It is a Lambda Literary Award finalist and won the New Zealand Post Children's Book of the Year fiction prize and supreme award.īrett, Catherine. Louie and Willa, two New Zealand teen girls from diverse backgrounds meet and fall passionately in love. 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 in her family which includes gay lovers Dirk and Duck (who she helps to reconcile with his mother).īoock, Paula. ALA Recommended Books for the Reluctant Young Adult Reader.īlock, Francesca Lia. The classic tale of the adventures of Weetzie, Dirk, Duck, and My-Secret-Agent-Lover-Man in Venice Beach. In a story filled with pop icons, drag queens, slang, and candid sexuality, Witch Baby follows Angel Juan to New York City and meets the ghost of her almost grandfather Charlie Bat.īlock, Francesca Lia. An ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers Selection.īlock, Francesca Lia. Griffin Tyler's androgynous beauty and Barbie Marks' supermodel glitz and glamour hide a terrible secret but with the help of a feisty fairy they can head toward healing. Collection of short stories about love: gay, straight, familial, and otherworldly.īlock, Francesca Lia. Publishers Weekly Best Books of 1995, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Finalist, ALA Gay, Lesbian Bisexual and Transgendered Book Award, and NY Public Library Books for the Teen Age.īlock, Francesca Lia. Dirk, Weetzie Bat's best pal, doesn't know is how to tell his grandma Fifi he is gay. Her developing friendship with her reading tutor, and an increasingly complex relationship with a new girlfriend leads Lori into dangerous emotional territory.īlock, Francesca Lia. Excellent novel about Lori Taylor, a 27-year-old lesbian who finally admits that she cannot read and enrolls in a literacy course. Long ago abandoned by his mother who could not tolerate farm life, young Jess works out an uneasy alliance with his unyielding grandmother.īledsoe, Lucy Jane. Ben was always proud to be a chip off the old block until his dad left his mom for another man.īess, Clayton. A Lambda Award and ALA Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Award for Literature winner it was also named to the ALA Best Books for Young Adults, ALA Recommended Books for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, Horn Book Fanfare Honor List.īechard, Margaret. Adler, Bauer, Marion Bauer, Francesca Lia Block, Nancy Garden, James Cross Giblin, Ellen Howord, Jonathan London, Lois Lowry, Gregory Maguire, Leslea Newman, Cristina Salat, and Jacqueline Woodson. An enthralling anthology of original short stories featuring gay/lesbian teens by such authors as Bruce Coville, M.E. The summer after they finish the sixth grade, Bird discovers that her best friend josh is HIV positive.īauer, Marion Dane, ed. This is an early novel that deals sensitively with the nature of prejudice, and emphasizes the fact that homosexuals are people who have feelings, emotions, and feel love just as anyone else.īantle, Lee F. A sixth-grade boy is faced with the reality of homosexuality and homophobia when one of his teachers, despite being an excellent educator and positive role model for his students, is condemned by the community and eventually fired from his job because he is homosexual and lives with another man. This ensemble collection of short stories includes some that are less than successful however, "The Question" stands as stellar in its portrayal of the 8th grade boy who confronts himself about his growing awareness of his gay identity.īarger, Gary. Edwards Trust for their support on teen issues.Īppelt, Kathi. Publications from ALA Divisions, Round Tables and Offices.Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT).Library Support Staff Interests (LSSIRT).Learning RT (LearnRT, formerly CLENERT). Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT).Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Round Table (GLBTRT).Federal and Armed Forces Libraries (FAFLRT).Ethnic & Multicultural Information Exchange RT (EMIERT).Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP).Office for Human Resource Development and Recruitment (HRDR).The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA).Library and Information Technology Assn.of Specialized & Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) Assn of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends & Foundations.for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) American Association of School Librarians (AASL).
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