikings!—and then both players imagine what life would be like as that subject.Easy to play, but hard to master. A boring player will give a boring...
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9.
Series:
My Rainbow
Hardcover
DeShanna Neal
9781984814609
$23.99
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 4 - 8
Oct 20, 2020
A dedicated mom puts love into action as she creates the perfect rainbow-colored wig for her transgender daughter, based on the real-life experience of mother-daughter advocate duo Trinity and DeShanna Neal.Warm morning sunlight and love fill the Neal home. And on one quiet day, playtime leads to an important realization:Trinity wants long hair like her dolls. She needs it to express who she truly is.So her family decides to take a trip to the beauty supply store, but none of the wigs is the perfect fit. Determined, Mom leaves with bundles of h...
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10.
Series:
Rural Voices
15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America
Hardcover
Nora Shalaway Carpenter
9781536212105
$24.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 14
Oct 13, 2020
Think you know what rural America is like? Discover a plurality of perspectives in this enlightening anthology of stories that turns preconceptions on their head.Gracie sees a chance of fitting in at her South Carolina private school, until a “white trash”–themed Halloween party has her steering clear of the rich kids. Samuel’s Tejano family has both stood up to oppression and been a source of it, but now he’s ready to own his true sexual identity. A Puerto Rican teen in Utah discovers that being a rodeo queen means embracing her heritage, not ...
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11.
Series:
Color outside the Lines
Stories about Love
Paperback
Sangu Mandanna
9781641291743
$13.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 14
Oct 13, 2020
This modern, groundbreaking YA anthology explores the complexity and beauty of interracial and LGBTQ+ relationships where differences are front and center.When people ask me what this anthology is about, I’m often tempted to give them the complicated answer: it’s about race, and about how being different from the person you love can matter but how it can also not matter, and it’s about Chinese pirate ghosts, black girl vigilantes, colonial India, a flower festival, a garden of poisons, and so, so much else. Honestly, though? I think the answer’...
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12.
Series:
The Magic Fish
Paperback
Trung Le Nguyen
9781984851598
$22.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 12
Oct 13, 2020
Tiến loves his family and his friends…but Tiến has a secret he’s been keeping from them, and it might change everything. An amazing YA graphic novel that deals with the complexity of family and how stories can bring us together.Real life isn’t a fairytale. But Tiến still enjoys reading his favorite stories with his parents from the books he borrows from the local library. It’s hard enough trying to communicate with your parents as a kid, but for Tiến, he doesn’t even have the right words because his parents are struggling with their English. Is...
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13.
Series:
Forget This Ever Happened
Hardcover
Cassandra Rose Clarke
9780823446087
$24.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 14
Oct 06, 2020
Sometimes there’s a town called Indianola.And sometimes there isn’t.June, 1993. Claire has been dumped in rural Indianola, Texas, to spend her whole vacation taking care of mean, sickly Grammy. There’s nothing too remarkable about Indianola: it’s run-down, shabby, and sweltering, a pin-dot on the Gulf Coast.Except there is something remarkable. Memories shimmer and change. Lizards whisper riddles under the pecan trees. People disappear as if they never existed. Yesterday keeps coming unspooled, like a video tape. And worst of all, a red-lightn...
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14.
Series:
Julián at the Wedding
Hardcover
Jessica Love
9781536212389
$22.99
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 4 - 8
Oct 06, 2020
The star of Julián Is a Mermaid makes a joyful return—and finds a new friend—at a wedding to be remembered. Julián and his abuela are going to a wedding. Better yet, Julián is in the wedding. Weddings have flowers and kissing and dancing and cake. And this wedding also has a new friend named Marisol. It’s not long before Julián and Marisol set off for some magic and mischief of their own, and when things take an unexpected turn, the pair learns that everything is easier with a good friend by your side. Jessica Love returns with a joyful story o...
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15.
Series:
Chicken Girl
Paperback
Heather Smith
9780143198703
$13.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 12
Sep 22, 2020
Everybody has a story that will break your heart; a poignant coming-of-age YA for fans of David Arnold, from the author of the acclaimed The Agony of Bun O’Keefe, a Kirkus Best of the Year selection.Poppy used to be an optimist. But after a photo of her dressed as Rosie the Riveter is mocked online, she’s having trouble seeing the good in the world. As a result, Poppy trades her beloved vintage clothes for a feathered chicken costume and accepts a job as an anonymous sign waver outside a restaurant. There, Poppy meets six-year-old girl Miracle,...
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16.
Series:
How It All Blew Up
Hardcover
Arvin Ahmadi
9780593202876
$23.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 14
Sep 22, 2020
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda goes to Italy in Arvin Ahmadi’s newest incisive look at identity and what it means to find yourself by running away.Eighteen-year-old Amir Azadi always knew coming out to his Muslim family would be messy—he just didn’t think it would end in an airport interrogation room. But when faced with a failed relationship, bullies, and blackmail, running away to Rome is his only option. Right?Soon, late nights with new friends and dates in the Sistine Chapel start to feel like second nature…until his old life comes knock...
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17.
Series:
Our Subway Baby
Hardcover
Peter Mercurio
9780525427544
$23.99
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 4 - 8
Sep 15, 2020
This gentle and incredibly poignant picture book tells the true story of how one baby found his home.“Some babies are born into their families. Some are adopted. This is the story of how one baby found his family in the New York City subway.”So begins the true story of Kevin and how he found his Daddy Danny and Papa Pete. Written in a direct address to his son, Pete’s moving and emotional text tells how his partner, Danny, found a baby tucked away in the corner of a subway station on his way home from work one day. Pete and Danny ended up adopt...
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18.
Series:
More Happy Than Not (Deluxe Edition)
Paperback
Adam Silvera
9781641291941
$13.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 14
Sep 08, 2020
A special Deluxe Edition of Adam Silvera’s groundbreaking debut featuring an introduction by Angie Thomas, New York Times bestselling author of The Hate U Give; a new final chapter, “More Happy Ending”; and an afterword about where it all began. In his twisty, heartbreaking, profoundly moving New York Times bestselling debut, Adam Silvera brings to life a charged, dangerous near-future summer in the Bronx. In the months following his father’s suicide, sixteen-year-old Aaron Soto can’t seem to find happiness again, despite the support of his ...
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19.
Series:
The Art of Drag
Hardcover
Jake Hall
9781910620717
$29.95
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Sep 01, 2020
Before RuPaul’s Drag Race propelled the cultural phenomenon into the global spotlight, drag had been around for thousands of years. Immerse yourself in the rich history of drag in this lusciously illustrated guide, brimming with dazzling colors and fabulous facts, all held together with a unique Swiss binding that lets each spread lay flat so that you can experience this book in all its trailblazing glory!The history of drag has been formed by many intersections: fashion, theatre, sexuality and politics—all coming together to create the show st...
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20.
Series:
October Mourning
A Song for Matthew Shepard
Paperback
Leslea Newman
9781536215779
$12.99
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION
Age (years) from 14
Sep 01, 2020
A masterful poetic exploration of the impact of Matthew Shepard’s murder on the world.On the night of October 6, 1998, a gay twenty-one-year-old college student named Matthew Shepard was kidnapped from a Wyoming bar by two young men, savagely beaten, tied to a remote fence, and left to die. Gay Awareness Week was beginning at the University of Wyoming, and the keynote speaker was Lesléa Newman, discussing her book Heather Has Two Mommies. Shaken, the author addressed the large audience that gathered, but she remained haunted by Matthew’s murder...
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21.
Series: Me vs. the Multiverse
Me vs. the Multiverse: Pleased to Meet Me
Hardcover
S. G. Wilson
9781984895752
$22.99
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 8 - 12
Aug 04, 2020
What if you suddenly met someone who’s you—only better? That’s what happens in this hilarious new series for fans of Stuart Gibb’s Moon Base Alpha and quirky sci-fi animated shows like Rick and Morty and Regular Show.It all starts with a note folded into the shape of an origami octopus: “Hi, Me. Yes, you. You’re me, and I’m you.” If you believe this and the other origami notes that follow—which middle schooler Meade Macon absolutely, positively does NOT—the concept of parallel dimensions is true, and there is a convention full of alternate vers...
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22.
Series:
Burn Our Bodies Down
Hardcover
Rory Power
9780525645627
$24.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 14
Jul 07, 2020
“[A] deliriously creepy tale…that’ll keep your nightmares up at night.”—Melissa Albert, New York Times bestselling author of The Hazel WoodFrom the author of the New York Times bestseller Wilder Girls comes a feverishly twisty thriller about a girl whose past has always been a mystery—until she decides to return to her mother’s hometown…where history has a tendency to repeat itself.Ever since Margot was born, it’s been just her and her mother, struggling to get along. But that’s not enough for Margot. She wants family. She wants a past. And she...
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23.
Series: Pocket Change Collective
Beyond the Gender Binary
Paperback
Alok Vaid-Menon
9780593094655
$11.99
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION
Age (years) from 12
Jun 02, 2020
Pocket Change Collective was born out of a need for space. Space to think. Space to connect. Space to be yourself. And this is your invitation to join us.“Thank God we have Alok. And I’m learning a thing or two myself.”—Billy Porter, Emmy award-winning actor, singer, and Broadway theater performer“When reading this book, all I feel is kindness.”—Sam Smith, Grammy and Oscar award-winning singer and songwriter“Beyond the Gender Binary will give readers everywhere the feeling that anything is possible within themselves”—Princess Nokia, musician an...
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24.
Series: Pocket Change Collective
Imaginary Borders
Paperback
Xiuhtezcatl Martinez
9780593094136
$11.99
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION
Age (years) from 12
Jun 02, 2020
Pocket Change Collective was born out of a need for space. Space to think. Space to connect. Space to be yourself. And this is your invitation to join us.“It won’t take you long to read this book, but it will linger in your heart and head for quite a while, and perhaps inspire you to join in the creative, blossoming movement to make this world work.”—Bill McKibben, environmentalist, New York Times bestselling author of The End of Nature, journalist, and founder of 350.org“An inspiring story that will change the way all of us think about the cli...
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25.
Series: Pocket Change Collective
The New Queer Conscience
Paperback
Adam Eli
9780593093689
$11.99
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION
Age (years) from 12
Jun 02, 2020
Pocket Change Collective was born out of a need for space. Space to think. Space to connect. Space to be yourself. And this is your invitation to join us.“The new manifesto for how we as queer people could and should navigate the world. It’s the holding hand I never had—but wish I did.”—Troye Sivan, Golden Globe nominated-singer, songwriter, and actor“With the persistence of queerphobia all around the world, this book is absolutely necessary, even vital.”—Édouard Louis, internationally bestselling author of History of Violence“To Eli’s credit, ...
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26.
Series: Pocket Change Collective
This Is What I Know About Art
Paperback
Kimberly Drew
9780593095188
$11.99
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION
Age (years) from 12
Jun 02, 2020
Pocket Change Collective was born out of a need for space. Space to think. Space to connect. Space to be yourself. And this is your invitation to join us.“Drew’s experience teaches us to embrace what we are afraid of and be true to ourselves. She uses her passion to change the art world and invites us to join her.”—Janelle Monáe, award-winning singer, actress, and producer“Powerful and compelling, this book gives us the courage to discover our own journeys into art.”—Hans Ulrich Obrist, artistic director of the Serpentine Galleries in Kensingto...
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27.
Series:
When the Stars Wrote Back
Poems
Hardcover
Trista Mateer
9780593172674
$19.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 14
Jun 02, 2020
In the vein of poetry collections like Milk and Honey and Light Filters In, this compilation of short, powerful poems from Instagram sensation Trista Mateer shines beauty and insight into relationships, love, growing up, and learning to cope. This hardcover collection features completely new material, plus some fan favorites from Trista’s account. Filled with colored original artwork from Jess Cruickshank, this powerful collection unpacks how to heal from trauma, explores love in many forms, and empowers you to love yourself and take up the spa...
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28.
Series:
The Queer Eye Guide: How to Love Yourself the Fab Five Way
Paperback
Penguin Workshop
9780593094594
$19.99
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION
Age (years) from 12
May 26, 2020
This insightful and detailed guide will help middle schoolers and high schoolers survive adolescence…with style!Whether you’re craving some advice on after-school snacks or what to wear to prom, looking for a bedroom make-better, or searching for ways to work what you’ve got to become your best self, get ready to celebrate all the things that make you you with a little help from The Fab Five!
29.
Series:
The Afterward
Paperback
E.K. Johnston
9780735231917
$14.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 14
May 26, 2020
Romantic high fantasy from bestselling Star Wars author E.K. Johnston.It’s been a year since the mysterious godsgem cured Cadrium’s king and ushered in what promised to be a new golden age. The heroes who brought home the gem are renowned in story and song, but for two fellows on the quest, peace and prosperity don’t come easily.Apprentice Knight Kalanthe Ironheart wasn’t meant for heroism so early in life, and while she has no intention of giving up the notoriety she’s earned, reputation doesn’t pay her bills. Kalanthe may be forced to betray ...
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30.
Series:
The Ship We Built
Hardcover
Lexie Bean
9780525554837
$22.99
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 10 - 14
May 26, 2020
Tender and wise, The Ship We Built is about the bravery it takes to stand up for yourself—even to those you love—and the power of finding someone who treasures you for everything you are.Sometimes I have trouble filling out tests when the name part feels like a test too…. When I write letters, I love that you have to read all of my thoughts and stories before I say any name at all. You have to make it to the very end to know.Rowan has too many secrets to write down in the pages of a diary. And if he did, he wouldn’t want anyone he knows to read...
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31.
Series:
Date Me, Bryson Keller
Hardcover
Kevin van Whye
9780593126035
$23.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 14
May 19, 2020
“One of the most adorable, big-hearted, charming books in existence.”—Becky Albertalli, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens AgendaWhat If It’s Us meets To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before in this upbeat and heartfelt boy-meets-boy romance that feels like a modern twist on a ’90s rom-com!Everyone knows about the dare: Each week, Bryson Keller must date someone new—the first person to ask him out on Monday morning. Few think Bryson can do it. He may be the king of Fairvale Academy, but he’s never really dated before.U...
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32.
Series: These Witches Don't Burn
This Coven Won't Break
Hardcover
Isabel Sterling
9780451480354
$23.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 12
May 19, 2020
In this gripping, romantic sequel to These Witches Don’t Burn, Hannah must work alongside her new girlfriend to take down the Hunters desperate to steal her magic.Hannah Walsh just wants to finish high school. It’s her senior year, so she should be focusing on classes, hanging out with her best friend, and flirting with her new girlfriend, Morgan. But it turns out surviving a murderous Witch Hunter doesn’t exactly qualify as a summer vacation, and now the rest of the Hunters seem more intent on destroying her magic than ever.When Hannah learns ...
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33.
Series: Who Was?
Who Was Harvey Milk?
Paperback
Corinne A. Grinapol
9781524792787
$7.99
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 8 - 12
May 19, 2020
Learn about one of the most influential leaders in the fight for gay rights.Although he started out as a teacher without aspirations to be an activist or politician, Harvey Milk found himself captivated by the history-making movements of the 1960s. He would eventually make history of his own by becoming the first openly gay elected politician in California. While in office, Harvey Milk advocated for equal rights for the gay community.Even though his life and career were cut short, Harvey is still seen by many as one of the most famous and most...
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34.
Series: Royals
Her Royal Highness
Paperback
Rachel Hawkins
9781524738280
$13.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 12
May 12, 2020
Regal romance abounds in this flirty, laugh-out-loud companion novel to Prince Charming, by New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins, now in paperback! Millie Quint is devastated when she discovers that her sort-of-best friend/sort-of-girlfriend has been kissing someone else. Heartbroken and ready for a change of pace, Millie decides to apply for scholarships to boarding schools…the farther from Houston the better.Soon, Millie is accepted into one of the world’s most exclusive schools, located in the rolling highlands of Scotland. He...
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35.
Series:
We Contain Multitudes
Paperback
Sarah Henstra
9780735264236
$14.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 14
May 12, 2020
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe meets I’ll Give You the Sun in an exhilarating and emotional novel about the growing relationship between two teen boys, told through the letters written to one another.Thrown together by a zealous English teacher’s classroom-mailbox assignment, notorious scrapper, Adam “Kurl” Kurlansky, and Jonathan Hopkirk, a flamboyant Walt Whitman wannabe, have to write an old-fashioned letter to each other every week.Kurl is a senior, an ex high school football player, held back a year, while Jo is a...
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36.
Series:
The Boy in the Red Dress
Hardcover
Kristin Lambert
9780593113684
$24.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 12
May 12, 2020
A Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue meets Miss Fisher’s Murder Mystery in this rollicking romp of truth, lies, and troubled pasts.New Year’s Eve, 1929. Millie is running the show at the Cloak & Dagger, a swinging speakeasy in the French Quarter, while her aunt is out of town. The new year is just around the corner, and all of New Orleans is out to celebrate, but even wealthy partiers’ diamond earrings can’t outshine the real star of the night: the boy in the red dress. Marion is the club’s star performer and his fans are legion—if mostly und...
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37.
Series: The Unbelievable Oliver
The Unbelievable Oliver and the Sawed-in-Half Dads
Paperback
Pseudonymous Bosch
9780525552369
$10.99
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 7 - 9
May 12, 2020
In this second hilarious installment of the series that Kirkus called “ridiculous fun,” Oliver is performing at a wedding rehearsal when one of the grooms goes missing in the middle of his magic act!Oliver is new to the magical arts. In fact, he has only performed one act so far, and that one was interrupted by a theft-in-progress that he, his friends the twins Teenie and Bea, and his wisecracking rabbit, Benny, managed to thwart. Now Oliver has been hired for an even more important gig: a wedding. Teenie and Bea’s fathers are finally getting m...
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38.
Series:
The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea
Hardcover
Maggie Tokuda-Hall
9781536204315
$24.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 14
May 05, 2020
In a world divided by colonialism and threaded with magic, a desperate orphan turned pirate and a rebellious imperial lady find a connection on the high seas.The pirate Florian, born Flora, has always done whatever it takes to survive—including sailing under false flag on the Dove as a marauder, thief, and worse. Lady Evelyn Hasegawa, a highborn Imperial daughter, is on board as well—accompanied by her own casket. But Evelyn’s one-way voyage to an arranged marriage in the Floating Islands is interrupted when the captain and crew show their true...
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39.
Series:
The One And Only Dylan St. Claire
Hardcover
Kamen Edwards
9781984893468
$23.99
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 3 - 7
May 05, 2020
Meet elementary school superstar Dylan St. Claire in this laugh-out-loud book about a live-out-loud boy.Dylan’s getting ready to audition for the school play, a musical about outer space, and he’s got his sights set on playing the star…figuratively and literally. But when he ends up being cast as a squirrel, the real theatrics begin. Follow this extremely secure and unique boy through his daily dramas as he tackles each dilemma with pizzazz and skill.Giving a fabulous voice to the kind of boys who are under-represented in children’s books, Dyla...
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40.
Series:
Verona Comics
Hardcover
Jennifer Dugan
9780525516286
$23.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 12
Apr 21, 2020
From the author of Hot Dog Girl comes a fresh and funny queer YA contemporary novel about two teens who fall in love in an indie comic book shop. Jubilee has it all together. She’s an elite cellist, and when she’s not working in her stepmom’s indie comic shop, she’s prepping for the biggest audition of her life.Ridley is barely holding it together. His parents own the biggest comic-store chain in the country, and Ridley can’t stop disappointing them—that is, when they’re even paying attention.They meet one fateful night at a comic convention pr...
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41.
Series:
Plenty of Hugs
Hardcover
Fran Manushkin
9780525554011
$23.99
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 2 - 5
Apr 14, 2020
Two mommies spend a sunny day with their toddler in this cozy, rhyming picture book that is a loving celebration of family.This cheerful book follows a family from morning to night in lively rhyme that rolls off the tongue. There’s a buzz for each bug, and a breeze for each tree, and plenty of hugs for you and me. The toddler and mommies take a morning bike ride to a farm stand, they visit a zoo in the afternoon, and in the evening there’s the bath and storybook routine before the child is tucked cozily into bed. There are seas for ships and ki...
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42.
Series:
Girl Crushed
Hardcover
Katie Heaney
9781984897343
$24.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 12
Apr 07, 2020
Leah on the Offbeat meets We Are Okay in this pitch-perfect queer romance about falling in love and never quite falling out of it—heartbreak, unexpected new crushes, and all.Before Quinn Ryan was in love with Jamie Rudawski, she loved Jamie Rudawski, who was her best friend. But when Jamie dumps Quinn a month before their senior year, Quinn is suddenly girlfriend-less and best friend-less. Enter a new crush: Ruby Ocampo, the gorgeous and rich lead singer of the popular band Sweets, who’s just broken up with her on-again, off-again boyfriend. Qu...
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43.
Series:
The List of Things That Will Not Change
Hardcover
Rebecca Stead
9781101938096
$22.99
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 8 - 12
Apr 07, 2020
EIGHT STARRED REVIEWS! The reassuring book kids and families need right now.“An absolute original…a story that kids will love.”—R. J. Palacio, bestselling author of WonderAt a time when everything is changing for Bea and her family, the important things will always stay the same. A soon-to-be classic by the Newbery Award-winning author of When You Reach Me.After her parents’ divorce, Bea’s life became different in many ways. But she can always look back at the list she keeps in her green notebook to remember the things that will stay the same. ...
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44.
Series:
Look
Hardcover
Zan Romanoff
9780525554264
$23.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 14
Mar 31, 2020
“[For] readers of Nina LaCour…Sharply incisive [and] deeply romantic.”—Booklist“Part coming-of-age story, part slow-burn romance, part feminist-manifesto.”—SLJ“[One of] the LGBTQ books that will change the literary landscape.” --O MagazineWhat Lulu Shapiro’s 5,000 Flash followers don’t know:The video of her with another girl was never supposed to go public.Owen definitely wasn’t supposed to break up with her because of it.Behind the online persona Lulu painstakingly curates, her life feels like a terrible, uncertain mess.Then Lulu meets Cass. C...
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45.
Series:
We Were Promised Spotlights
Hardcover
Lindsay Sproul
9781524738532
$23.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 14
Mar 24, 2020
The Miseducation of Cameron Post meets Everything Leads to You in this queer young adult novel. Hopuonk, Massachusetts, 1999 Taylor Garland’s good looks have earned her the admiration of everyone in her small town. She’s homecoming queen, the life of every party, and she’s on every boy’s most-wanted list.People think Taylor is living the dream, and assume she’ll stay in town and have kids with the homecoming king—maybe even be a dental hygienist if she’s super ambitious. But Taylor is actually desperate to leave home, and she hates the smell of...
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46.
Series:
Hot Dog Girl
Paperback
Jennifer Dugan
9780525516279
$13.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 12
Mar 24, 2020
Now in paperback, a fresh and funny contemporary YA rom-com about teens working as costumed characters in a local amusement park.Elouise (Lou) Parker is determined to have the absolute best, most impossibly epic summer of her life. There are just a few things standing in her way:She’s landed a job at Magic Castle Playland…as a giant dancing hot dog.Her crush, the dreamy diving pirate Nick, already has a girlfriend, who is literally the princess of the park. But Lou’s never liked anyone, guy or otherwise, this much before, and now she wants a ch...
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47.
Series:
A Phoenix First Must Burn
Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope
Hardcover
Patrice Caldwell
9781984835659
$24.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 12
Mar 10, 2020
Sixteen tales by bestselling and award-winning authors that explore the Black experience through fantasy, science fiction, and magic.With stories by: Elizabeth Acevedo, Amerie, Patrice Caldwell, Dhonielle Clayton, J. Marcelle Corrie, Somaiya Daud, Charlotte Nicole Davis, Justina Ireland, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Danny Lore, L. L. McKinney, Danielle Paige, Rebecca Roanhorse, Karen Strong, Ashley Woodfolk, and Ibi Zoboi.Evoking Beyoncé’s Lemonade for a teen audience, these authors who are truly Octavia Butler’s heirs, have woven worlds to create a stu...
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48.
Series:
Rise Up! The Art of Protest
Hardcover
Jo Rippon
9781623541507
$22.99
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 8 - 12
Mar 03, 2020
Celebrate the right to resist!Human rights belong to every single one of us, but they are often under threat. Developed in collaboration with Amnesty International, Rise Up! encourages young people to engage in peaceful protest and stand up for freedom. Photographs of protest posters celebrate the ongoing fight for gender equality, civil rights, LGBTQ rights, refugee and immigrant rights, peace, and the environment.
49.
Series: DC Icons Series
Superman: Dawnbreaker
Paperback
Matt de la Peña
9780399549687
$15.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 12
Mar 03, 2020
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES: DC ICONS!Don’t miss the coming-of-age story of the world’s first super hero, SUPERMAN, from Newbery award-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author MATT DE LA PEÑA.“In his brilliant take on Superman, de la Peña shows us that there’s a chance we’ll all need to step up like Clark Kent—with or without a cape.”—Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author of Miles Morales: Spider-Man and Long Way Down“Everything we love about the Man of Steel: courageous, compassionate, and full of hope.”—Gene Luen...
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50.
Series:
Fatal Throne: The Wives of Henry VIII Tell All
Paperback
M.T. Anderson
9781984830333
$14.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 12
Feb 18, 2020
Perfect for anyone playing the Six soundtrack on repeat who wants to discover more about the six wives of Henry VIII! This is an edge-of-your-seat reimagining of the romance and tragedy that defined them, told from multiple points of view by award-winning and bestselling authors. If you were one of King Henry VIII’s six wives, who would you be? Would you be Anne Boleyn, who literally lost her head? The subject of rumor and scandal like Catherine Howard? Or would you survive like Anna of Cleves? Meet all Henry’s queens—each bound for divorce...
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51.
Series:
Birdie and Me
Hardcover
J. M. M. Nuanez
9780399186776
$22.99
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 10
Feb 18, 2020
* “Belongs alongside Holly Goldberg Sloan’s Counting by 7s, Cindy Baldwin’s Where the Watermelons Grow, and Ali Benjamin’s The Thing about Jellyfish. Highly recommended.”—School Library Journal, starred reviewAn emotional and uplifting debut about a girl named Jack and her gender creative little brother, Birdie, searching for the place where they can be their true and best selves. After their mama dies, Jack and Birdie find themselves without a place to call home. And when Mama’s two brothers each try to provide one—first sweet Uncle Carl, then...
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52.
Series:
Sam & Ilsa's Last Hurrah
Paperback
Rachel Cohn
9780399553875
$13.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 12
Feb 11, 2020
The New York Times Bestselling duo behind Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist and The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily return with twins out to throw the party of a lifetime—or at least the best party of high school!Siblings Sam and Ilsa Kehlmann have spent most of their high school years throwing parties for their friends—and now they’ve prepared their final blowout, just before graduation.The rules are simple: each twin gets to invite three guests, and the other twin doesn’t know who’s coming until the partiers show up at the door. With Sam and Ilsa, ...
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53.
Series:
Middle School's a Drag, You Better Werk!
Hardcover
Greg Howard
9780525517528
$22.99
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 10
Feb 11, 2020
In this heartfelt and hilarious new novel from Greg Howard, an enterprising boy starts his own junior talent agency and signs a thirteen-year-old aspiring drag queen as his first client.Twelve-year-old Mikey Pruitt—president, founder, and CEO of Anything, Inc.—has always been an entrepreneur at heart. Inspired by his grandfather Pap Pruitt, who successfully ran all sorts of businesses from a car wash to a roadside peanut stand, Mikey is still looking for his million-dollar idea. Unfortunately, most of his ideas so far have failed. A baby tornad...
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54.
Series:
The Last Confession of Autumn Casterly
Hardcover
Meredith Tate
9781984813497
$23.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 14
Feb 11, 2020
If I Stay meets One of Us is Lying in this gripping contemporary thriller.When band-geek Ivy and her friends get together, things start with a rousing board game and end with arguments about Star Wars.Her older sister Autumn is a different story. Enigmatic, aloof, and tough as nails, Autumn hasn’t had real friends—or trusted anyone—in years. Even Ivy.But Autumn might not be tough enough. After a drug deal gone wrong, Autumn is beaten, bound, and held hostage. Now, trapped between life and death, she leaves her body, seeking help. No one can s...
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55.
Series:
10 Things I Can See From Here
Paperback
Carrie Mac
9780399556289
$13.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 14
Jan 28, 2020
Perfect for fans of John Green’s Turtles All the Way Down and Nina LaCour’s We Are Okay, this is the poignant and uplifting story of Maeve, who is dealing with anxiety while falling in love with a girl who is not afraid of anything. Think positive. Don’t worry; be happy. Keep calm and carry on. Maeve has heard it all before. She’s been struggling with severe anxiety for a long time, and as much as she wishes it was something she could just talk herself out of, it’s not. She constantly imagines the worst, composes obituaries in her head, and...
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56.
Series:
The Storm of Life
Hardcover
A. R. Capetta
9780451478474
$24.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 14
Jan 28, 2020
The sumptuous and powerful conclusion to the gender-fluid duet begun by The Brilliant Death, hailed in a starred review by Kirkus as “a delicious and magical intrigue too tempting not to devour.”By turns thrilling, witty, and heartbreaking, this dramatic conclusion to the Brilliant Death duet transports us to a Vinalia on the verge of transformation and radiates with the electric power of love.With her power over magic finally in hand, and her love for Cielo at last confessed, Teodora di Sangro should be on top of the world. But the country of ...
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57.
Series:
19 Love Songs
Hardcover
David Levithan
9781984848635
$23.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 14
Jan 07, 2020
The New York Times bestselling author of Every Day, Someday, and Two Boys Kissing is back with a short story collection about love!A resentful member of a high school Quiz Bowl team with an unrequited crush. A Valentine’s Day in the life of Every Day’s protagonist “A.”A return to the characters of Two Boys Kissing.19 Love Songs, from New York Times bestselling author David Levithan, delivers all of these stories and more. Born from Levithan’s tradition of writing a story for his friends each Valentine’s Day, this collection brings all of them t...
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58.
Series: Reign of the Fallen
Song of the Dead
Paperback
Sarah Glenn Marsh
9780448494432
$14.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 12
Jan 07, 2020
The stunning conclusion to Sarah Glenn Marsh’s Reign of the Fallen duology, now including an exclusive prequel to the series, Rise of the Sparrow.The Dead must stay buried.Karthia is nothing like it used to be. The kingdom’s borders are open for the first time in nearly three hundred years, and raising the dead has been outlawed. Odessa is determined to explore the world beyond Karthia’s waters, hoping to heal a heart broken in more ways than she can count. But with Meredy joining the ocean voyage, vanquishing her sorrow will be a difficult tas...
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59.
Series:
The GayBCs
Hardcover
M. L. Webb
9781683691624
$19.99
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 4 - 8
Oct 08, 2019
A joyful celebration of LGBTQ+ vocabulary for kids of all ages!A playdate extravaganza transforms into a celebration of friendship, love, and identity as four friends sashay out of all the closets, dress up in a wardrobe fit for kings and queens, and discover the wonder of imagination. From A is for Ally to F is for Family to Q is for Queer, debut author/illustrator M. L. Webb’s bright illustrations and lively, inclusive poems delight in the beauty of embracing one’s truest self. A glossary in the back offers opportunity for further discussion ...
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60.
Series:
Orpheus Girl
Hardcover
Brynne Rebele-Henry
9781641290746
$21.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 14
Oct 08, 2019
In her debut novel, award-winning poet Brynne Rebele-Henry re-imagines the Orpheus myth as a love story between two teenage girls who are sent to conversion therapy after being caught together in an intimate moment.Abandoned by a single mother she never knew, 16-year-old Raya—obsessed with ancient myths—lives with her grandmother in a small conservative Texas town. For years Raya has fought to hide her feelings for her best friend and true love, Sarah. When the two are outed, they are sent to Friendly Saviors: a re-education camp meant to “fix”...
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