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LGBTQ+ Fiction for Teens

Celebrate Pride Month with these great novels for teens that feature LGBTQ+ characters and experiences! #cedarmilllibrary #bethanylibrary #teenreads -Cedar Mill & Bethany Libraries

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  • Pretending to be her queer best friend Lili's former girlfriend, heterosexual Imogen Scott spends a lot of time with Lili's friend Tessa and starts to wonder if her truth was ever all that straight to begin with. 14 & up
    BookNew York : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2023. — YA ALBERTALLI, B.
  • At the mercy of well-paying clients, four Nightbirds, girls who have a unique and powerful magic, get a chance to remake the city that dared to clip their wings when the truth about their magic was revealed. 12 & up
    BookNew York : Nancy Paulsen Books, 2023. — YA Armstrong
  • Cristina and Clement, 16-year-old twin heirs to a powerful magical family in New Orleans, must find a way to trust each other and their family's magic to solve a decades old murder. 15 & up
    BookNew York : Tor Teen, Tor Publishing Group, 2023. — YA BENTON-WALKER, TER BD #1
  • 1418 – Pre-Columbian Mexico. 15-year-old crown prince Acolmiztli wants to see his city-state of Tetzcoco thrive. But when a power struggle leaves his father dead, Acolmiztli must run for his life, seeking refuge in the wilderness. 12 & up
    BookHoboken, NJ : Levine Querido, 2023. — YA BOWLES, D.
  • Gem Echols is rescued by a strange girl who reveals they are both reincarnated gods who've known and loved each other across lifetimes—and who have made enemies, including the Goddess of Death. 14 & up
    BookNew York : Wednesday Books, 2023. — YA EDGMON, H. E.
  • Set in 1996 southern California, high school senior Rana Joon wants to honor her deceased best friend by entering a rap contest and living authentically as a lesbian, but feels conflicted by her Iranian family's expectations. 14 & up
    BookNew York : Atheneum, 2023. — YA ETAAT Shideh
  • Deciding to throw her own coming out party, 16-year-old Mahalia Harris finds herself buried in a mountain of bills, unfinished schoolwork, and enough drama that could end the party before it even begins. 12 & up
    BookNew York : Ember, 2024. — YA GARRETT Camryn
  • When Ander Lopez meets Santiago Garcia, they immediately fall happily in love. Until the outside world creeps in, threatening everything. 14 & up
    BookNew York : Wednesday Books, 2023. — YA GARZA VILLA, J.
  • Barney is a shoo-in to be voted for his school's next LGBTQ+ Society president. But when the vote is opened up to the entire student body, the whole school starts paying attention. 14 & up
    BookNew York : Scholastic Press, 2023. — Y GREEN
  • To save her family's ranch, Mikira Rusel, the daughter of a famous breeder of enchanted horses, enters the Illinir, a treacherous, cross-country horserace. 14 & up
    BookNew York : Roaring Brook Press, 2023. — YA JOSEPHSON Kalyn
  • Hazeem has a special power; he is able to grant any living thing extra time. But when he learns that he has given away more life than he has left, Hazeem must take back some of the time he has granted other people. 14 & up
    BookNew York : Bloomsbury, 2024. — YA Kutub
  • Dylan Tang's main focus is to help his aunt's struggling restaurant. Theo Somers is charming, wealthy, and has a smile that makes Dylan's stomach do backflips. Can Dylan save his family’s business and follow his heart—or will he fail to do…
    BookNew York, NY : Underlined, and imprint of Random House Children's Books, 2023. — YA Lee
  • Follows 17-year-old Will as they struggle with the aftermath of parental abuse and learn to a forge a new life for themself. 12 & up
    BookNew York : Astra Young Readers, 2023. — YA MACGREGOR Maya
  • After joining a secret group called the “Minus-One Club,” whose members have all suffered the tragic loss of someone they loved, 15-year-old Kermit finds his constant despair slowly lifting. 14 & up
    BookNew York : Henry Holt and Company, 2023. — Y MAGOON
  • One girl caught between the freedom she always wanted and a sister she can't bear to leave behind. Under the cover of the Night Forest, will Lucha be able to step into her own power, or will she be consumed by it? 12 & up
    BookNew York : Make Me a World, [2023] — YA Mejia
  • Jay simply blends into the background to everyone, except when it comes to Leroy. But as everything in his world begins to heat up, the boys find themselves caught in the crossfire, and Leroy isn't willing to be the reason Jay's life is at…
    BookNew York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] — Y MILLER
  • Hiding a magical ability to manipulate fire and ice, teen pirate Mar teams up with the most unlikely allies to reverse a wicked bargain made by their father and retrieve his soul from el Diablo. 12 & up
    Book[S.l.] : Ember, 2024. — YA NOVOA Gabe Cole
  • An original fairy tale about a swan maiden who can bring dreams into the waking world, an artist who can only paint the truth, and covetous baron who hunts magic. 14 & up
    BookAtlanta, Georgia : Peachtree Teen, [2023] — 813.6
  • 17-year-old Tennessee Russo accepts an offer from his father--a famous archaeologist he hasn't seen in two years--to accompany him to Greece on his latest quest for the Rings of the Sacred Band of Thebes. 12 & up
    BookNew York : Union Square and Co., 2023. — YA ROSEN, L.C.
  • Two girls reluctantly bound by fate must weather a dangerous courtship as a prophesied war grows ever closer. 13 & up
    BookNew York : Feiwel and Friends, 2024. — YA SKYE, J. WITCH #1