Griffin, Molly Beth. Silhouette of a Sparrow. Milkweed Editions, release date September 2012. 191p. ISBN 9781571317018. Ages 14-up. Hand, Elizabeth. Radiant Days. Includes select bibliography. Viking, 2012. 287p. $17.99. ISBN 978670011353. Ages 15-up. Ryan, Tom. Way to Go. Orca Book Publishers, 2012. 214p. $12.95. ISBN 978145980779. Ages 14-up.     

Lo, Malinda. Adaptation. Little, Brown and Company, release date September 2012. 385p. $17.99. ARC ISBN 9780316218221. Hardcover ISBN 978316197960. YA (15+) Wahls, Zach, with Bruce Littlefield. My two moms : lessons of love, strength, and what makes a family. Gotham Books, May 2012. 235p. $26.00 ISBN 9781592407132. YA (14-up). Jo Knowles.     See You at Harry’s. [...]

Want to see the Rock Bottom Remainders at ALA but can’t swing the tickets?  The Rainbow Project will have TWO tickets up for grabs at the SRRT All Task Force Meeting on Friday, June 22 at the Hilton Anaheim, Oceanside Room!  Meeting starts at 7:30, stop by say HI to our member, give us your [...]

WHEW!  We are playing catch-up with our nominations right before Annual, so no book covers going into this post.  Instead, we give you EIGHT new nominations for the 2013 list!   Winterson, Jeanette. Why be happy when you could be normal? Grove Press, March 2012.  240 p. $25.00 ISBN 9780802120106 Ages 14-up. George, Madeleine. The [...]

Adams, S.J. Sparks: the epic, completely true blue, (almost) holy quest of Debbie. Flux. 2011. 256 pages. $9.95. ISBN: 978-0-7387-2676-2. Gr. 9-12. Franklin, Emily & Brendan Halpin. Tessa Masterson will go to prom. Walker & Company, 2012. 256 p. $16.99 ISBN: 978-0-8027-2345-1. Gr. 9-12. Gennari, Jennifer. MY MIXED-UP BERRY BLUE SUMMER. Houghton Mifflin. 2012. $15.99. ISBN: 978-0-547-57739-5.  Gr. [...]

And, we’re off and running with nominations for the 2013 Rainbow Project! Moon, Sarah, editor.  THE LETTER Q:  QUEER WRITERS’ NOTES TO THEIR YOUNGER SELVES.  Scholastic.  2012 (May).  288 pages.  $17.99.  ISBN:  9780545399326.  YA (12 & up). Danforth, Emily M. THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST. HarperCollins. 2012. 470 pp. $17.99. ISBN: 9780062020567. Gr. 9-12 Saenz, [...]

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.  [...]

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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.

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