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Hunter's Moon (Insolita Luna)
By M. J. O'Shea. 2013
3rd EditionSequel to Blood MoonInsolita Luna: Book TwoNew York City has been calling Miles Hunter for as long as he…
can remember, but he's sure the imaginary monsters in his stories are all the adventure he'll experience--until a mugging and daring rescue leave him wondering what else is out there that he had never believed in before. PC has spent eighteen years doing the opposite of what everyone expects. He hunts supernatural troublemakers, hangs out with vampires, and refuses to settle down--to the disapproval of his respectable parents and the stuffy lycan council. Then one confusing night, his instincts turn him to wolf form to save a stranger. Miles and PC must learn to live together, because even minutes of separation mean extreme pain. Miles falls for the unpredictable PC, the wolf's strange friends, and their nightly adventures, but his reluctant lover is determined to break their bond. As they are drawn into a mystery involving werewolves, rogue vampires, and a lot of dead humans, finding the truth might mean the hunt of PC's life--especially if he wants to keep Miles alive.1st Edition published by Republica Press, August 2010.2nd Edition published by M.J. O'Shea, April 2012.The Geek and His Artist
By Hope Ryan. 2015
Simon Williams spends his lunch periods drawing his geek and trying not to think about the terrors waiting for him…
at home. He needs to get away from his abusive father before he suffers the same grisly fate as his mother. Because he's learned the hard way running away doesn't work, he's counting the days until his eighteenth birthday. Jimmy Bennet should be spending his lunch studying so his senior GPA is good enough to get him into college, but he can't seem to focus thanks to his distracting artist. When he's given the opportunity to tutor Simon in Trig and discovers Simon's home-life nightmare, he wants nothing more than to get Simon out of danger. This need becomes more urgent when Simon comes to school the Monday after their first date with bruises, but it takes a broken leg before Jimmy can convince his boyfriend the Bennets really want him. But the danger Simon thought was past shows up at the most unexpected time, and he must stand up to the fears he's held so long to protect not only himself, but the man he wants to spend his life with.Freeing Stella (Being True)
By Zoe Lynne. 2014
Being True: Book TwoStella Marshall feels invisible to everyone but her sister Jessica and best friend Jenna. Thanks to their…
Friday night LGBTQ youth group meetings, she can be true to herself and cast aside the boy she was born as, Steven. The rest of the time, she locks herself away, because if her super conservative, Christian parents ever found out.... When her little sister admits to liking a girl as more than a friend, it becomes ten times harder for Stella to keep up the charade. She wants to stand by Jess and take some of the heat away, and that means coming out of the closet--even if it costs Stella her family and the girl of her dreams, Lillian Nelson. Unfortunately, it's too frightening to give up the security of hiding behind Steven. But Stella knows she has to be brave, for herself and her sister.First Time for Everything
By J. Leigh Bailey, Emily Moreton, John Goode, S. A. Garcia, Andrea Speed, Eric Renner, Jo Ramsey, Caitlin Ricci, Allison Wonderland, Emery C. Walters, Sr Silcox, Renee Hirsch, Kevay Gray, Ella Lyons, Charli Green, Eric Gober, Nick Hasse, Nicole Mccormick. 2014
There's nothing like the first time. Whether it's a first crush, first date, first kiss, or finding tolerance and approval…
for the first time, for gay, lesbian, bi, and trans teens--or those still exploring and discovering their sexuality and identity--these important firsts can shape the rest of their lives. Gathering the courage to come out to their families, admit their feelings to a friend, or go to school presenting as the people they really are can be a struggle. But with the support of their allies and their own inner strength, the brave young people in these stories take the first steps toward happiness and living on their own terms. From sweet stories of newly discovered love, humorous accounts of awkward dinners and dances, to fights for acceptance and even survival, the teens in this anthology must face new challenges and rise to meet them. These are the first times they'll never forget. Midnight in the Maze by J. Leigh BaileyA Warrior from a Different Tribe by S.A. GarciaHis World by Eric GoberJust Right by John GoodeIt's In Their Kiss by Kevay GrayIt's Not Our Fault by Charli GreenCourting Billy Roth by Nick HasseDressed to Swim by Renee HirschBeautiful by Ella LyonsFirst Date by Nicole McCormickStep by Step by Emily MoretonKissing Scars by Jo RamseyDear Cody by Eric RennerDating My Best Friend by Caitlin RicciSummer Crush by SR SilcoxWhen Wolverine Met Taylor by Andrea SpeedMe and My Friend by Emery C. WaltersKiss and Makeup by Allison WonderlandFinding Ashlynn (Being True)
By Zoe Lynne. 2013
Being True: Book OneEvery Friday night, Jenna and her best friend, Stella, attend their local LGBTQ youth group meeting. It's…
a great place for support and friendship, but Jenna wants to fall in love. In walks Ashlynn, a purple-haired girl who wants to know how bad coming out of the closet can be. Living in two different worlds, Jenna and Ash have vastly different ideas about the difference between sex and love, the definition of virginity, and how to face a world out in the open where they can admit their true feelings... whatever they may be.Every Inferno
By Johanna Parkhurst. 2014
Depressed. Defiant. Possible alcoholic. These are just a few of the terms used to describe fifteen-year-old Jacob Jasper Jones. Lately,…
though, JJ has a new one to add to the list: detective. He's been having strange dreams about the fire that killed his parents ten years ago, and he thinks he finally has the clue to catching the arsonist who destroyed his family. A murder investigation isn't the only thing the dreams trigger for JJ. They also lead to secret meetings with his estranged sister, an unlikely connection with a doctor who lost his daughter in the fire, and a confusing friendship with McKinley, a classmate of JJ's who seems determined to help him solve the mystery. All JJ wants is to shake the problems that have followed him since that fire, and he's convinced he must catch the arsonist to do it. But as JJ struggles to find the culprit, he sees there's more than one mystery in his life he needs to solve.A fascinating whodunnit about murder, family, and finding out who you are. Yet another great LGBTQ book about a gay kid living his life, instead of an issues book with a capital I. I look forward to more by this author. -Brian Katcher, Stonewall Award-winning author of Almost PerfectDreams of Fire and Gods: Fire (Dreams of Fire and Gods #2)
By James Erich. 2013
Dreams of Fire and Gods: Book TwoA thousand years ago, two rival factions of gods, the Stronni and Taaweh, nearly…
destroyed the Kingdom of Dasak in their war for power. Then the Taaweh vanished and the Stronni declared victory. Now, tensions between the human emperor and his regent are at an all-time high. The regent's son, apprentice mage Sael dönz Menaük, has fled the capital with his master and united with a vagabond named Koreh, but assassins dog their footsteps. The future is more uncertain than ever. Since the Taaweh city of Gyishya reappeared, the mages of Harleh have weakened, cut off from the source of their power. Sael and his father struggle to keep their respective cities from crumbling under the strain or being destroyed by the gods. Then Koreh learns of a dangerous Taaweh plan to rescue their queen from the Stronni--a plan only Koreh and Sael can execute. But they may not get a chance. In Harleh Valley, a young man named Donegh pieces together what happened. Intent, he makes his way through an increasingly alien landscape to carry out his mission: assassinate the Dekan of Harleh, Sael dönz Menaük.Deep Secrets and Hope (Harmony Ink Press Bundles #5)
By Jo Ramsey. 2016
Growing up is never easy, and experiencing bullying and harassment can sometimes make it feel impossible. But when friendships are…
formed and confidence is allowed to blossom, hope is sure to follow--and not only for those who suffer mistreatment. With support, even the bullies can change and grow.See excerpt for individual blurbs.Cold Moon (Insolita Luna)
By M. J. O'Shea. 2014
2nd EditionInsolita Luna: Book ThreeSequel to Hunter's MoonCharlie Fitzgerald is sick of being the kid nobody takes seriously. His older…
brother Colin is fighting vampires and other troublemakers in New York City, and Charlie wants in on the action--but no one will listen. Then he overhears the lycan council is looking for a human emissary to take a message of peace to a werewolf in the forests of Romania, and Charlie decides he's the man for the job. Xan is furious: his best friend, Charlie, one of the Fitzgeralds he's vowed to protect, is walking into danger, and Xan chases him all the way to the freezing Romanian forest to save his stubborn butt. When Charlie is almost killed, Xan realizes he feels much more than friendship for his charge, and emotions that have been bubbling under the surface of his calm façade threaten to boil over and flood them both. They end up in the middle of a political mess involving lycans, werewolves, and nosy vampires, and if they make it out alive, the friendship between the headstrong hunter and his bullheaded protector might turn into a love neither can live without.1st edition published by M.J. O'Shea, April 2012.Cold Ennaline
By Rj Astruc. 2015
Ennaline Whitehall has always been faithful. The god's love is all encompassing, after all. Besides, she hardly had a choice…
growing up in the church alongside Ro and Ray, the twin sons of Father Piedmont. Now the twins are talking about marriage--all three are reaching the age for betrothal--but Ennaline doesn't feel that way about the boys. She doesn't feel that way about anyone, and who knows what the other faithful will do if they learn of her peculiar coldness? Questions about romance pale in comparison to the rising god, however. Ennaline and the twins have always helped to keep evil at bay and reassure the people, but the holes aren't closing properly anymore, and the smell of rot is growing. As the faithful gather at the Piedmont farm and something unfathomable claws its way up from beneath the earth, Ennaline struggles to maintain her beliefs. Alone, she is forced to come face-to-face with her god.Carnival - Chattanooga (Carnival #2)
By Zoe Lynne. 2015
Carnival: Volume TwoJesse, Donny, Chad, and Dax aren't typical small town high school students. Not only do they make their…
homes amidst the gauze and glitter of the carnival, each of them possesses a supernatural power. They still face adversity, though, and their lives connect in surprising ways as they struggle against it. Facing the death of his father, Jesse needs Donny's love and support more than ever. Jesse and Donny are tired of hiding their relationship, but Donny is afraid of losing his eccentric family if he admits to being gay. Chad might be able to help them, but everything he does comes at cost, so he won't intervene unless he's sure he's doing the right thing. Dax is sick of being bullied and having nowhere he feels he truly belongs. With enough effort, he hopes to find a home among the lights, music, and magic of the carnival.Binary Boy
By Rj Astruc. 2014
It's a lonely life being an Interpol kid. With both Michel's parents working for the international police force and always…
moving from country to country, it's hard enough to make friends, let alone find a boyfriend. Then he meets Benny during an online chat, and Benny is everything Michel ever wanted and more. He looks forward to meeting his crush when his family heads to Australia on an important mission. But Benny isn't quite what he seems, and it may have something to do with the man Michel's parents are investigating and his relationship to an AI. In order to find out the truth, Michel will have to go to greater lengths--and face greater dangers--than he ever imagined.Beloved Pilgrim
By Christopher Hawthorne Moss. 2014
2nd EditionAt the time of the earliest Crusades, young noblewoman Elisabeth longs to be the person she's always known is…
hidden inside. When her twin brother perishes from a fever, Elisabeth takes his identity to live as a man, a knight. As Elias, he travels to the Holy Land, to adventure, passion, death, and a lesson that honor is sometimes found in unexpected places. Elias must pass among knights and soldiers, survive furious battle, deadly privations, moral uncertainty, and treachery if he'll have any chance of returning to his newfound love in the magnificent city of Constantinople.1st edition by Nan Hawthorne published by Shieldwall Books, February 2011All You Need Is Love
By Russell J. Sanders. 1969
In the era of the Woodstock Festival and the Stonewall Riots, 1969, Dewey Snodgress is in high school in Fort…
Worth, Texas. He might be far from many of the changes taking place in the world, but they still affect his life. For one, as his school’s theater star, Dewey takes part in a production about a young gay man protesting the Vietnam War. During the play, he meets another uninhibited young actress, Lucretia “Lulu” Belton, and their performances are a hit, changing attitudes about the war—especially the attitude of Dewey’s dad. It’s also the year Dewey meets Jeep Brickthorn, the school’s hippie and a local musician. They quickly become friends, and although Dewey tries to suppress it, they start to fall in love. Though he knows his father won’t condone their relationship, Dewey can’t resist his feelings for Jeep. The times are changing, and maybe the time has come for Dewey and Jeep to escape their repressive town for somewhere more open-minded. Somewhere they can pursue their interests in acting and music. Somewhere they’ll have the freedom to be in love.All the Colors of Love (Fountas & Pinnell LLI Blue)
By Jessica Freely. 2013
It sucks being the son of a super villain. At home, Harry spends half of his time getting medical treatments…
and the other half tied up in his father's underwater lair. It was different when his mother was alive, but she disappeared when Harry was six. He can't seem to stay out of trouble at school, and his new roommate, Antonin, thinks he's a spaz, but somehow Harry has to find a way to stop his father's evil plans. Antonin Karganilla wants to become a comic book artist, but other than that, being gay is the most normal thing about him. His uncle is an aquatic plant man, his aunt is a molecular biologist back from the dead, and his mom is an overprotective pain in the butt. Antonin's in boarding school and it's starting to look like he and this Harry kid might have a lot in common... and that means a whole new set of problems.I'll Give You the Sun
By Jandy Nelson. 2014
Jude and her twin brother, Noah, are incredibly close. At thirteen, isolated Noah draws constantly and is falling in love…
with the charismatic boy next door, while daredevil Jude cliff-dives and wears red-red lipstick and does the talking for both of them. But three years later, Jude and Noah are barely speaking. Something has happened to wreck the twins in different and dramatic ways . . . until Jude meets a cocky, broken, beautiful boy, as well as someone else--an even more unpredictable new force in her life. The early years are Noah's story to tell. The later years are Jude's. What the twins don't realize is that they each have only half the story, and if they could just find their way back to one another, they'd have a chance to remake their world. This radiant novel from the acclaimed, award-winning author of The Sky Is Everywhere will leave you breathless and teary and laughing--often all at once. Winner of the 2015 Michael L. Printz Award Winner of a 2015 Stonewall HonorWhere Oblivion Lives (Los Nefilim #1)
By T. Frohock. 2019
A lyrical historical fantasy adventure, set in 1932 Spain and Germany, that brings to life the world of the novellas…
collected in Los Nefilim: Spanish Nephilim battling daimons in a supernatural war to save humankind.Born of daimon and angel, Diago Alvarez is a being unlike all others. The embodiment of dark and light, he has witnessed the good and the horror of this world and those beyond. In the supernatural war between angels and daimons that will determine humankind’s future, Diago has chosen Los Nefilim, the sons and daughters of angels who possess the power to harness music and light.As the forces of evil gather, Diago must locate the Key, the special chord that will unite the nefilim’s voices, giving them the power to avert the coming civil war between the Republicans and Franco’s Nationalists. Finding the Key will save Spain from plunging into darkness. And for Diago, it will resurrect the anguish caused by a tragedy he experienced in a past life.But someone—or something—is determined to stop Diago in his quest and will use his history to destroy him and the nefilim. Hearing his stolen Stradivarius played through the night, Diago is tormented by nightmares about his past life. Each incarnation strengthens the ties shared by the nefilim, whether those bonds are of love or hate . . . or even betrayal. To retrieve the violin, Diago must journey into enemy territory . . . and face an old nemesis and a fallen angel bent on revenge.Bury the Lede (Bury the Lede)
By Gaby Dunn. 2019
Cub reporter Madison Jackson is young, scrappy, and hungry to prove that she deserves her coveted college internship at the…
premiere newspaper in town, The Boston Lede, so when her police scanner mentions a brutal murder tied to the prominent Boston Kennedys, Madison races to the crime scene, looking for the scoop of the century. What she finds instead is the woman who'll change her life forever: Dahlia Kennedy, celebrity socialite, now widow, covered in gore and the prime suspect in the murder of her husband and child. When Dahlia refuses to talk to anyone but Madison, they begin a dangerous game of cat and mouse that leads the young journalist down a twisted path. From Gaby Dunn (Bad with Money, I Hate Everyone But You) and Claire Roe (Batgirl and the Birds of Prey, Welcome Back) comes an all-new original graphic novel about the thrill of the chase and the dangers of going toe-to-toe with a potential killer. Advisory: Bookshare has learned that this book offers only partial accessibility. We have kept it in the collection because it is useful for some of our members. Benetech is actively working on projects to improve accessibility issues such as these.Cosas de espías
By Matthew Metzger. 2019
A Anton nunca se le hubiera ocurrido pensar que alguien quisiera salir con él. Al fin y al cabo, ¿no…
sabe todo el mundo que nadie quiere un novio transgénero? Por eso se sorprende tanto cuando Jude Kalinowski, que parecía heterosexual, le pide una cita ... y no parece estar bromeando.El único problema es que Jude no sabe que Anton es trans.Anton se imagina lo que puede pasar. Jude es un buen chico, y siempre se ha dicho que los chicos buenos nunca ganan. Y Anton es transgénero, y las personas trans no tienen finales felices. Si se lo dice a Jude, podría destruirlo todo.Y si Jude se lo dice a alguien ... la destrucción será inevitable.Runemaker (The Runebinder Chronicles #3)
By Alex R. Kahler. 2019
The end is here.Tenn thought the spirits wanted him to find his fellow Hunter, Aidan, to win the war against…
the undead. But with Aidan on the brink of self-destruction and Tenn reeling from his lover’s spite, their fated convergence seems far from promising.Especially because Aidan no longer appears to be fighting for the living.With the Dark Lady whispering commands and Tom‡s guiding his hand, Aidan slips deeper into darkness. And while the world rallies for its final battle against the Dark Lady’s minions, Tenn finds himself torn between saving the boy who’s slipping away and fulfilling a prophecy he can’t understand—one that will require him to harness the most powerful magic the world has ever seen: the Sphere of Maya.And depending on who unleashes its power, that magic could either save humanity…or erase it.