Click on the title to go to the Plymouth Library Catalog and see if a copy is available.

Bauer, Marion Dane, ed. Am I Blue? Coming Out from the Silence.
A collection of short stories about homosexuality by such authors as Bruce Coville, M.E. Kerr, William Sleator, and Jane Yolen.

Bendhun, Tea. Gravel Queen
All Aurin wants to do the summer before her senior year in high school is hang out with her friends Kenney and Fred, but when she falls in love with Neila, everything changes.

Block, Francesca Lia. Baby Be-Bop.
Dirk MacDonald, a sixteen-year-old boy living in Los Angeles, comes to terms with being gay after he receives surreal storytelling visitations from his dead father and great-grandmother.

Block, Francesca Lia. Girl Goddess #9.
Short stories about the creators of a teen zine called Girl Goddess.

Block, Francesca Lia. I Was a Teenage Fairy.
A feisty, sexy fairy helps a young girl heal traumas of her past.

Block, Francesca Lia. Missing Angel Juan.
Witch Baby follows Angel Juan to New York City and meets the ghost of her almost grandfather Charlie Bat.

Block, Francesca Lia. Weetzie Bat.
Follows the wild adventures of Weetzie Bat and her Los Angeles friends, Dirk, Duck, and My-Secret-Agent-Lover-Man.

Block, Francesca Lia. Witch Baby.
Witch Baby comes to live with Weetzie Bat and My-Secret-Agent-Lover-Man and has wild adventures in Los Angeles as she tries to understand where she belongs.

Boock, Paula. Dare Truth or Promise.
Louie Angelo, a Woodhaugh High prefect who plans to be a lawyer, falls in love with a girl who lives in a pub and just wants to get through her exams so she can become a chef.

Cart, Michael. My Father's Scar.
In a series of flashbacks, college freshman Andy Logan tells his story of coming out to his family and his hometown, and how he dealt with the aftermath.

Crutcher, Chris. Athletic Shorts.
A collection of short stories featuring characters from earlier books by Chris Crutcher.

Crutcher, Chirs. Ironman.
While training for a triathlon, seventeen-year-old Bo attends an anger management group at school which leads him to examine his relationship with his father and helps him deal with the knowledge that his swim coach is gay.

Durant, Penny Raife. When Heroes Die.
Devastated that his hero uncle, Rob, is dying of AIDS, twelve-year-old Gary, in need of advice and guidance in his life, draws strength from Rob himself.

Ferris, Jean. Eight Seconds.
Eighteen-year-old John must confront his own sexuality when he goes to rodeo school and finds himself strangely attracted to an older boy who is smart, tough, complicated, gorgeous, and gay.

Ford, Michael Thomas. Outspoken: Role Models from the Gay and Lesbian Community.
Gay men and lesbians describe their personal experiences and how their sexual orientation has affected their lives. Includes lists of recommended books, magazines, movies, and other sources of information.

Fox, Paula. The Eagle Kite: A Novel.
Liam's father has AIDS, and his family cannot talk about it until Liam reveals a secret that he has tried to deny ever since he saw his father embracing another man at the beach.

Garden, Nancy. Annie on My Mind.
Liza puts aside her feelings for Annie after the disaster at school, but eventually she allows love to triumph over the ignorance of people.

Garden, Nancy. Good Moon Rising.
Jan begins her senior year of high school not expecting that she will lose the starring part in the school play, take over as director when her beloved drama teacher becomes ill, and realize that she is a lesbian.

Hartinger, Brent. Split Screen
Two books in one tell of sixteen-year-old friends Russel, who is gay, and Min, who is bisexual, as they face separate romantic troubles while working as extras on the set of a horror movie.

Holland, Isabel. The Man Without a Face.
A fatherless fourteen-year-old boy develops an unusual relationship with the man living near his summer home who helps him prepare his entrance exams to boarding school.

Howe, James. Totally Joe
As a school assignment, a thirteen-year-old boy writes an alphabiography--life from A to Z--and explores issues of friendship, family, school, and the challenges of being a gay teenager.

Jenkins, A. M. Breaking Boxes.
When in the course of an unusual friendship Charlie reveals something confidential about his brother, he must decide if he can accept the risks of caring.

Jones, Carrie. Tips on Having a Gay (Ex) Boyfriend
Belle is a high school junior who expects to marry her long-term boyfriend one day, until he tells her and their entire small Maine town that he is gay, and both face prejudice and violence even as they enter new relationships and try to remain friends.

Johnson, Maureen. The Bermudez Triangle
The friendship of three high school girls and their relationships with their friends and families are tested when two of them fall in love with each other.

Kerr, M.E. Deliver Us from Evie.
Sixteen-year-old Parr Burrman and his family face some difficult times when word spreads through their rural Missouri town that his older sister is a lesbian, and she leaves the family farm to live with the daughter of the town's banker.

Kerr, M.E. "Hello," I Lied: A Novel.
Summering in the Hamptons on the estate of a famous rock star, seventeen-year-old Lang tries to decide how to tell his longtime friends that he is gay, while struggling with an unexpected infatuation with a girl from France.

Kerr, M.E. I'll Love You When You're More Like Me.
Two teenagers resist pressure to lead lives their parents have fashioned for them.

Kerr, M.E. Night Kites.
Seventeen-year-old Erick's comfortable and well-ordered life begins to fall apart when he is forced to keep two secrets: the identity of his new girlfriend and the nature of his brother's debilitating disease.

Koertge, Ron. The Arizona Kid.
Uncle Wes is one of the great characters in young adult literature in this heartfelt, funny story.

Levithan, David. Boy Meets Boy
In this hate free world and high school the gay kids and the straight kids all get along just fine; it’s all right for the quarterback to be a cross dresser named Infinite Darlene and the cheerleaders ride Harleys into the pep rally. Still the road to true love is a strange and winding path; as Paul discovers when he meets the boy of his dreams.

Lynch, Chris. Dog Eat Dog.
Mick leaves his tough, white, Irish neighborhood to embark on a journey of self-discovery and reflection in order to better understand himself psychologically and sexually.

Mastoon, Adam. The Shared Heart: Portraits and Stories Celebrating Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Young People.
Collection of interviews with gays, lesbians, and bisexuals.

Mowry, Jess. Babylon Boyz.
Inner-city teenagers find a suitcase full of cocaine and must decide whether to sell it and take the opportunities the money would provide or to destroy it to keep the drug from poisoning their community.

Myracle, Lauren. Kissing Kate
Sixteen-year-old Lissa's relationship with her best friend changes after they kiss at a party and Lissa does not know what to do, until she gets help from an unexpected new friend.

Nelson, Theresa. Earthshine.
Slim watches over her father, a disarmingly charismatic man, as his struggle with AIDS reaches its climax.

Paulsen, Gary. The Car.
A teenager left on his own travels west in a kit car he built himself, and along the way picks up two Vietnam veterans, who take him on an eye-opening journey.

Peters, Julie Anne. Luna
Fifteen-year-old Regan's life, which has always revolved around keeping her older brother Liam's transsexuality a secret, changes when Liam decides to start the process of "transitioning" by first telling his family and friends that he is a girl who was born in a boy's body.

Peters, Julie Anne. Between Mom and Jo
Fourteen-year-old Nick has a three-legged dog named Lucky 2, some pet fish, and two mothers, whose relationship complicates his entire life as they face prejudice, work problems, alcoholism, cancer, and finally separation.

Pollack, Rachel. The Journey Out: A Guide for and about Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Teens.
Suggests how gay, lesbian, and bisexual teenagers may discover their sexual orientation, find self-acceptance, come out, cope with prejudice, and deal with religious and political issues.

Porte, Barbara Ann. Something Terrible Happened.
Twelve-year-old Gillian is sent away from her mother who is dying of AIDS to live with her relatives in Tennessee.

Reynolds, Marilyn. Love Rules.
Seventeen-year-old Lynn experiences surprise, discomfort, and a new awareness of prejudices and stereotyping when her best friend Kit comes out as a lesbian.

Ryan, Sara. Empress of the World.
While attending a summer institute, fifteen-year-old Nic meets another girl named Battle, falls in love with her, and finds the relationship to be difficult and confusing.

Ryan, P.E. Saints of Augustine
In St. Augustine, Florida, former best friends Charlie Perrin and Sam Findley, now both sixteen, come to realize that their friendship is the only thing that will keep them afloat when each of their worlds is turned upside down through death, divorce, and the seemingly out-of-control direction of their lives.

St. James, James. Freak Show
Having faced teasing that turned into a brutal attack, Christianity expressed as persecution, and the loss of his only real friend when he could no longer keep his crush under wraps, seventeen-year-old Billy Bloom, a drag queen, decides the only to become fabulous again is to run for Homecoming Queen at his elite, private school near Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Sanchez, Alex. Rainbow Boys.
Three high school seniors, a jock with a girlfriend and an alcoholic father, a closeted gay, and a flamboyant gay rights advocate, struggle with family issues, gay bashers, first sex, and conflicting feelings about each other.

Scoppettone, Sandra. Trying Hard to Hear You.
Faced with the revelation that her best friend is a homosexual, a sixteen-year-old tries to cope with her own and her friends' reactions toward him.

Summer, Jane, ed. Not the Only One: Lesbian and Gay Fiction for Teens

Taylor, William. The Blue Lawn.
A fifteen-year-old boy acknowledges his attraction to an older rugby teammate, as he also begins to break out of the preconceived notions his family and others have about him.

Trueman, Terry. Seven Days at the Hot Corner
Varsity baseball player Scott Latimer struggles with his own prejudices and those of others when his best friend reveals that he is gay.

Wersba, Barbara. Whistle Me Home.
Seventeen-year-old Noli feels as if she has found her soul mate when handsome, sensitive TJ moves to Sag Harbor, but even as their feelings deepen, individual secrets threaten their relationship.

Wieler, Diana J. Bad Boy.
A.J. Brandiosa becomes the bad boy of the Cyclone hockey team, and learns that his best friend is gay, as he tries to cope with his own sexuality during his senior year in high school.

Wittlinger, Ellen. Hard Love.
After starting to publish a zine in which he writes his secret feelings about his lonely life and his parents' divorce, sixteen-year-old John meets an unusual girl and begins to develop a healthier personality.

Wittlinger, Ellen. Parotfish
Grady, a transgendered high school student, yearns for acceptance by his classmates and family as he struggles to adjust to his new identity as a male.

Woodson, Jacqueline. From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun.
Fourteen-year-old Melanin Sun's comfortable, quiet life is shattered when his mother reveals she has fallen in love with a woman.

Woodson, Jacqueline. The House You Pass on the Way.
When fourteen-year-old Staggerlee, the daughter of a racially mixed marriage, spends a summer with her cousin Trout, she begins to question her sexuality to Trout and catches a glimpse of her possible future self.

Wyeth, Sharon Dennis. Orphea Proud
While reciting her poetry at a club in Queens, New York, seventeen-year-old Orphea recounts her childhood in Pennsylvania, leaving after her parents and the girl she loves die, and learning about her family and herself while living with her great-aunts on a Virginia mountaintop.

Comments or Suggestions?
Contact Cathy Lichtman, Teen Librarian