Black flamingo by Atta, Dean 

Paperback New title.(HarperCollins, 2021)

BTSB #: 075094 Temp OS

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   


Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Teenage boys - Fiction Gay teenagers - Fiction Racially mixed people - Fiction Identity (Psychology) - Fiction Female impersonators - Fiction

Summary: Michael is a mixed-race gay teen growing up in London. All his life, he's navigated what it means to be Greek-Cypriot and Jamaican, but never quite feeling Greek or Black enough. As he gets older, Michael's coming out is only the start of learning who he is and where he fits in. When he discovers the Drag Society, he finally finds where he belongs, and the Black Flamingo is born.

Bloom by Panetta, Kevin 

Paperback(First Second, 2019)

BTSB #: 698429 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 14-18   
AR: 2.4 UG

Genres:

Subjects: Bakers - Fiction Bakeries - Fiction Gay teenagers - Fiction Love - Fiction Graphic novels

Summary: Now that high school is over, Ari is dying to move to the big city with his ultra-hip band, if he can just convince his dad to let him quit their struggling family bakery. Though he loved working there as a kid, Ari cannot fathom a life wasting away his days over rising doughs and hot ovens. But in the midst of interviewing candidates for his replacement, Ari meets Hector, an easy-going guy who loves baking as much as Ari wants to escape it. As they become closer, love begins to bloom.

Boy meets boy by Levithan, David 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2007)

BTSB #: P00180 Available

Dewey: 813/NAges: 13-18   


Genres:

Subjects: Teenagers - Fiction Gay teenagers - Fiction Friendship - Fiction

Summary: This is the story of Paul, a sophomore at a high school like no other: The cheerleaders ride Harleys, the homecoming queen used to be a guy named Daryl (she now prefers Infinite Darlene and is also the star quarterback), and the gay-straight alliance was formed to help the straight kids learn how to dance. When Paul meets Noah, he thinks he’s found the one his heart is made for. Until he blows it. Will he win him back?

Flamer by Curato, Mike 

Paperback(Holt, 2020)

BTSB #: 253434 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 14-18   
AR: 3.2 UG

Genres:

Subjects: Gay teenagers - Fiction Summer - Fiction Interpersonal relations - Fiction Identity (Psychology) - Fiction Vulgarity in popular culture - Fiction Graphic novels

Summary: It's the summer between middle school and high school, and Aiden Navarro is away at camp. Everyone's going through changes--but for Aiden, the stakes feel higher. As he navigates friendships, deals with bullies, and spends time with Elias (a boy he can't stop thinking about), he finds himself on a path of self-discovery and acceptance.

Game changer by Shusterman, Neal 

BTSB Prebound(Quill Tree Books, 2021)

BTSB #: 816233 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
AR: 5.3 UG

Genres: Sports Science Fiction

Subjects: Football - Fiction Multiverse - Fiction Identity (Psychology) - Fiction Science fiction Gay teenagers - Fiction

Summary: All it takes is one hit on the football field, and suddenly Ash's life doesn't look quite the way he remembers it. Impossible though it seems, he's been hit into another dimension--and keeps on bouncing through worlds that are almost-but-not-really his own. The changes start small, but they quickly spiral out of control. And if he isn't careful, the world he's learning to see more clearly could blink out of existence.

Heartbreak bakery by Capetta, A. R. 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2021)

BTSB #: 185741 In Bindery

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   


Genres: Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Gay teenagers - Fiction Gay men - Fiction Bakers - Fiction Bakeries - Fiction Separation (Psychology) - Fiction

Summary: Teenage baker Syd has always dealt with big, hard-to-talk-about things by baking. Being dumped is no different, except now Syd is baking at the Proud Muffin, a queer bakery and community space in Austin. And everyone who eats Syd's breakup brownies . . . breaks up. And breakups might take the bakery down. Being dumped is one thing; causing ripples of queer heartbreak through the community is another.

How it all blew up by Ahmadi, Arvin 

BTSB Prebound(Viking, 2020)

BTSB #: 047041 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
AR: 4.9 UG Lexile: 680 HL

Genres: Family Life Multicultural

Subjects: Gay teenagers - Fiction Iranians - Fiction Family life - Fiction Muslims - Fiction Bullies - Fiction

Summary: 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?

Keep this to yourself by Ryan, Tom 

Paperback(Whitman, 2020)

BTSB #: 773717 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
RC: 5.2 9-12 Lexile: 790

Genres: Mystery Fiction

Subjects: Homicide - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Mystery fiction Gay teenagers - Fiction Grief - Fiction

Summary: After high school graduation, Mac focuses on finding the serial killer who murdered his best friend the previous summer, while working through his own feelings for the deceased.

Picture us in the light by Gilbert, Kelly Loy 

Paperback(Hyperion, 2018)

BTSB #: 378512 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
Lexile: 890

Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Family life - California - Fiction Artists - Fiction Illegal aliens - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction Chinese Americans - Fiction Gay teenagers - Fiction California - Fiction

Summary: Daniel, a Chinese-American teen, must grapple with his plans for the future, his feelings for his best friend Harry, and his discovery of a family secret that could shatter everything.

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens agenda by Albertalli, Becky 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2015)

BTSB #: P02844 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-18   


Genres:

Subjects: Secrets - Fiction Gay teenagers - Fiction Extortion - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Pen pals - Fiction High schools - Fiction School stories

Summary: Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he's pushed out-without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he's never met.

Taking of Jake Livingston by Douglass, Ryan 

BTSB Prebound(Putnam, 2021)

BTSB #: 288195 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   


Genres: Multicultural Supernatural

Subjects: Mediums - Fiction Ghosts - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Gay teenagers - Fiction Private schools - Fiction High schools - Fiction

Summary: When a murderous ghost begins to haunt sixteen-year-old Jake Livingston, high school soon becomes a different kind of survival game.

They both die at the end by Silvera, Adam 

Paperback(HarperTeen, 2018)

BTSB #: 817747 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   


Genres: Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Death - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Gay teenagers - Fiction Vulgarity in popular culture - Fiction

Summary: In a near-future New York City where a service alerts people on the day they will die, teenagers Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio meet using the Last Friend app and are faced with the challenge of living a lifetime on their End Day.