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Philippe avec un grand H (Roman ado. 47)
By Guillaume Bourgault. 2003
Philippe, étudiant au secondaire, découvre qu'il est homosexuel. Le roman raconte le douloureux mais courageux cheminement d'un adolescent vers l'acceptation…
de son orientation sexuelle. De la négation à la dissimulation, de l'aveu aux conflits, le garçon trouve sa voie et son équilibre. Il connaît des revers, comme lorsqu'il est en amour avec Stéphano et que ce dernier tombe dans les bras d'Hélène, sa meilleure amie. Mais Philippe peut compter, à divers moments difficiles, sur de bons amis et sur une mère compréhensive. -- L'auteur, lui-même jeune homosexuel, s'est inspiré de sa propre expérience pour relater l'histoire de Philippe. Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. 2003.Ma vie autour d'une tasse John Deere
By Émilie Rivard. 2015
Étienne commence sa dernière année du secondaire à la polyvalente les Hêtres. C'est un adolescent bien dans sa peau, heureux…
d'entrer tout doucement dans le monde adulte. Bien qu'il ne cache pas son homosexualité à ses amis et camarades d'école, il n'est pas encore sorti du placard en ce qui concerne sa grand-mère adorée qui habite la résidence Beauséjour. Il va sans dire que la vieille dame n'accueillera pas cette nouvelle avec plaisir; le "coming out" d'Étienne aura des conséquences inattendues. Pour les lecteurs d’école secondaire. 2015.Entre les vagues (DoAdo)
By Claudine Galea. 2006
Comme tous les ans, Tommy passe les vacances estivales chez ses grands-parents, à La Ciotat. Toutefois, cet été, il délaisse…
Marine, sa copine de toujours, pour les promenades à vélo, les baignades dans la mer et les courses sur la plage avec Cecil, dont les longues jambes et le corps dégingandé l'attirent étrangement. Mais comment exprimer cette attraction, qu'ils sentent naître réciproquement, et les sentiments confus qu'ils entraînent? Cecil fuit bientôt ces bonheurs partagés, laissant Tommy seul avec des questionnements et un ennui indicibles qui le font tomber malade. Les deux amis feront leur cheminement chacun de leur côté, avant de se retrouver, à la fin de l'été. Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. 2006.L'enfant mascara: roman
By Simon Boulerice. 2016
"L'enfant mascara" est une histoire d'amour à sens unique, comme on en voit partout, dans toutes les écoles secondaires. À…
cette différence qu'elle se conclut de manière particulièrement tragique. Inspiré par des faits réels qui se sont déroulés dans la ville d'Oxnard, en Californie, Simon Boulerice transpose dans la fiction l'un des meurtres homophobes, voire transphobes, les plus violents à s'être produits aux États-Unis, tout en rendant hommage à Larry/Leticia, un être rempli de désir, d'éclat et d'arrogance, dont la vie n'aura été que fulgurance. Un roman unique, traversé par la profonde empathie de son auteur. Pour les lecteurs du collégial. 2016.Fé aime Fé ((Titan +).)
By Amélie Dumoulin. 2015
C'est un peu le chaos autour de Fé présentement : dans sa famille, dans sa tête, dans son coeur surtout.…
En fait, si elle cherche ce qui la définit, tout ce qui lui vient en tête, c'est une équation simple mais non résolue : Fé M Fé . Une fille qui se demande qui elle est et qui elle aime. Une fille qui aime une fille. C'est simple... ou c'est compliqué? Pour les lecteurs d’école secondaire. 2015.Faut qu'on en parle (C'est quoi le rapport? #6.)
By Aline Apostolska, Marie-Josée Mercier. 2016
" Raphaëlle, Sarah, Jasmine et Giulia sont des amies soudées qui n'ont pas peur de s'exprimer haut et fort avec…
leurs complices Kevin, Maxime, Mathieu et Francis. Bien qu'elles aient des personnalités différentes, elles s'entendent pour dire que l'on devrait toujours pouvoir aimer librement. C'est la Semaine de la lutte contre l'homophobie et la transphobie. Les élèves ne parlent que de cela! Mais si tous ont un avis sur le sujet, Sarah, la sma't Sarah comme disent ses amis, vit une sérieuse prise de conscience... Serait-elle amoureuse d'une autre fille? Kevin, quant à lui, découvre que Michaël, son ami d'enfance, lui cache un lourd secret depuis longtemps. Comment réagira-t-il? Un sujet qui fera beaucoup de vagues chez nos amis! "F comme garçon (Médium)
By Isabelle Rossignol. 2007
Je ne suis pas normale. Nina est ma cousine et ma meilleure amie, mon idole et mon contraire. Dans la…
famille, tout le monde nous appelle les inséparables. Mais moi, ce n'est pas comme une cousine que je l'aime. Ni comme une amie. J'ai envie de la voir nue, de caresser sa peau à la folie, de me frotter contre elle, de me cacher avec elle. Ça m'a pris le jour du déménagement quand je l'ai serrée dans mes bras, avant de la quitter jusqu'aux prochaines vacances. Je n'ai pas le droit. Je sais que je commets le péché de chair, comme disent les religieuses du collège. Alors j'entre à l'église, et je jure que je ne la toucherai plus. Et puis je recommence. Je suis lourde, mal, idiote, suppliante, amoureuse. Et pas elle. Pour les lecteurs d'École secondaire et plus. 2007.William: roman (C ma vie)
By Michael Harris, Martin Clavet. 2016
C'est un roman basé sur une histoire vraie. Tous les gais ont une histoire intéressante à raconter au sujet de…
leur coming out, quand la vie les a poussés à devoir assumer leur homosexualité. Si vous demandiez à mes parents, ils vous raconteraient la fois où ils ont trouvé de la porno gaie sur mon ordinateur. L'heure horrible qu'on a passée à la table de la cuisine. Ma mère et son sourire figé. Mon père avec son bel habit d'agent immobilier, cramponné à la table, qui répétait sans cesse OK, une minute... Attends une minute... comme si le passage du temps était tout le problème. Psst! L'auteur de ce roman sappelle Michael! Il vit à Vancouver, avec son amoureux et leur chien. Son moment favori dans une journée est le matin, alors qu'il boit son café. Il déteste discuter avec des gens peu curieux. Tout comme le personnage principal de ce roman, il vit parfois des épisodes de paralysie du sommeil. Pour les lecteurs du collégial. 2016. Titre uniforme: Homo.Be my love: a novel
By Kit Pearson. 2019
For as long as she can remember, Maisie has spent her summers on Kingfisher Island. She and her beloved cousin…
Una run wild, and Maisie feels the warm embrace of her big, extended family. This summer Maisie needs that escape more than ever. But now everything on Kingfisher has changed: Una has returned from her mainland school a sophisticated young woman too mature for childish games, and even worse, she has an all-consuming infatuation with David Meyer, both an old friend and an older man. Soon Maisie finds herself playing second fiddle-jealous of Una and David's closeness, and unsure of what those feelings mean. When Maisie's greatest attempt to maintain the special magic of her friendship with Una goes up in smoke, it seems as though all is lost. But with an enormous revelation, and a heartrending intervention, Maisie may finally discover the strength she needs to find the same peace that the island has brought her within herself. Grades 5-8. 2019.Hurricane Season
By Nicole Melleby. 2019
This debut novel-about taking risks and facing danger, about love and art, and about growing up and coming out-will make…
its way straight into your heart. Fig, a sixth grader, wants more than anything to see the world as her father does. The once-renowned pianist, who hasn't composed a song in years and has unpredictable good and bad days, is something of a mystery to Fig. Though she's a science and math nerd, she tries taking an art class just to be closer to him, to experience life the way an artist does. But then Fig's dad shows up at school, disoriented and desperately searching for Fig. Not only has the class not brought Fig closer to understanding him, it has brought social services to their door. Diving into books about Van Gogh to understand the madness of artists, calling on her best friend for advice, and turning to a new neighbor for support, Fig continues to try everything she can think of to understand her father, to save him from himself, and to find space in her life to discover who she is even as the walls are falling down around her. Nicole Melleby's Hurricane Season is a stunning novel about a girl struggling to be a kid as pressing adult concerns weigh on her. It's also about taking risks and facing danger, about love and art, and about coming of age and coming out. And more than anything else, it is a story of the healing power of love-and the limits of that power.Freeing Finch
By Ginny Rorby. 2019
From the author of Hurt Go Happy, winner of ALA's Schneider Family Book Award, comes Freeing Finch, the inspiring story…
of a transgender girl and a stray dog who overcome adversity to find love, home, and a place to belong. When her father leaves and her mother passes away soon afterward, Finch can't help feeling abandoned. Now she's stuck living with her stepfather and his new wife. They're mostly nice, but they don't believe the one true thing Finch knows about herself: that she's a girl, even though she was born in a boy's body. Thankfully, she has Maddy, a neighbor and animal rescuer who accepts her for who she is. Finch helps Maddy care for a menagerie of lost and lonely creatures, including a scared, stray dog who needs a family and home as much as she does. As she earns the dog's trust, Finch realizes she must also learn to trust the people in her life-even if they are the last people she expected to love her and help her to be true to herself.The Backstagers and the Ghost Light
By Andy Mientus. 2020
The stage crew at St. Genesius Prep—or Backstagers, as they like to call themselves—are ready for whatever the theater world…
can throw their way: the madness of tech week, inevitable prop malfunctions, and all the paranormal activity that goes on behind the scenes. Luckily Jory, Hunter, Sasha, Beckett, and Aziz are up for the job! But lately, someone—or something—seems set on ruining their production of Phantasm. It all started when an actor brought a Spirit Board to the cast party, and the ghost light blew out. Every good theater kid knows that a ghost light must be left on to keep ghosts from moving in the shadows of an empty theater. To figure out what’s haunting the theater and save the show, the Backstagers will have to use their smarts, bravery, and a little bit of magic!The Backstagers and the Theater of the Ancients
By Andy Mientus. 2020
After all the backstage ghost drama during Phantasm, things are quiet for the Backstagers of the St. Genesius School Drama…
Club—too quiet. But when that quiet is filled by a mysterious voice that haunts the Backstagers day and night, they set off on a globetrotting adventure to discover the ancient secrets of the legendary artifacts of the theater. Can they solve the mystery in time to open their production of the rock musical Tammy? Each Backstager brings unique skills to the team: mischievous Sasha is impossibly positive; no-nonsense Aziz makes sure everything runs smoothly; whiz-kid Beckett is a perfectionist through and through; flirtatious Hunter knows the backstage better than anyone; and sweet Jory can think his way through any problem. Effortlessly inclusive and full of adventure, The Backstagers and the Theater of the Ancients is sure to have listeners calling “Encore!”Ana on the edge
By A. J Sass. 2020
For fans of George and Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World , a heartfelt story about a nonbinary character navigating…
a binary world. Twelve-year-old Ana-Marie Jin, the reigning US Juvenile figure skating champion, is not a frilly dress kind of kid. So, when Ana learns that next season's program will be princess themed, doubt forms fast. Still, Ana tries to focus on training and putting together a stellar routine worthy of national success. Once Ana meets Hayden, a transgender boy new to the rink, thoughts about the princess program and gender identity begin to take center stage. And when Hayden mistakes Ana for a boy, Ana doesn't correct him and finds comfort in this boyish identity when he's around. As their friendship develops, Ana realizes that it's tricky juggling two different identities on one slippery sheet of ice. And with a major competition approaching, Ana must decide whether telling everyone the truth is worth risking years of hard work and sacrificeKing and the dragonflies
By Kacen Callender. 2020
Twelve-year-old Kingston James is sure his brother Khalid has turned into a dragonfly. When Khalid unexpectedly passed away, he shed…
what was his first skin for another to live down by the bayou in their small Louisiana town. Khalid still visits in dreams, and King must keep these secrets to himself as he watches grief transform his family. It would be easier if King could talk with his best friend, Sandy Sanders. But just days before he died, Khalid told King to end their friendship, after overhearing a secret about Sandy—that he thinks he might be gay. "You don't want anyone to think you're gay too, do you?" But when Sandy goes missing, sparking a town-wide search, and King finds his former best friend hiding in a tent in his backyard, he agrees to help Sandy escape from his abusive father, and the two begin an adventure as they build their own private paradise down by the bayou and among the dragonflies. As King's friendship with Sandy is reignited, he's forced to confront questions about himself and the reality of his brother's deathThe Fabulous Zed Watson!
By Kevin Sylvester, Basil Sylvester. 2021
The literary scavenger hunt of a lifetime, starring an endlessly endearing non-binary tween Zed Watson loves a few things: their…
name (which they chose themself!), their big rambunctious family, and—oh yeah—monsters. When Zed discovered the mystery surrounding an unpublished novel called The Monster’s Castle, they were completely hooked. Now Zed is a member of a small but dedicated legion devoted to finding the long-buried text. When a breakthrough discovery leads Zed to the route that they are sure will take them to the treasure, they know it’s time for a road trip. And with the help of their shy, flora-loving neighbour, Gabe, and his sister, Sam, a geologist who is driving back to college in Arizona, Zed and company are soon off on a wild adventure following cryptic clues. But it’s not all fun and games. Gabe doesn’t like Zed’s snacks, Sam is a bossy driver with total command of the ancient Impreza’s stereo, and Zed is often misgendered. It’s a good thing they also encounter kind strangers, potato-themed dance-offs and lots and lots of ice cream along the way. If Zed and Gabe can combine their strengths, survive Sam’s wrath and best the greedy historian who’s also hot on the book’s trail, they just might find the greatest treasure of all. Co-authored by child-parent duo Basil Sylvester and Kevin Sylvester, this is a vibrant and enormous-hearted story about friendship, identity and belonging. It features illustrations by celebrated author and illustrator Kevin Sylvester, and an Own Voices perspective based on Basil’s experience.The mysterious disappearance of aidan s. (as told to his brother)
By David Levithan. 2021
New York Times bestselling author David Levithan takes young readers on twisting journey through truth, reality, and fantasy and belief.…
Aidan disappeared for six days. Six agonizing days of searches and police and questions and constant vigils. Then, just as suddenly as he vanished, Aidan reappears. Where has he been? The story he tells is simply. . . impossible. But it's the story Aidan is sticking to. His brother, Lucas, wants to believe him. But Lucas is aware of what other people, including their parents, are saying: that Aidan is making it all up to disguise the fact that he ran away. When the kids in school hear Aidan's story, they taunt him. But still Aidan clings to his story. And as he becomes more of an outcast, Lucas becomes more and more concerned. Being on Aidan's side would mean believing in the impossible. But how can you believe in the impossible when everything and everybody is telling you not to?The ship we built
By Lexie Bean. 2020
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 them. He understands who he is and what he likes, but it's not safe for others to find out. Now the kids at school say Rowan's too different to spend time with. He's not the right kind of girl, and he's not the right kind of boy. His mom ignores him. And at night, his dad hurts him in ways he's not ready to talk about yet. But Rowan discovers another way to share his secrets: letters. Letters he attaches to balloons and releases into the universe, hoping someone new will read them and understand. But when he befriends a classmate who knows what it's like to be lonely and scared, even at home, Rowan realizes that there might already be a person he can trust right by his sideSpin with me
By Ami Polonsky. 2021
From the author of the critically acclaimed Gracefully Grayson comes a thoughtful and sensitive middle-grade novel about non-binary identity and…
first love, Ami Polonsky's Spin with Me. In this elegant dual narrative, Essie is a thirteen-year-old girl feeling glum about starting a new school after her professor dad takes a temporary teaching position in a different town. She has 110 days here and can't wait for them to end. Then she meets Ollie: delicate, blue eyes, short hair, easy smile. At first, Essie thinks she has a typical crush on a beautiful boy. But as her crush blossoms, she soon realizes that Ollie is not a boy or a girl, but gender non-binary. Meanwhile, Ollie is experiencing a crush of their own . . . on Essie. As Ollie struggles to balance their passion for queer advocacy with their other interests, they slowly find themselves falling for a girl whose stay is about to come to an end. Can the two unwind their merry-go-round of feelings before it's too late?The deepest breath
By Meg Grehan. 2021
Eleven-year-old Stevie is an avid reader and knows a lot of things about a lot of things. She knows how…
to send Morse code through her bedroom wall to her mom. She knows the names of the constellations. And she knows that an octopus has three hearts and nine brains. Knowing things makes her feel safe, powerful, and in control should anything bad happen. But there's one more thing Stevie doesn't know, one thing she wants to understand above everything else, and one thing she isn't quite ready to share with her mom: the fizzy feeling she gets in her chest when she looks at her friend Chloe. What does it mean, and why isn't she ready to talk about it? In this poetic exploration of identity and anxiety, Stevie must confront her fears to find inner freedom, all while discovering it is our connections with others that make us stronger