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2012 Final Nominations List

Posted by: lvs2read on: November 15, 2011

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.  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.

2012 Nominations: Wandering Son (V1) and Odd Bird Out

Posted by: lvs2read on: September 27, 2011

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.

2012 Nominations: Welcome to Bordertown and Zombies vs. Unicorns

Posted by: lvs2read on: September 27, 2011

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 +)

2012 Nominations: Perfect and She Loves You, She Loves You Not

Posted by: lvs2read on: August 31, 2011

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.

2012 Nominations: Beauty Queens and Dear Bully

Posted by: lvs2read on: August 31, 2011

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.

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+).

2012 Nominations: Brooklyn Burning and Elmer

Posted by: lvs2read on: July 7, 2011

  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+)

Rainbow List NOT Meeting at Annual!

Posted by: lvs2read on: June 20, 2011

Hello, fellow readers!  While we are listed as meeting at ALA Annual this coming weekend in New Orleans at both the GLBT-RT and SRRT All Committee meetings, due to circumstances beyond control, as a committee we will not be meeting.

Have fun without us, enjoy all the offerings that GLBT-RT and SRRT has to offer, and we look forward to meeting you all at ALA Midwinter 2012 in Dallas, Texas!

2012 Nominations: Donovan’s Big Day and The L Life

Posted by: lvs2read on: June 15, 2011

Newman, Leslea. Illus. by Mike Dutton.  Donovan’s Big Day.   2011.  Tricycle Press,  $15.99 32 pages.  (978-1-58246-332-2).  Picture Book (4-7 yrs).

 

 


 

 

McHugh, Erin. The L Life: Extraordinary Lesbians Making a Difference.  2011.  Abrams, $32.50.   160 pages.  (978-158479833-0).  YA.

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