Books like 'Turtle Bread: A Graphic Novel About Baking, Fitting In, and the Power of Friendship'
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Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWith humor and insight, #1 New York Times bestseller Becky Albertalli explores the nuances of sexuality, identity, and friendship. Imogen Scott may be hopelessly heterosexual, but she’s got the World’s Greatest Ally title locked down.She's never missed a Pride Alliance meeting. She knows more about queer media discourse than her very queer little sister. She even has two queer best friends... -
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There's Something About Mira by Sonali Dev
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author Sonali Dev comes the heartfelt story of a woman determined to reunite a lost ring with its owner, who ends up finding herself along the way.Mira Salvi has the perfect life—a job she loves, a fiancé everyone adores, and the secure future she’s always imagined for herself... -
![You Are the Apple of My Eye by Giddens Ko]()
You Are the Apple of My Eye by Giddens Ko
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKau sangat kekanak-kanakan – Shen Jiayi Sedikit pun kau tidak berubah, nenek yang keras kepala – Ke Jingteng Semua berawal saat Ke Jingteng, seorang siswa pembuat onar, dipindahkan untuk duduk di depan Shen Jiayi, supaya gadis murid teladan itu bisa mengawasinya. Ke Jingteng merasa Shen Jiayi sangat membosankan seperti ibu-ibu, juga menyebalkan... -
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True Biz by Sara Nović
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsTRUE BIZ (adj./exclamation; American Sign Language): really, seriously, definitely, real-talkTrue biz? The students at the River Valley School for the Deaf just want to hook up, pass their history finals, and have politicians, doctors, and their parents stop telling them what to do with their bodies...Categorized as:
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![Rri po te mundesh. Shko nese duhet. by Helga Flatland]()
Rri po te mundesh. Shko nese duhet. by Helga Flatland
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRomanen tar utgangspunkt i tre unge barndomsvenner - Tarjei, Trygve og Kristian - og deres beslutning om å verve seg til de norske styrkene i Afghanistan. Ingen av de tre kommer tilbake... -
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Katie and the Cupcake Cure by Coco Simon
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis first book in The Cupcake Diaries is told through the perspective of Katie Brown. We find Katie miserable on the first day of middle school. Her best friend Callie came back from camp boy-crazy and part of a whole new group of friends. When it's made clear that Callie is in the PGC (Popular Girls Club) and Katie is not invited to join, Katie suddenly feels incredibly alone...Categorized as:
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![Second Line: Two Short Novels of Love and Cooking in New Orleans by Poppy Z. Brite]()
Second Line: Two Short Novels of Love and Cooking in New Orleans by Poppy Z. Brite
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingshese two short novels bookend Poppy Z. Brite’s cheerfully chaotic series starring two chefs in New Orleans. The Value of X introduces G-man and Rickey, who grew up in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward and who are slowly realizing there are only two important things in life: cooking and each other... -
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The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhere would I start, and how would it even make sense? How could you understand the year in Shandon Street unless you were there, with us, living it?Rachel Murray is twenty-one years old, platonically infatuated with her housemate James, and less-than-platonically infatuated with her enigmatic, married English professor Dr Byrne... -
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Kill Your Darlings by MesserMoon
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKill Your Darlings: To remove or refrain from using something in spite of one's affection for itYears after Regulus loses his brother they're reunited, and as he struggles to figure out where he fits in Sirius's life he also struggles not to get lost in the impossible feelings he has for Sirius's best friend... -
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Henry Hamlet's Heart by Rhiannon Wilde
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA sparkling queer YA romance set in Brisbane, Henry Hamlet’s Heart follows one guy and his sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking journey to love.Henry Hamlet doesn’t know what he wants after school ends. It’s his last semester of year twelve and all he’s sure of is his uncanny ability to make situations awkward. Luckily, he can always hide behind his enigmatic best friend, Len... -
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On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety by Michael Kroft
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOnce an amusing extrovert with a reputation as a prankster, Mr. Rosen is entering his retirement years as a stoic thirty-year converted introvert who has no interest in people, despises change, and is more than content to have his wife navigate his life... -
![The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe]()
The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLeft quad. Right quad. Lunge. A girls indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, the team navigates big questions and wages tiny battles with all the vim and vigor of a pack of adolescent warriors. A portrait of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for nine American girls who just want to score some goals... -
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A Flirtationship by love-o-holic12babe, Shreya Pandey
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“God, I like him. I like my best friend. Oh, and he has a girlfriend.” Scarlett has been best friends with Aiden for a very long time. She's almost like a sister to him. Problem is, Scarlett does not see him as a brother at all; far from it, in fact. Her traitor of a heart loves him--yes, as more than a friend. They are polar opposites... -
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![The Celebrants by Steven Rowley]()
The Celebrants by Steven Rowley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Big Chill for our times, celebrating decades-long friendships and promises--especially to ourselves--by the bestselling and beloved author of The Guncle. It's been a minute--or five years--since Jordan Vargas last saw his college friends, and twenty-eight years since their graduation when their adult lives officially began... -
![Afterglow by Phil Stamper]()
Afterglow by Phil Stamper
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter a summer of life-changing, these four friends are finally ready for senior year.Gabriel is thrilled to create his school's first LGBTQ+ advocacy group, but his long-distance relationship is fading from summer love to something else... Heath feels secure for the first time in years, but with his future riding on a baseball scholarship, each pitch triggers his anxiety.. -
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Heartmates by Marcus Herzig
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs childhood friends, Lars and Connor were inseparable. Now, in the social gauntlet of high school, neither boy can even muster a single word to the other. When Connor enters a romantic relationship with Jaden-Dominic Choi, the hottest social influencer in school, a barely healed wound is torn wide open again... -
![Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal by Anna Whateley]()
Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal by Anna Whateley
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAt sixteen, neurodivergent Peta Lyre is the success story of social training. That is, until she finds herself on a school ski trip - and falling in love with the new girl. Peta will need to decide which rules to keep, and which rules to break…'I'm Peta Lyre,' I mumble. Look people in the eye if you can, at least when you greet them. I try, but it's hard when she is smiling so big, and leaning in... -
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The Value of X by Poppy Z. Brite
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGary and Rickey grew up in the Lower Ninth Ward, products of New Orleans as surely as Community Coffee or the Superdome. Friends since childhood, they become lovers at age 16 and must deal with the realities of being gay in a hardscrabble neighborhood, a traditional Catholic family, and the restaurant kitchens where they've begun to work... -
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The Blue-Haired Boy by Courtney C. Stevens
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSet before the events of Courtney C. Stevens's debut novel, Faking Normal, this digital short story focuses on Bodee Lennox, otherwise known as the Kool-Aid Kid.Bodee Lennox has secrets. About where he got the four-inch scar on his leg. About the bruises on his back. About what it's really like to live in the Lennox household. These are things he doesn't share with anyone . . -
![Mannen som elsket Yngve by Tore Renberg]()
Mannen som elsket Yngve by Tore Renberg
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsRomanen handler om et stort dilemma for bokas hovedperson - en tenåring som går i andreklassen i Stavanger. Sammen med kompisen Helge og kjæresten Katrine utgjør Jarle Klepp den tøffeste gjengen på skolen. De forfekter kompromissløse standpunkt til livets basale spørsmål: Verdensordningen, musikken, hårsveisen og hvem holder mål og hvem som ikke gjør det... -
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All About the Hype by Paige Toon
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe third “wonderful, addictive, sharp, and sexy” ( Cosmopolitan ) Jessie Jefferson novel from internationally bestselling author Paige Toon.Is the life of a famous rockstar’s daughter all it’s cracked up to be? And what about dating your fellow band-member just as you hit the bigtime?Jessie is still getting used to being a celebrity, and the daughter of one of the world’s biggest rock stars...Categorized as:
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![One of the Boys by Victoria Zeller]()
One of the Boys by Victoria Zeller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGrace Woodhouse has left a lot behind. She used to have a great friend group, an amazing girlfriend, and a right foot set to earn her a Division I football scholarship—before she came out as trans. As senior year begins, Grace is struggling to find her place in early transition, new social circles, and a life without football... -
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Full by Julia Spiro
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTo her followers, she advocates for an authentic and transparent life. In reality, she’s living a perfect lie.Wellness influencer Ava Maloney’s enormous success is based on total transparency, extolling the well-documented virtues of her full, balanced life.But the truth is, Ava’s social media platform is built on a lie. And her double life is beginning to take its toll... -
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![Anything But Fine by Tobias Madden]()
Anything But Fine by Tobias Madden
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAll it takes is one missed step for your life to change forever.Luca Mason knows exactly who he is and what he In six months, he’s going to be accepted into the Australian Ballet School, leave his fancy private high school, and live his life as a star of the stage―at least that’s the plan until he falls down a flight of stairs and breaks his foot in a way he can never recover from... -
![Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love by Jared Reck]()
Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love by Jared Reck
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe future is anything but certain in this alternately funny and heartbreaking contemporary story about food trucks, festivals, and first loves.It's easy to look at high school senior Oscar Olsson and think: lost. He hates school, struggles to read, and wants nothing to do with college. But Oscar is anything but lost---he knows exactly what he wants and exactly how to get it... -
![Todo lo que no me deja olvidarte by Alberto Villarreal]()
Todo lo que no me deja olvidarte by Alberto Villarreal
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsUno siempre regresa al lugar donde fue feliz. Alberto Villareal regresa con una nueva historia sobre el amor, la amistad y el crecimiento. Para Édgar, las cicatrices del pasado siguen latiendo con fuerza... -
![Broken Dreams by Dawn Pendleton]()
Broken Dreams by Dawn Pendleton
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRainey Daniels has been keeping a secret since she left her hometown, three years ago. The death of a friend’s father, though, has her questioning whether or not running away from her past is what’s best for her future. Add sexy Chris Baker in the mix and she’s even more unsure. After all, life is short... -
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Into This World We're Thrown by Mark Kendrick
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“While Desert Sons deftly handles the difficult and sometimes dangerous coming out process of young lovers Ryan and Scott, the sequel finds that lingering tensions remain, while new challenges continue to surface. Infidelity, jealousy, town gossip, and buried feelings threaten to destroy their relationship. Worse yet, the threat of violence looms constantly in their lives... -
![Pride High : Book 2 - Orange by Jay Bell]()
Pride High : Book 2 - Orange by Jay Bell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWelcome back to Pride High, where the delicious drama continues! Ricky tries to sort through his feelings for Diego—the hot guy who has been bullying him—and ends up in the middle of a feud. Anthony and Cameron, now a couple, have to navigate first times and coming out. Silvia finds herself questioning her feelings for Omar when someone else catches her eye… and it’s a girl... -
![First Time for Everything: A Novel by Henry Fry]()
First Time for Everything: A Novel by Henry Fry
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsDanny Scudd is absolutely fine. At twenty-seven years old he's finally moved to London and escaped his parents' tiny fish and chip shop, his beloved collection of house plants are thriving and every Monday evening he has a date night with his boyfriend, Tobbs.But Danny's life is thrown into chaos when he discovers at an STI clinic that Tobbs might be cheating on him... -
![Season of the Witch: A Novel by James Leo Herlihy]()
Season of the Witch: A Novel by James Leo Herlihy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBy the author of Midnight Cowboy: A teenage girl runs away to the East Village in “one of the best and most convincing novels . . . of the Woodstock generation” (Publishers Weekly). As she explains in her diary, seventeen-year-old Gloria Random is running away from her Midwest childhood home. It’s the fall of 1969, and her best friend John has been called up for the draft...Categorized as:
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![Also Known as Elvis by James Howe]()
Also Known as Elvis by James Howe
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSkeezie Tookis navigates a pivotal summer of first crushes and tough choices in this conclusion to the bestselling and acclaimed quartet that began with The Misfits.Skeezie Tookis, also known as Elvis, isn’t looking forward to this summer in Paintbrush Falls...Categorized as:
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![Friends With Benefits: An absolutely uplifting, feel-good romcom by Lisa Swift]()
Friends With Benefits: An absolutely uplifting, feel-good romcom by Lisa Swift
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCould Mr Right-Now actually be Mr Right?Lexie Whittle thought she had life all sewn up, with a gorgeous husband, a beautiful home and a delightful teenage stepson. Until husband Daryl left to work overseas…and everything changed.A year later, Daryl and Lexie’s marriage is over...Categorized as:
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![The Summer I Fell for My Best Friend by Sara Jane Woodley]()
The Summer I Fell for My Best Friend by Sara Jane Woodley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat’s one thing you should never do? Fall for your childhood best friend… Especially if he’s charming, mysterious and perfect in every way.I planned to spend the summer before my senior year suntanning on the beaches of Portugal. Unfortunately, my parents have other ideas -- they’ve sent me to work at the family hotel. Instead of lying on white sand beaches, I’ll be trapped in the mountains... -
![Swimming Against the Tide by Ryan Taylor, Joshua Harwood]()
Swimming Against the Tide by Ryan Taylor, Joshua Harwood
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZachI wanted what I thought was the ideal college experience—an excellent school and a great fraternity. Since I was a legacy, it was Zeta from the get-go. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t enjoy it. In fact, I had so much fun I didn’t pay enough attention to one very important thing—the culture. The very conservative, closed-minded culture... -
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Honey by Isabel Banta
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA coming-of-age story that follows the meteoric rise of singer Amber Young as she navigates fame in the late-1990s and early-2000s era of pop music superstardomIt is 1997, and Amber Young has received a life-changing call. It is a chance thousands of girls would die for: the opportunity to join girl group Cloud9 in Los Angeles and escape her small town...Categorized as:
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![Exposure by Ava Dellaira]()
Exposure by Ava Dellaira
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA life-changing moment encompasses conflicting truths that echo across time, in this powerful, provocative debut.One night, two people, four sides of a story.In 2004, Juliette Marker, a white college freshman, and Noah King, a Black high school senior, are two lonely souls who enter each other’s orbit, forge a connection, and, after a chance meeting, go home together...Categorized as:
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![Cross-Stitch by Jazmina Barrera]()
Cross-Stitch by Jazmina Barrera
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA debut novel of female friendship and coming-of-age from Jazmina Barrera, acclaimed author of Linea Nigra and On Lighthouses, translated by Christina MacSweeney.It was meant to be the trip of a lifetime. Mila, Citlali, and Dalia, childhood friends now college aged, leave Mexico City for the England of The Clash and the Paris of Courbet... -
![Glass Closet: The Price of Silence, The Triumph of Voice by Iam Obsydian]()
Glass Closet: The Price of Silence, The Triumph of Voice by Iam Obsydian
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings'Glass Closet' is not merely a story—it's a symphony of emotion, a rich, resounding anthem of self-love and acceptance. It offers a profound reflection on the battles fought in silence, the quiet strength drawn from the soul's deepest wells. Every page unfurls with an elegance that will stir your heart and ignite a flame of understanding within... -
![Cousin Calvin by Dick Parker]()
Cousin Calvin by Dick Parker
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Liam graduated from high school, he had plans to go to college at UW Superior, in Superior Wisconsin. What he hadn't planned on was living with his Aunt Alma, who was in her eighties, to help take care of her and save money that his parents had put away for his college fund. Liam was lonely, being in a new place. He didn't know anyone and the first few days were hard... -
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Almost Home by Jessica Blank
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhy would anyone choose to live on the streets? There is Eeyore, just twelve years old when she runs away from her priveleged home, harboring a secret she's too ashamed to tell anyone. Rusty is a sensitive gay teen who winds up alone when his older boyfriend ditches him in Hollywood. Squid has gone through too many foster homes to count... -
![Friendly Fire by Patrick Gale]()
Friendly Fire by Patrick Gale
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYouthful beauty, intellectual brilliance, physical passion, tragedy, and disgrace are all in this wonderful novel, as told through the eyes of a 14-year-old girl.Sophie is a self-contained, exceptionally bright child who has no known parents and has spent all of her life in a children's home... -
![We Could Be Something by Will Kostakis]()
We Could Be Something by Will Kostakis
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPart Coming-Out Story.Part falling-in-love story.Part falling-apart story.Harvey's dads are splitting up. It's been on the cards for a while, but it's still sudden. Woken-by-his-father-to-catch-a-red-eye sudden. Now he's restarting His Life In A New City, Living Above A Cafe With The Extended Greek Family He Barely Knows.Sotiris is a rising star... -
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![If I Told You So by Timothy Woodward]()
If I Told You So by Timothy Woodward
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe summer you turn sixteen is supposed to be unforgettable. It's the stuff of John Hughes movies and classic songs, of heart-stopping kisses and sudden revelations. But life isn't always like the movies. . . For Sean Jackson, sixteen is off to an inauspicious start... -
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Cherry Bomb by Madelynne Ellis, Clara Leigh
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBad Boy checklist: English accent, dirty imagination, and an even dirtier mouth. Sex whenever and wherever I can get it. V-card carrying co-stars beware!Felicity Caine:I know what I'm doing when I invite A-list actor Dare Wilde to step into my life.He's the badass villain to my sweet ingénue.I know how to play this role, even if it's my first time... -
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Becoming Nancy by Terry Ronald
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor David Starr, being cast as Nancy in the upcoming school production of Oliver! is quite a shock. But David is up to the challenge. Living in a three-bedroom semi in 1970s' working-class East Dulwich, surrounded by his somewhat colourful relatives, he is bright, smart-mouthed, fanatical about pop music and ready to shine... -
![Not Another Banned Book by Dana Alison Levy]()
Not Another Banned Book by Dana Alison Levy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA ripped-from-the-headlines middle-grade novel about a group of students who must fight book banning at their school to save their club and change the world… one book at a time. Molly’s been putting her life back together piece by piece since her brother died two years ago. And Ms. Lewiston’s book club at school has played a big part...Categorized as:
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The Lost Letters of Evelyn Wright by Clare Swatman
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsStarting over can be hard to do… So when mum of two Beth moves out of her beloved marital home and into an unloved and unkempt cottage, she can’t help but feel demoralised. Faced with months of DIY and dust, her children Jacob and Olivia aren’t impressed either. But when Beth finds a box of letters while she’s clearing out the children’s room, things start to look up...Categorized as:
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![Romance by Arnaud Cathrine]()
Romance by Arnaud Cathrine
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsC'est le mojito.C'est un léger accident.C'est parce qu'il n'a pas rencontré de fille.C'est parce que je n'ai pas rencontré de garçon.C'était juste pour essayer.C'est pour avoir tout fait ensemble.C'est pour tous les amis pareil.C'est entre lui et moi.C'est la première et la dernière fois.C'est rien.Ça va passer...
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