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3) Cold
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Told in alternating perspectives, Todd replays the events that lead to his death in the local park, watching as detectives investigate his murder and talk to the students responsible for it, and meanwhile Georgia, who does not know Todd, cannot stop thinking about him.
Publisher
Harlequin Teen
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
353 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
From a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood set in war-torn 1870s Mexico featuring a transgender soldier, to an asexual girl discovering her identity amid the 1970s roller-disco scene, this collection of short stories crosses cultures and time periods to shed light on a world where queer figures live, love and shape the world round them.
Author
Series
Death-Cast volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"On September 5, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: They're going to die today. Mateo and Rufus are total strangers, but, for different reasons, they're both looking to make a new friend on their End Day. The good news: There's an app for that. It's called the Last Friend, and through it, Rufus and Mateo are about to meet up for one last great adventure--to live a lifetime in a single...
Author
Series
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
"In this prequel to #1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon They Both Die at the End, two new strangers spend a life-changing day together after Death-Cast first makes their fateful calls. It's the night before Death-Cast goes live, and there's one question on everyone's mind: Can Death-Cast actually predict when someone will die, or is it just an elaborate hoax? Orion Pagan has waited years for someone to tell him that he's going to die. He has...
Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
473 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The town of Bentley holds two things dear: its football, and its secrets. But when star quarterback Dylan Whitley goes missing, an unremitting fear grips this remote corner of Texas. Joel Whitley was shamed out of conservative Bentley ten years ago, and while he's finally made a life for himself as a gay man in New York, his younger brother's disappearance soon brings him back to a place he thought he'd escaped for good. Meanwhile, Sheriff's Deputy...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
39 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
After his cousin, Wagster, comes to visit, Houndsley is excited because all of his friends love Wagster, but Houndsley soon confides to Catina, his best friend, that he is starting to feel left out.
Author
Series
Will Grayson Will Grayson volume 1
Publisher
Dutton
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
310 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When two teens, one gay and one straight, meet accidentally and discover that they share the same name, their lives become intertwined as one begins dating the other's best friend, who produces a play revealing his relationship with them both.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Press
Pub. Date
2021
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
The incomparable Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winner shares his life story of coming of age in a world where simply being himself was a constant struggle and how unbreakable determination led him through countless hard times to where he is now.
Author
Publisher
Disney, Hyperion
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 18
Physical Desc
471 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Nico, the son of Hades, and his boyfriend Will, the son of Apollo, travel to Tartarus, the deepest, darkest part of the Underworld, as they attempt to rescue an old friend.
14) Pony tales
Author
Publisher
innovativeKids
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jane has three separate adventures after she learns that the toy pony she received for her birthday becomes a real magic pony when Jane rides her.
15) Elevation
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine The latest from legendary master storyteller Stephen King, a riveting, extraordinarily eerie, and moving story about a man whose mysterious affliction brings a small town together--a timely, upbeat tale about finding common ground despite deep-rooted differences. Although Scott Carey doesn't look any different, he's been steadily losing weight. There are a couple of other odd things, too. He weighs...
16) Bathe the cat
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Dad has posted a list of chores for the family to do before grandma comes, including bathing the cat; but the cat does not want a bath, so she mixes up the instructions, and soon the family is mowing the floor, vacuuming the lawn, mopping the baby--and the house is in chaos.
Author
Publisher
Mysterious Pr
Pub. Date
[c1995]
Physical Desc
309p
Language
English
Description
An openly gay police officer in Isthmus City, Wisconsin, Jesse James Colson begins to mend his dissolute, dangerous ways when the remains of a transvestite he killed surface and threaten to return his life to chaos
18) Razorblade tears
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A Black father. A white father. Two murdered sons. A quest for vengeance. Ike Randolph has been out of jail for fifteen years, with not so much as a speeding ticket in all that time. But a Black man with cops at the door knows to be afraid. The last thing he expects to hear is that his son Isiah has been murdered, along with Isiah's white husband, Derek. Ike had never fully accepted his son but is devastated by his loss. Derek's father Buddy Lee...
19) Howl
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
421 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When no one in the small town of Merritt, Florida, believes that he was attacked by a monster, fifteen-year-old Virgil Knox fears the monster will return to finish him off, or worse--that he is becoming a monster himself.
20) Lot: Stories
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Coming of age in his family's Houston restaurant, a mixed-heritage teen navigates bullying, his newly discovered sexual orientation, and the ripple effects of a disadvantaged community.