Happy Ash Wednesday to those who follow that faith, and Happy World Thinking Day to all!  Below you will find the 2012 Annotated Rainbow Project List, sorted by book category!  Books marked with an asterisk  (*) are the 2012 Top Ten Titles.   Picture Books Carr, Jennifer. Be Who You Are. AuthorHouse. 2010. Unpaged. $20.99. [...]

The 2011-2012 committee of the Rainbow Project, a joint task force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table and the Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Queer Round Table of the American Library Association proudly present our 2012 Rainbow Book List. Titles appearing in bold are selected as part of the Top 10 titles for this year’s list. A [...]

The 2011-2012 Rainbow Project Committee is proud to present the 2012 Nominations List! This list will be discussed during meetings at the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting being held in Dallas, Texas, January 20-24, 2012.  Our meetings are open to those registered for the Midwinter Meeting, so feel free to join our discussions! Alanguilan, Gerry.  [...]

Tags: 2012 final nomination list

Takako, Shimura.  Wandering Son, Volume 1.  Matt Thorn translator.  Fantagraphic Books, 2011 (July).  192 pp.  $19.99.  ISBN:  9781606994160.  YA (12 +). Bansch, Helga. Odd bird out. Gecko Press, 2011. Unpaged. ISBN 9781877467080 $17.95. Ages 4-7.

Tags: Helga Bansch, manga, Picture book, Shimura Takako, translation

Black, Holly, and Ellen Kushner, eds. Welcome to Bordertown: new stories and poems of the borderlands. Introduction by Terri Windling. 2011. 517 p. Random House.  $19.99 ISBN (978-0-375-96705-4) 14-up. Black, Holly, editor.  Zombies vs. Unicorns.  Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2010 (September).  415 pp.  $16.99.  ISBN:  9781416989530.  YA (12 +)

Tags: anthology, cory doctorow, fantasy, Garth Nix, holly black, neil gaiman, science fiction

Hopkins, Ellen.  Perfect.  Simon & Schuster, 2011 (September).  640 pp.  $18.99.   ISBN:  9781416983248.    Peters, Julie Ann.  She Loves You, She Loves You Not.  Little Brown for Young Readers, 2011 (June).  278 pp.  $17.99.  ISBN:  9780316078740.

Tags: Ellen Hopkins, Julie An, lesbians, relationships

Bray, Libba. Beauty queens. Scholastic, 2011. 396 p. $18.99 978-0-439-89597-2. Hall, Megan Kelly and Carrie Jones, editors.  Dear Bully:  Seventy Authors Tell Their Stories.  Harper Collins, 2011 (September).  384 pp.  $9.99.  ISBN:  9780062060976.

Tags: anthology, Carrie Jones, Libba Bray, Megan Kelly Hall

Wright, Bil. PUTTING MAKEUP ON THE FAT BOY. Simon & Schuster. 2011. 219 pp. $16.99. ISBN: 9781416939962. Berman, Steve, ed. SPEAKING OUT. Bold Strokes Books, Inc. September 2011. Unpaged. $13.95.ISBN: 9781602825666.

Tags: anthology, Bil Wright, Steve Berman

Farrey, Brian.  With You or Without You.  Simon Puulse, 2011.  368 pp.  $8.99.  ISBN 978-1-4424-0699-5.  YA (14+). Cooper, Michelle.  The FitzOsbournes in Exile:  The Montmaray Journals, Book II.  Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2011.  464 pp.  $17.95.  ISBN:  978-0-3758-5865-9.  YA (14+).

Tags: Brian Farrey, bugchasing, bullying, historical fiction, Michelle Cooper, rainbow books

  Brezenoff, Steve.  Brooklyn Burning.  Carolrhoda LAB 2011.  202 pp.  $1795.  ISB:  978-0-7613-7526-5.  YA (14+).         Alanguilan, Gerry.  Elmer:  A Comic Book.  SLG Publishing, October 2010.  Unpaged.  $12.95.  ISBN:  978-14-59362-204-6.  YA (14+)

Tags: comics, Gary Alanguilan, gender identity, rainbow books, sexual preference, Steve Brezenoff, young adult