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This YA Book Is a Great Queer Second-Chance Romance

What would you do if the one person you loved the most was the one person you cannot remember?

Sa’iyda Shabazz —

Apr 4, 2023

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Love and Loss Lead to Healing in YA Novel “I Will Find You Again”

Sarah Lyu’s I Will Find You Again deftly captures the volatile nature of teenage girls falling in love with each other for the first time.

Sa’iyda Shabazz —

Mar 23, 2023

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A Sweet Sixteen Becomes a Coming Out Party in Queer YA Novel “Friday I’m in Love”

The scene where Mahalia — the Black queer teen at the center of Camryn Garrett’s new novel — comes out to her mom is painful but honest.

Sa’iyda Shabazz —

Feb 10, 2023

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Tess Sharpe’s New Queer YA Novel Will Have You Chanting “Kiss, Kiss, Kiss!”

As someone who grew up in a rural place, I really appreciated how authentically rural this novel felt.

Casey —

Jan 23, 2023

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Ciara Smyth’s Queer YA Books Remind Me of Being a Teenager

The Falling In Love Montage (2020) and Not My Problem (2021) are as hilarious as they are moving.

Casey —

Oct 24, 2022

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Malinda Lo’s New Coming-of-Age Queer Novel “A Scatter of Light” Shines Brilliantly

Lo’s newest offering is beautifully composed, often feeling like a peek into your best friend’s hot (queer) girl summer.

shea wesley martin —

Oct 4, 2022

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Author Melanie Bell on her YA Novel “Chasing Harmony” and the Messy Process of Growing Up Queer

“The people I met who were identified as musical prodigies had long journeys involving conflict between their abilities and personal needs and finding who they were beyond the weight of…

Darcy —

Sep 17, 2022

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Get in Your Back-to-School Feelings With These 10 Queer YA Books

Back-to-school time is my favorite time of the year now that I’m an adult.

Sa’iyda Shabazz —

Sep 2, 2022

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Quiz: Which Fictional Heroine From a Classic Tween Book Are You?

If your tweenhood was anything like mine, you spent a considerable amount of time reading books about girls your age going through the same stuff you were.

Casey —

Jul 17, 2022

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Quiz: Which Trans YA Book Should You Read This Pride Month?

Check out an anti-censorship toolkit to help get trans YA books in the hands of youth who need them, and then take this quiz to find out which one you…

Casey —

Jun 12, 2022

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Malinda Lo on Her Historic National Book Award Win and Lesbian Literature’s History and Future

Malinda Lo talks about writing queerness in different genres, butch/femme dynamics in literature, and the gay Macy’s of the 1960s that didn’t make it into her book.

Yashwina —

Dec 28, 2021

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Malinda Lo Won a National Book Award for “Last Night at the Telegraph Club” — And I Yelled

Malinda Lo’s National Book Award win for Last Night at the Telegraph Club comes at a particularly crucial moment for LGBTQ+ YA as a genre.

Yashwina —

Nov 18, 2021