Books with Gay Teen Characters/Themes

The City Beautiful – In 1893 Chicago, a Jewish teen boy’s best friend is murdered, and the dybbuk (ghost) is out to possess him… Forcing him to team up with the guy he’s been crushing on.

The City Beautiful – In 1893 Chicago, a Jewish teen boy’s best friend is murdered, and the dybbuk (ghost) is out to possess him… Forcing him to team up with the guy he’s been crushing on.

The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros Chicago, 1893. For Alter Rosen, this is the land of opportunity, and he dreams of the day he'll have enough money to bring his mother and sisters to America, freeing them from the oppression they face in his native Romania.But when...

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Jay’s Gay Agenda – An Out Gay High School Senior moves from a small town (with no other out gay teens) to a big city where suddenly he’s able to make his list of gay firsts — his personal ‘Gay Agenda’ — come true!

Jay’s Gay Agenda – An Out Gay High School Senior moves from a small town (with no other out gay teens) to a big city where suddenly he’s able to make his list of gay firsts — his personal ‘Gay Agenda’ — come true!

Jay's Gay Agenda by Jason June There's one thing Jay Collier knows for sure—he's a statistical anomaly as the only out gay kid in his small rural Washington town. While all his friends can't stop talking about their heterosexual hookups and relationships, Jay can only...

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The Feverwake duology – “The Fever King” and “The Electric Heir” – Magic, Technology, and Queer Teen Romance Converge in this Dystopian YA

The Feverwake duology – “The Fever King” and “The Electric Heir” – Magic, Technology, and Queer Teen Romance Converge in this Dystopian YA

The Fever King by Victoria Lee In the former United States, sixteen-year-old Noam Álvaro wakes up in a hospital bed, the sole survivor of the viral magic that killed his family and made him a technopath. His ability to control technology attracts the attention of the...

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Spin Me Right Round – A Queer YA Time Travel Adventure, Where Luis, super out and Gay in 2020s, travels back in time to the closeted 1980s where he may just have broken up his parents’ relationship… before he gets the chance to be born.

Spin Me Right Round – A Queer YA Time Travel Adventure, Where Luis, super out and Gay in 2020s, travels back in time to the closeted 1980s where he may just have broken up his parents’ relationship… before he gets the chance to be born.

Spin Me Right Round by David Valdes All Luis Gonzalez wants is to go to prom with his boyfriend, something his “progressive” school still doesn't allow. Not after what happened with Chaz Wilson. But that was ages ago, when Luis's parents were in high school; it would...

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Hold – Dealing With the Death of His Sister, Teenage Luke Discovers He Can Stop Time – and There’s Only One Other Teen Guy Who Doesn’t Stop Moving… (Quite the Way To Meet & Crush On Another Guy!)

Hold – Dealing With the Death of His Sister, Teenage Luke Discovers He Can Stop Time – and There’s Only One Other Teen Guy Who Doesn’t Stop Moving… (Quite the Way To Meet & Crush On Another Guy!)

Hold by Leigh Rachel Davidson Luke Aday knew that his sister's death was imminent--she had been under hospice care for months--but that didn't make her death any easier on him or their family. He returns to school three days after the funeral to a changed world; his...

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