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FIC Chbosky, S. The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

Through a series of personal letters Charlie tells about his family and coming-of-age experiences.

FIC Crutcher, C. Ironman. While training for a triathalon, 17-year-old Bo attends an anger management group at school which leads him to examine his relationship with his father.

FIC Greene, B. The Drowning of Stephan Jones. 

As her mother battles a citizen’s group that wants to ban all “anti-Christian” literature from the public library, Carla faces her own battle of torn loyalties when her boyfriend starts persecuting the homosexual owners of an antiques shop.

FIC Holmes, A. Jack. 15-year-old Jack’s confused feelings for his father, who left him and his mother four years earlier, are further complicated when he learns that his father is gay.

FIC Kerr, M. Deliver Us from Evie. 16-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.

FIC Klein, N. Breaking Up. While she is visiting her father and stepmother in California, 15-year-old Alison learns her mother is a lesbian.

FIC Koertge, R. Boy Girl Boy. Three troubled high school seniors, who plan to runaway together from Illinois to California after graduation, try to figure out who they are and find out who they are and who they want to be.

FIC Malloy, B. The Year of Ice. Kevin Doyle, a 17-year-old is partly happy but  his troubled family life and secret crush on one of his best friends sets him apart from the pack.

FIC Peters, J. Luna. 15-year-old Regan’s life, which has always revolved around keeping her older brother Liam’s transexuality 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. 

FIC Peters, J. Keeping You a Secret. As she begins a very tough last semester of high school, Holland finds herself puzzled about her future and intrigued by a transfer student who wants to start a Lesbigay club at school.

FIC Sanchez, A. Rainbow High. Follows three gay high school seniors as they struggle with issues of coming out, safe sex, homophobia, being in love, and college choices.

FIC Sanchez, A. 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.

FIC Sloan, B. A Really Nice Prom Mess. Gay high school senior Cameron Hayes endures a disastrous prom night when forced to take a girl as his date, and after fleeing the dance in disguise, he finds himself involved in a surprising on-stage performance, a high-speed police chase, and unexpected revelations.

FIC Snyder, A. Counter Play. Brad and  Alex became best friends on the football field and off. Even when Alex told Brad he was gay, it didn’t seem to change anything. But when rumors started circulating at school, Brad was faced with the choice of standing by his friend and or giving in to the pressure of his family, girlfriend, teammates, and the whole town.

FIC Wittingler, E. Hard Love. John, "a witty misanthrope," meets and falls for zine writer Marisol, a "rich spoiled lesbian private-school gifted-and-talented writer virgin looking for love." A bittersweet tale of self-expression and the struggle to achieve self-love.

FIC Yates, B. Leave Myself Behind. 17-year-old Noah York tries to adjust to life in a new town, but as he helps his mother renovate their home, he finds himself becoming immersed in the past of a mysterious woman who disappeared a decade earlier.

GLBTQ stands for

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered & Questioning.