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GLBTQ: A Gay Pride Month Dozen --selected by Cindy Welch, Reviewer Teens who struggle with their sexual identity often feel very alone as they try to puzzle out their real feelings. This month’s Dozens, in celebration of June as Gay Pride Month, offers a full spectrum of thinking about sexual identity and its impact on the teens themselves, their friendships, and family.

• Goobie, Beth. Hello, Groin. Orca, 2006. Gr. 9-12
  When eleventh-grade Dylan's rather suggestive library book display is censored, it causes her to re-think her own self-censorship concerning her romantic feelings for best friend Jocelyn. (BCCB 11/06)



• Hartinger, Brent. Geography Club. HarperTempest, 2003. Gr. 7-12
  Russel's first love turns out to be a closeted jock at his own high school who wants Russel to stay in the closet too, but with the help of the members of the deliberately mis-named Geography Club, he finds the courage and freedom to be himself. (BCCB 2/03)



• Howe, James. Totally Joe. Seo/Atheneum, 2005. Gr. 5-8
  Eighth-grader Joe is ready for dating, not ready for kissing, and really excited about the boy who sits in front of him at school. (BCCB 1/06)



• Huser, Glen. Stitches. Groundwood/Douglas & McIntyre, 2003. Gr. 5-8
  Outcasts Travis (who thinks he might be gay) and Chantelle (who wears leg braces) help each other keep dreams alive as they negotiate the perils of middle school. (BCCB 2/04)



• Johnson, Maureen. The Bermudez Triangle. Razorbill/Penguin, 2004. Gr. 7-12
  When high school senior Nina Bermudez returns from a summer program at Stanford, she discovers her best friends Mel and Avery are dating – each other. What happens if it doesn't work out? (BCCB 12/04)



• Koertge, Ron. Boy Girl Boy. Harcourt, 2005. Gr. 9-12
  Larry, Teresa, and Elliot, whose tight bond during high school has them planning post-graduation lives together, are suddenly jolted by a gay-bashing incident involving Larry that awakens them to the differences in their dreams. (BCCB 10/05)



• Larochelle, David. Absolutely, Positively, Not. Levine/Scholastic, 2005. Gr. 7-10
  Steven has tried collecting girlie pictures, serial dating and even aversion therapy, but he still gets a buzz from a good-looking man – and, of course, square dancing. (BCCB 7/05)



• Levithan, David. Boy Meets Boy. Knopf, 2003. Gr. 7-12
  High-school sophomore Paul's hands are full: worrying for friends Tony and Joni, trapped by parents and a rich boyfriend respectively, wondering what ex-boyfriend Kyle really wants, and trying to hold on to dream-guy Noah. (BCCB 12/03)



• Levithan, David, ed. Full Spectrum: A New Generation of Writing about Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Other Identities; ed. by David Levithan and Billy Merrell. Knopf, 2006. Gr. 7 and up
  Forty poems and essays written by real young adults express a range of emotions, from love to loss, about realizing and coming to terms with their sexuality. (BCCB 7/06)



• Peters, Julie Anne. Far From Xanadu. Tingley/Little, 2005. Gr. 9-12
  High school senior Mary-Elizabeth "Mike" Szabo falls hard for new girl Xanadu, who says she's straight but acts like things could change. (BCCB 6/05)



• Peters, Julie Anne. Luna. Tingley/Little, 2004. Gr. 7-12
  Regan knows her big brother Liam's need to be himself goes beyond cross-dressing; he sincerely believes he was born in the wrong body. When he wants Regan’s support, she struggles with worries for them both. (BCCB 5/04)



• Sanchez, Alex. So Hard to Say. Simon, 2004. Gr. 6-9
  Eighth-grader Frederick finds a friend in bubbly Xio, but she wants to be more than friends while Frederick finds himself instead thinking about Victor, captain of the soccer team. (BCCB 11/04)



• Wyeth, Sharon Dennis. Orphea Proud. Delacorte, 2004. Gr. 9-12
  When Orphea's first love is killed in a car wreck, she gathers up her new sense of her lesbian self and her grief about loss and family, and transforms them into performance art. (BCCB 3/05)

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