Picture Books

Carr, Jennifer. Be Who You Are. AuthorHouse. 2010. Unpaged. $20.99. (978-1452087252). Pre-K-2.

Will is having trouble understanding why his brother changed his name to Hope, grew his hair long, and began wearing dresses. With gentle understanding and unwavering support, Hope and her parents help Will to understand and accept.

*Newman, Leslea. Donovan’s Big Day. Illustrated by Mike Dutton. Tricycle Press. 2011. 32p. $15.99. ( 978-1582463322). Pre-K-2. It’s a very BIG day for young Donovan–get ready, get dressed in his best with a bow tie and be the ring bearer when Mommy and Mama get married!

Middle/Early Young Adult
Fiction

Belgue, Nancy. Soames on the Range. HarperTrophy. 2011. 203p. $14.99. (978-0002007689). Gr. 7-10.

When his father comes out, Cisco is suspended from school for fighting and then accused of putting old man Patterson into a coma.  For his own protection, his parents send the non-violent, budding gourmet chef to live with his uncle on a dude ranch in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia.

Cooper, Michelle. The FitzOsbornes in Exile. “The Montmaray Journals.” Knopf. 2011. 464p. $17.95. (978-0375858659). Gr. 6-9. After the Germans bomb their beloved castle on the tiny island nation of Montmaray, the young royal family flees to pre-war England, carrying the horrifying awareness of Hitler’s deadly potential with them. As conscience and conventions collide, each struggles to fight their individual battles for love and truth.

*Lo, Malinda. Huntress. Little, Brown. 2011. 384p. $17.99. (978-0316040075). Gr. 7-up. Kaede and Taisin journey to the Fairy Queen to save not only their kingdom but also the entire world. Will their mission bring them together forever, or tear them apart?

Takako, Shimura. Wandering Son, Volume 1. Translated by Matt Thorn. Fantagraphic Books. 2011. 192p. $19.99. (978-1606994160). Gr. 5-7. Fifth graders Shuichi and Yoshino find each other during the first days of school, discovering that they share a love of many different things including the secret that each wants to be the gender that the other was born.

Wilkinson, Lili. Pink. HarperTeen. 2011. 310p. $16.99. (978-0061926532). Gr. 7-10. Supportive parents and a girlfriend—what more could any out-lesbian, goth-girl, want?  Yet Ava decides to explore the idea of ‘normal’—to attend prep school, kiss a boy, and even (gasp!) wear matching pink sweaters.

*Wright, Bil. Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy. Simon & Schuster. 2011. 240p. $16.99. (978-1416939962). Gr. 7-10. Most teenage boys dream of being makeout artists. Carlos Duarte, on the other hand, dreams about being a makeup artist! And when he gets a part-time job at Macy’s cosmetics department, he figures fame and fortune are just around the corner.

Young Adult
Fiction

*Beam, Cris. I Am J. Little, Brown. 2011. 352p. $16.99. (978-0316053617). Gr. 9-up. Though he was born Jennifer, he knows in his being that he is completely male, just born into the wrong body. Can he make his family and friends understand what he knows, that he is J?

*Bray, Libba. Beauty Queens. Scholastic. 2011. 400p. $18.99 ( 978-0439895972). Gr. 7-up. In this wildly hilarious novel, contestants from the Miss Teen Dream Beauty Pageant crash on a remote tropical island where danger and wild adventures lurk around every corner!

*Brezenoff, Steve. Brooklyn Burning. Carolrhoda Lab. 2011. 202p. $17.95. ( 978-0761375265). Gr. 8-up. Running away from home during a Brooklyn summer to lose the pain through music, sixteen-year old Kid finds acceptance and more in Scout, another soul lost in the music.

Cook, Trish, and Brendan Halpin. Notes from the Blender. EgmontUSA. 2011. 240p. $16.99. (978-1606841402). Gr. 9-12. Two teens, two voices:  Declan—an emo goth into Finnish death metal and violent video games—is a loner with a crush on classmate Neilly Foster;  Neilly—popular, smart, and a gymnast—happens on Declan’s father and her mother.  Together.  Then their parents announce an unplanned pregnancy.

Donley, Jan. The Side Door. Spinsters Ink. 2010. 234p. $14.95. (978-1935226123). Gr. 9-12. Entering suburban Drift Falls High School in 1988, Mel and her best friend Frank discover that a student suicide five years earlier was a closeted gay teen.  At the same time, they are themselves dealing with issues of conformity, family relationships, and coming out.

Farrey, Brian. With or Without You. Simon Pulse. 2011. 368p. $8.99. (978-1442406995). Gr. 10-up.

Hiding secrets from his family and friends, Evan is desperate to find a way to make all the pieces of his life fit. But, when his best friend Davis falls under the spell of the charismatic Chasers leader, he has to choose which part of his life to save.

*Goode, Laura. Sister Mischief. Candlewick. 2011. 367p. $16.99. (978-0763646400). Gr. 8-up.  Sixteen-year-old Esme is a witty, wisecracking out lesbian with a tight circle of accepting friends. Together they form a hip-hop crew called “Sister Mischief.”

Hopkins, Ellen. Perfect. Simon & Schuster. 2011. 640p. $18.99. (978-1416983248). Gr. 7-up. Cara is struggling with her parents’ ideals of perfect, but will that cause her to lose out on a new kind of love and being true to herself?

Mourian, Tomas. Hidden. Kensington. 2011. 304p. $15.00 (978-0758251312). Gr. 9-up. Escaped from his parents and fleeing incarceration and torture in an anti-gay rehab center, Ahmed (now Ben) finds temporary refuge in a so-called safe house where, even if he and his new roommates can hide from the bounty hunters, fanatics, parents, and pimps looking for them, they cannot escape their own pasts and each other.

*Myracle, Lauren. Shine. Abrams. 2011. 376p. $16.95. (978-0810984172). Gr. 7-up. After her once-best friend, Patrick, falls victim to a vicious hate crime and neither local nor federal law enforcement seems interested finding the culprits, Cat sets out to discover who in her town could have hated Patrick enough to have beaten him and left him for dead.

*Peters, Julie Ann. She Loves You, She Loves You Not. Little, Brown. 2011. 278p. $17.99. (978-0316078740). Gr. 9-up. After her father disowns her for being gay, can Alyssa pick up the pieces of her life and believe in herself again, in a new town, living with a mother she never knew?

Reardon, Robin. The Evolution of Ethan Poe. Kensington. 2011. 352p. $15.00. (978-0758246806). Gr. 9-12. The question of teaching intelligent design brings Ethan Poe’s rural Maine town to crisis, with science on one side and fundamentalist Christians on the other.  As Ethan begins a relationship with handsome classmate Max Modine, he also deals with his parents’ divorce, his brother’s increasingly self-destructive behavior, and the fundamentalist Christian beliefs of both his brother and his best friend Jorja, while violence erupts around the local school board election.

Reardon, Robin. A Question of Manhood. Kensington. 2010. 352p. $15.00. (978-0758246790). Gr. 9-12. Paul Landon’s fear of being thought gay brings him to the point of helping kidnap and torture a gay classmate.  Then, when Paul’s older brother dies in Vietnam after telling Paul of his love for a fellow soldier, Paul is left keeping another family secret. Only his work with a young gay man retraining abused dogs gives Paul the courage to confront his fears.

*Ryan, Patrick. Gemini Bites. Scholastic. 2011. 240p. $17.99. (978-0545221283). Gr. 7-9. Twins Kyle and Judy both find themselves drawn to Garrett, a goth boy living with their family while finishing out the school year.  But the question is, “How does he feel about them?”

Sanchez, Alex. Boyfriends with Girlfriends. Simon & Schuster. 224p. $16.99. (978-1416937739). Gr. 7-9. The tale of a quadrangle of relationships between Sergio, Lance, Allie, and Kimoko–one bisexual, one questioning, one gay, and one lesbian–and how their loves affect their interwoven friendships.

Speaking Out. Berman, Steve, ed. Bold Strokes Books. 2011.288p. $13.95. (978-1602825666). Gr. 8-up. This baker’s dozen short stories, for and about gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender teens, encourage teens to “speak out,” be proud of who they are, and stand up for each other.

Torres, Justin. We the Animals. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2011. 144p. $18.00. (978-0547576725). Gr. 9-up. Torres’ acclaimed first novel is an impressionistic examination of a family of mixed race and ethnicity. Though fiercely loving, how will the family react to the youngest son’s growing awareness of his homosexuality?

Welcome to Bordertown: New Stories and Poems of the Borderlands. Holly Black and Ellen Kushner, ed. Random House. 2011. 517p. $19.99. (978-0375967054). Gr. 7-up. Bordertown is where the mundane and magical worlds overlap, where elves, runaways, gay kids, and misfits come together, bringing their histories, music, machines, and talents—as well as their fears and terrors.  Come visit—but be careful. If the borders close, you may stay longer than you think.

Zombies vs. Unicorns. Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier, ed. Margaret K. McElderry Books. 2010. 432p. $16.99. (978-1416989530). Gr. 9-up. Choose your side in the epic battle: Team Zombie or Team Unicorn!  Everyday teen issues are taken to wild extremes as zombies invade and unicorns attack in these short stories.

Nonfiction

Belge, Kathy and Marke Bieschke. Queer: The Ultimate Guide for Teens. Zest. 2011. 208p. $14.99. (978-0981973340). Gr. 8-up.  Demystifying queer issues for all teens, GLBTQ or not, this straightforward book gives answers to many topics facing youth today, from how to know if you’re queer to coming out, from dealing with queerphobia to relationships.

Dear Bully: Seventy Authors Tell Their Stories. Megan Kelly Hall and Carrie Jones, ed. HarperCollins. 2011. 384p. $9.99. (978-0062060976). Gr. 7-up. Seventy authors tell their own stories of bullying–some as victims, some as perpetrators–in order to let others know it can happen to anyone, how to identify bullying behavior, and ways to get it to stop.

It Gets Better. Dan Savage and Terry Miller, ed. Dutton. 2011. 338p. $21.95. (978-0525952336). Gr. 7-up. A companion to the “It Gets Better” internet campaign, this collection of essays and new material brings hope to LGBTQ youth facing prejudice, bullying, and other forms of harassment. It includes a list of resources for teens and adults.

Lynch, Jane. Happy Accidents. Hyperion. 2011. 256p. $25.99. (978-1401341763). Gr. 9-up. Actress Jane Lynch shares her life story, letting readers in on her path to stardom as well as her struggles with alcoholism and being true to herself.

Pasfield, Scott. Gay in America: Portraits. Welcome Books. 2011. 223p. $45.00. (978-1599621043). Gr. 9-up. This tapestry of powerful and personal photo-essays maps the rich cross-section of Gay America, one distinct and memorable voice at a time.

A fully annotated list that has been sorted into age ranges will be posted in the forthcoming weeks.

2012 Rainbow Book List

*Beam, Cris. I Am J. New York: Little Brown, 2011. 352p. $16.99. ISBN: 9780316053617

Belge, Kathy and Marke Bieschke. Queer: The Ultimate Guide for Teens.  San Francisco: Zest, 2011. 208p. $14.99. ISBN: 9780981973340

Belgue, Nancy. Soames on the Range. New York: HarperTrophy, 2011. 203p. $14.99. ISBN: 9780002007689

Berman, Steve, editor. Speaking Out. Valley Falls: Bold Strokes Books, 2011.288p. $13.95. ISBN: 9781602825666

*Bray, Libba. Beauty Queens. New York: Scholastic, 2011. 400p. $18.99 ISBN: 9780439895972

 *Brezenoff, Steve. Brooklyn Burning. Minneapolis: Carolrhod Lab, 2011. 202p. $17.95. ISBN: 9780761375265

Carr, Jennifer. Be Who You Are. Bloomington: AuthorHouse, 2010. Unpaged. $20.99. ISBN: 978-1452087252

Cook, Trish, and Brendan Halpin. Notes from the Blender. New York: EgmontUSA, 2011. 240p. $16.99 ISBN: 9781606841402

Cooper, Michelle. The FitzOsbornes in Exile. “The Montmaray Journals.” New York: Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2011. 464p. $17.95. ISBN: 978-0375858659

Dear Bully: Seventy Authors Tell Their Stories. Megan Kelly Hall and Carrie Jones, ed. HarperCollins, 2011. 384p. $9.99. ISBN: 978-0062060976

Donley, Jan. The Side Door. Midway: Spinsters Ink, 2010. 234p. $14.95. ISBN: 978-1935226123

Farrey, Brian. With or Without You. New York: Simon Pulse, 2011. 368p. $8.99. ISBN: 978-1442406995

*Goode, Laura. Sister Mischief. Sommerville: Candlewick, 2011. 367p. $16.99. ISBN: 978-0763646400

Hopkins, Ellen. Perfect. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011. 640p. $18.99. ISBN: 978-1416983248

It Gets Better. Dan Savage and Terry Miller, ed. New York: Dutton, 2011. 338p. $21.95. ISBN: 978-0525952336

 *Lo, Malinda. Huntress. New York: Little Brown, and Young, 2011. 384p. $17.99. ISBN: 978-0316040075

Lynch, Jane. Happy Accidents. New York: Hyperion, 2011. 256p. $25.99. ISBN: 978-1401341763

Mourian, Tomas. Hidden. New York: Kensington Publishing House, 2011. 304p. $15.00 ISBN: 978-0758251312

*Myracle, Lauren. Shine. New York: Abrams, 2011. 376p. $16.95. ISBN: 978-0810984172.

 *Newman, Leslea. Donovan’s Big Day. Illustrated by Mike Dutton. New York: Tricycle Press, 2011. 32p. $15.99. ISBN: 978-1582463322

Pasfield, Scott. Gay in America: portraits. New York: Welcome Books, 2011. 223p. $45.00. ISBN: 978-1599621043

 *Peters, Julie Ann. She Loves You, She Loves You Not. New York: Little Brown for Young Readers, 2011. 278p. $17.99. ISBN: 978-0316078740

Reardon, Robin. The Evolution of Ethan Poe. New York: Kensington, 2011. 352p. $15.00. ISBN: 9780758246806

Reardon, Robin. A Question of Manhood. New York: Kensington, 2010. 352p. $15.00. ISBN: 978-0758246790

*Ryan, Patrick. Gemini Bites. New York: Scholastic, 2011. 240p. $17.99. ISBN: 978-0545221283

Sanchez, Alex. Boyfriends with Girlfriends. New York: Simon & Schuster. 224p. $16.99. ISBN: 978-1416937739

Takako, Shimura. Wandering Son, Volume 1. Translated by Matt Thorn. Lake City Way: Fantagraphic Books, 2011. 192p. $19.99. ISBN: 978-1606994160.

Torres, Justin. We the Animals. New York: Houghton Miffling Harcourt, 2011. 144p. $18.00. ISBN: 978-0547576725

Welcome to Bordertown: new stories and poems of the borderlands. Holly Black and Ellen Kushner, ed. New York: Random House, 2011. 517p. $19.99. ISBN: 978-0375967054

 Wilkinson, Lili. Pink. New York: HarperCollins Children’s Books, 2011. 310p. 310p. $16.99. ISBN: 9780061926532

*Wright, Bil. Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011. 240p. $16.99. ISBN: 978-1416939962

Zombies vs. Unicorns. Holly Black, ed. New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2010. 432p. $16.99. ISBN: 978-1416989530

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.  Elmer: A Comic Book

Bansch, Helga.  Odd Bird Out.

Barnes, David-Matthew.  Swimming to Chicago.

Beam, Chris.  I Am J.

Belge, Kathy and Marke Bieschke.  Queer:  The Ultimate LGBT Guide for Teens.

Belgue, Nancy.   Soames on the Range.

Bellerose, Sally.  The girls club.

Berman, Steve, ed.    Speaking out.

Black, Holly and Ellen Kushner, ed.   Welcome Bordertown: New Stories and Poems of the Borderlands.

Black, Holly, ed.   Zombies vs. Unicorns.

Bono, Chaz.  Transition: The Story of How I Became a Man.

Bray, Libba.  Beauty Queens.

Brezenoff, Steve.  Brooklyn Burning.

Bronski, Michael.  A Queer History of the United States.

Bunnell, Jacinta.  Sometimes the Spoon Runs Away with Another Spoon.

Carr, Jennifer.    Be Who You Are.

Chin-Lee, Cynthia.   Operation Marriage.

Christensen, Bonnie.  Fabulous: A Portrait of Andy Warhol.

Cook, Trish and Brenda Halpin.   Notes from the blender.

Cooper, Michelle.  The FitzOsbornes in Exile: The Montmaray Journals.

Donley, Jan.  The Side Door.

Edwards, Hazel and Ryan Kennedy.   f2m: the boy within.

Farrey, Brian.  With or Without You.

Goode, Laura.   Sister Mischief.

Hall, Megan Kelly and Carrie Jones, ed.  Dear Bully: Seventy Authors Tell Their Stories.

Hartinger, Brent.   Shadow Walkers.

Hilton, Perez.     The Boy with the Pink Hair.

Hopkins, Ellen.   Perfect.

Lo, Malinda.  Huntress.

Lynch, Jane.  Happy Accidents.

McHugh, Erin.     The L Life: Extraordinary Lesbians Making a Difference.

Merey, Ilike.  a+e 4EVER: A Graphic Novel.

Mourian, Tomas.   Hidden.

Mulder, Michelle.  Out of the box.

Myracle, Lauren.  Shine.

Newman, Leslea.  Donovan’s Big Day.

Pasfield, Scott.   Gay in America: Portraits.

Peters, Julie Ann.   She Loves You, She Loves You Not.

Reardon, Robin.   A Question of Manhood.

Reardon, Robin.  The evolution of Ethan Poe.

Retief, Glen.  The Jack Bank: A Memoir of South Africa.

Ryan, Patrick.  Gemini Bites.

Sanchez, Alex.    Boyfriends with Girlfriends.

Savage, Dan and Terry Miller, ed.   It Gets Better.

Scott, Elizabeth.  Between here and forever.

Stick, Andrew.   Stick.

Takako, Shimura.  Wandering Son, Vol. 1.

Torres, Justin.  We the Animals.

Van Meter, Ryan.   If You Knew Then What I know Now.

Weir, Johnny.   Welcome to My World.

Wilkinson, Lili.   Pink.

Winters, Kathleen.  Annabel.

Wright, Bil.  Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy.

Yee, Paul.  Money boy.

Bansch, Helga. Odd bird out. Gecko Press, 2011. Unpaged. ISBN 9781877467080 $17.95. Ages 4-7.

Black, Holly, editor.  Zombies vs. Unicorns.  Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2010 (September).  415 pp.  $16.99.  ISBN:  9781416989530.  YA (12 +)

Peters, Julie Ann.  She Loves You, She Loves You Not.  Little Brown for Young Readers, 2011 (June).  278 pp.  $17.99.  ISBN:  9780316078740.

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.

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.

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+).

Alanguilan, Gerry.  Elmer:  A Comic Book.  SLG Publishing, October 2010.  Unpaged.  $12.95.  ISBN:  978-14-59362-204-6.  YA (14+)