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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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A single moment-or a single mistake-can change everything. When Captain James Lee Hooker and his lover, Sergeant Easy Jacobs, were in the Army, they made a mistake that got a young soldier hurt. Three years later, they're civilians again, living far apart, haunted by what they lost. Now that young soldier needs their help. With his grandmother's one-eyed Chihuahua riding shotgun, James Lee climbs into Easy's pickup for a trip across the American Southwest....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Through letters he writes in his journal, thirteen-year-old Amos finds a confidant in a queer historical figure from the Civil War. Amos Abernathy lives for history. Literally. He's been a historical reenactor nearly all his life. But when a cute new volunteer arrives at his Living History Park, Amos finds himself wondering if there's something missing from history: someone like the two of them. Amos is sure there must have been LGBTQ+ people in nineteenth-century...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Eleven-year-old Joey navigates family, friendships, and her first crush, while looking for answers to why she feels so angry sometimes and by searching for the donor her moms chose. Eleven-year-old Joey is angry. All the time. And she doesn’t understand why. She has two loving moms, a supportive older half brother, and, as a triplet, she’s never without company. Her life is good. But sometimes she loses her temper and lashes out, like the time...
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Series
Nico di Angelo adventures volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
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As the son of Hades, Nico di Angelo has been through so much, from the premature deaths of his mother and sister, to being outed against his will, to losing his friend Jason during the trials of Apollo. But there is a ray of sunshine in his life-literally: his boyfriend, Will Solace, the son of Apollo. Together the two demigods can overcome any obstacle or foe. At least, that's been the case so far ... Now Nico is being plagued by a voice calling...
Author
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Artie Irvin is thrilled to discover she comes from a line of werewolves, but as she dives into her family history and figures out her new abilities, vampires wait in the shadows."--
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Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Publisher Annotation: Jeremy is not excited about the prospect of spending the summer with his dad and his uncle in a seaside cabin in Oregon. It's the first summer after his parents' divorce, and he hasn't exactly been seeking alone time with his dad. He doesn't have a choice, though, so he goes... and on his first day takes a walk on the beach and finds himself intrigued by a boy his age running by. Eventually, he and Runner Boy (Evan) meet -- and...
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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People in Merit, Wisconsin, always said Jimmy was . . . you know. But people said all sorts of stupid stuff. Nobody really knew anything. Nobody really knew Jimmy. I guess you could say I knew Jimmy as well as anyone (which was not very well). I knew what scared him. And I knew he had dreams—even if I didn't understand them. Even if he nearly ruined my life to pursue them. Jimmy's dead now, and I definitely know that better than anyone. I know about...
8) Laverne Cox
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
In 2013, Orange Is the New Black began captivating audiences with its cast of female characters representing diverse strata of society. Perhaps no star on the show has inspired as much as Laverne Cox, who plays the black transgender inmate Sophia Burset. Cox's work, both as an actor and off-screen, has brought attention to the risks faced by vulnerable populations, particularly racial minority transgender individuals. This biography documents Cox's...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
When a guy named Martin Nathaniel Munroe II texts you, it should be obvious who you're talking to. Except there's two of them (it's a long story), and Haley thinks she's talking to the one she doesn't hate.
A question about a class project rapidly evolves into an all-consuming conversation. Haley finds that Martin is actually willing to listen to her weird facts and unusual obsessions, and Martin feels like Haley is the first person to really see...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
Español
Description
Daniel Hernández ayudó a salvar la vida de la congresista Gabrielle Giffords, y la experiencia de su vida es fuente de verdadera inspiración en estas sentidas memorias en español.
"Yo no me considero un héroe", dice Daniel Hernández. "Hice lo que cualquier otra persona debió haber hecho. Héroes son aquellos que dedican toda su vida a ayudar a otros".
Cuando Daniel Hernández tenía veinte años trabajaba como pasante con la congresista Gabrielle...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
The Stonewall Riots discusses how in 1969, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people stood up for their rights against a society that criminalized their natural feelings, launching a movement whose legacy continues to this day. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
What does it mean to be young and transgender today? Growing Up Trans shares stories, essays, art and poetry created by trans youth aged 11 to 18. In their own words, the works illustrate the trans experience through childhood, family and daily life, school, their bodies and mental health. Together the collection is a story of the challenges, big and small, of being a young trans person. At the same time, it's a toolkit for all young people, transgender...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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"When strong-willed, drama-loving eighth grader Brie Hutchens tells a lie because she isn't quite ready to come out to her mother, she must navigate the consequences in her relationships with her family, friends, and faith"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Marianne's parents have finally split up; and her mother has checked herself into the hospital. Marianne's own life hasn't been the same since she quit dancing. Then she start losing time, doing things she would never do. And objects around her seem to break whenever she comes close. Something is after her... and the only one who seems to believe her is the daughter of a local psychic. When their first attempt at an exorcism calls down the full force...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Come out for freedom! Come out now! Power to the people! Gay power to gay people! Come out of the closet before the door is nailed shut!" -Come Out! magazine, November 14, 1969 On the night of June 28, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City. They intended to shut the bar down-part of the mayor's order to clean up illegal businesses. The cops didn't expect much trouble, especially not from the gay men and women dancing and...
16) Light years
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Series
Light years (Kass Morgan) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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After centuries of exclusivity, the Quatra Fleet Academy finally accepts students from the settler planets, forcing four teenagers from different backgrounds, with different ambitions, motives, and missions, to work together to outmaneuver a mysterious alien enemy.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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"This book is about the Stonewall Riots, a series of spontaneous, often violent demonstrations by members of the gay (LGBTQ+) community in reaction to a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The Riots are attributed as the spark that ignited the LGBTQ+ Movement. The author describes American gay history leading up to the Riots,...
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