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  • The Angels Trilogy by Lurlene McDaniel

    The Angels Trilogy by Lurlene McDaniel

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Leah is not happy about being stuck in the hospital for the holidays while her mother is thousands of miles away on a honeymoon with husband number five. Until she meets her hospital roommate, Rebekah, and her big family. Cynical 16-year-old Leah has never known people like this before...
  • Line Brawl by Bianca Sommerland

    Line Brawl by Bianca Sommerland

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Not all fights are one on one. In a team, no man should stand alone. ‘You can’t keep me.’ Shawn ‘Easy’ Pischlar has given his speech so often, it should be written on the white board in the Dartmouth Cobra’s locker room. Too many of his own teammates have heard the words. And the games he’s played are finally catching up to him...
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    family  lgbtq  sports  adult  athlete  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Run, Rebel by Manjeet Mann

    Run, Rebel by Manjeet Mann

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When Amber runs, it's the only time she feels completely free - far away from her claustrophobic home life. Her father wants her to be a dutiful daughter, waiting for an arranged marriage like her sister Ruby.Running is a quiet rebellion. But Amber wants so much more - and she's ready to fight for it.It's time for a revolution...
  • Remember Me by Cheryl Lanham

    Remember Me by Cheryl Lanham

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A new teen tearjerker in the heartwrenching Dear Diary series for young adults. Leeanne never thought she'd love working at the hospice so much, or that it would be so hard. Her new friend Gabriel isn't like other boys. He is dying. But in his final days, he has one last lesson to teach her...
  • The Long Run by James Acker

    The Long Run by James Acker

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Two track and field athletes find an unexpected but powerful love in this unapologetically blunt and unforgettably real YA debut. Sebastian Villeda is over it. Over his rep. Over his bros. Over being "Bash the Flash," fastest sprinter in South Jersey. His dad is gone, his mom is dead, and his stepfather is clueless. Bash has no idea what he wants out of life. Until he meets Sandro...
  • Skater Boy by Anthony Nerada

    Skater Boy by Anthony Nerada

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    In this YA pop-punk debut about queer romance and destroying labels, a teen risks everything to write his own story. Perfect for fans of Sonora Reyes and Adib Khorram. Stonebridge High’s resident bad boy, Wesley “Big Mac” Mackenzie, is failing senior year—thanks to his unchecked anger, rowdy friends, and a tendency to ditch his homework for skateboarding and a secret photography obsession...
  • What Happened After... by Nicole Pyland

    What Happened After... by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Do you ever read a story, fall in love with the characters and wonder what happens to them after the book ends? Epilogues are nice, but they’re a snapshot in time. Maybe it’s a year after the end of the book or even just six months. Maybe there’s a proposal or a wedding. Maybe a character announces she’s pregnant. Maybe a character just got their dream job...
  • We, The Wildflowers by L.B. Simmons

    We, The Wildflowers by L.B. Simmons

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Their strength and ferocity stem from below the surface where their roots are forever tangled, interwoven in such a way that for the remainder of time they bloom together …”GenesisAdamChloeLukasNo one loves them, no one cares about them, no one even sees them until they end up in Mary Rodriguez’s home, an outpost for Sacred Heart’s troubled youth program...
  • Breaking Walls by Tracie Puckett

    Breaking Walls by Tracie Puckett

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s not about the rules anymore. It’s about the sacrifice. She’s already given up too much to lose faith now. Gabe has walked away, and Mandy’s fate with the Raddick Initiative is hanging in the balance. Media attention has the whole town talking. Friends are making wild assumptions, and one of her own teammates has turned on her...
  • The Book of David by Anonymous

    The Book of David by Anonymous

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A told B, and B told C, I'll meet you at the top of the coconut treeIn this lively alphabet rhyme, all the letters of the alphabet race each other up the coconut tree. Will there be enough room? Oh, no -- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom!The well-known authors of Barn Dance and Knots on a Counting Rope have created a rhythmic alphabet chant that rolls along on waves of fun...
  • The Slope Rules by Melanie Hooyenga

    The Slope Rules by Melanie Hooyenga

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fifteen-year old Cally accepted her fate as one of the guys, so when she meets Blake, a hot snowboarder who sees her for more than her aerials on the slopes, she falls fast and hard. But their romance can only last as long as vacation. Or so she thinks...
  • Off the Ice by R.J. Scott, V.L. Locey

    Off the Ice by R.J. Scott, V.L. Locey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A coming-of-age love story with high school, hockey rivalry, friendship, family, and coming out.Soren’s life changes in an instant when he and his younger brother are adopted by hockey royalty. Making sense of his new life is hard enough, but when he’s enrolled in a private school it means facing a whole new set of problems...
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    sports  lgbtq  high-school  family  bullying  romance  young-adult  mlm
  • Carter's Unfocused, One-Track Mind by Brent Crawford

    Carter's Unfocused, One-Track Mind by Brent Crawford

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After an eventful freshman year and disastrous summer, fifteen-year-old Will Carter returns to Merrian High none the wiser. His sophomore year will present a host of new problems: the return of Scary Terry from juvie, the pregnant presence of Amber Lee, friends-with-benefits negotiations with Abby, prom night expectations, and the ever-constant harassment from his boys...
  • How to Convince a Boy to Kiss You by Tara Eglington

    How to Convince a Boy to Kiss You by Tara Eglington

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The course of true love never did run smooth. For a girl who shares her name with a princess (a.k.a Aurora from Sleeping Beauty) Aurora Skye’s life seem fathoms away from a fairytale. Sure, she’s landed Hayden Paris, Potential Prince extraordinaire. And she got her wish -- one first kiss with all the knee-trembling, butterfly-inducing gloriousness she’d hoped for...
  • The Kicker and the New Girl by Anne-Marie Meyer, Maggie Dallen

    The Kicker and the New Girl by Anne-Marie Meyer, Maggie Dallen

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He's just trying to survive. He never thought she would be the one who would understand. CoraWe're starting over. Mom and Dad think the best way for me to move on from the death of Ben is to move to Oakwood. There, we can spend time with Mom's late best friend's family and open a new bakery. And I'm okay with that...
  • It's a Love/Skate Relationship by Carli J. Corson

    It's a Love/Skate Relationship by Carli J. Corson

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hockey star Charlie Porter has one shot to make her dreams come true -- literally. One goal is all that stands between her and the coveted Winthrop Cup, along with a life-changing hockey scholarship that could catapult her into the big leagues...
  • I Do by Elizabeth Chandler

    I Do by Elizabeth Chandler

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Weddings are the perfect place to fall in love... Jane is not looking forward to being the maid of honor in her cousin Stacy's wedding. To make matters worse, Adam, the biggest jerk at Tilson High, is going to be the best man! The last thing Jane wants to do is walk down the aisle with him. But the more Jane gets to know Adam, the more she realizes that he's actually a very cool guy...
  • One of the Guys by A.R. Perry

    One of the Guys by A.R. Perry

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Rylee Everett has spent her entire life as a tomboy. One of the guys to the rest of the world. With that comes constant fights with her mom when it comes to wearing dresses and makeup. To her, it’s a waste of time. Time she would rather use at the skatepark and hanging out with her best friend Spencer. Well, that was her outlook until she bumps into her longtime crush at a wedding...
  • Dare You to Kiss the Quarterback by Lacy Andersen

    Dare You to Kiss the Quarterback by Lacy Andersen

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A little dare never hurt anybody...I’m ready to rock my senior year. So what if my parents are recently divorced, the captain of the cheerleading team hates me more than tan lines, or that I’ve been forced to wear the school’s smelly mascot costume? Those things I can handle...
  • The Truth Project by Dante Medema

    The Truth Project by Dante Medema

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Seventeen-year-old Cordelia Koenig was sure of many things going into her last year of high school. For one, she wasn’t going to stress over the senior project all her peers were dreading—she’d just use the same find-your-roots genealogy idea that her older sister used for hers...
  • The Exact Opposite of Okay by Laura Steven

    The Exact Opposite of Okay by Laura Steven

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    “Laura Steven simultaneously destroyed the patriarchy and made me laugh so hard I choked. I will protect Izzy O'Neill with my life.” —Becky Albertalli, author of SIMON VS. THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA Bitingly funny and shockingly relevant, The Exact Opposite of Okay is a bold, brave, and necessary read for fans of Louise O’Neill and Jennifer Mathieu...
  • Sock it to Me, Santa! by Madison Parker

    Sock it to Me, Santa! by Madison Parker

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Ryan is assigned to Jamie Peterson for his class's secret gift exchange. If word gets out that he has to make a handcrafted gift for flamboyant and openly gay Jamie, Ryan will be the laughing stock of the school. It's a good thing no self-respecting boy would be caught dead in a craft store, because otherwise he'd be at risk of being spotted when his mom drags him to her weekly craft workshops...
  • Rainbow High by Alex Sanchez

    Rainbow High by Alex Sanchez

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Jason Carrillo, the best-looking athlete in school, has had his eyes on the prize from day one: a scholarship for college. But then his eyes turn to love -- and Kyle. Kyle Meeks, swim team star and all-around good guy, is finally in the relationship he wanted. Being in love feels so good, in fact, that he can't imagine giving it up to go to Princeton...
  • True Letters from a Fictional Life by Kenneth Logan

    True Letters from a Fictional Life by Kenneth Logan

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    If you asked anyone in his small Vermont town, they'd tell you the facts: James Liddell, star athlete, decent student and sort-of boyfriend to cute, peppy Theresa, is a happy, funny, carefree guy.But whenever James sits down at his desk to write, he tells a different story...
  • Cold Day in the Sun by Sara Biren

    Cold Day in the Sun by Sara Biren

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A Junior Library Guild Selection Holland Delviss wants to be known for her talent as a hockey player, not a hockey player who happens to be a girl. But when her school team is selected to be featured and televised as part of HockeyFest, her status as the only girl on the boys’ team makes her the lead story...
  • Anything But Fine by Tobias Madden

    Anything But Fine by Tobias Madden

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    All 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...
  • Love Me, Love Me Not by S.M. Koz

    Love Me, Love Me Not by S.M. Koz

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Seventeen-year-old Hailey Brown never wanted to be popular or rich or even successful. All she ever wanted was to feel loved by someone, anyone. Eighteen-year-old Brad Campbell doesn't know anything but popularity, wealth, and success thanks to his affluent family and unmatched talent on the football field...
  • The Trove of the Passion Room by Marcia Lynn McClure

    The Trove of the Passion Room by Marcia Lynn McClure

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sharlamagne Dickens cherished her family, was intrigued by the past, adored antiques, and enjoyed working at the antique store owned by her parents. Her life, like most, had been touched by tragedy and loss, yet she was happy. Though her life was not void of romance, it was void of a certain emotional passion...
  • Cupcake by Cookie O'Gorman

    Cupcake by Cookie O'Gorman

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I know what you're thinking.You're thinking this will be just one more story of the ignored, "big-boned " girl, who sheds her glasses and a few extra pounds and finally attracts the notice of the most popular guy in school.Except it isn't. Because I'm not unpopular. Not all that ignored. And I love the way I look―just as I am.Then someone puts my name in for Homecoming Court...
  • Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell by Tobias Madden

    Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell by Tobias Madden

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There Are No Cheat Codes for ShowmanceSeventeen-year-old gaymer Noah Mitchell only has one friend the wonderful, funny, strictly online-only MagePants69. After years playing RPGs together, they know everything about each other, except anything that would give away their real life identities. And Noah is certain that if they could just meet in person, they would be soulmates...
  • Take Three Girls by Cath Crowley, Fiona Wood

    Take Three Girls by Cath Crowley, Fiona Wood

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ady - not the confident A-Lister she appears to be.Kate - brainy boarder taking risks to pursue the music she loves.Clem - disenchanted swim-star losing her heart to the wrong boy.All are targeted by PSST, a toxic website that deals in gossip and lies. St Hilda's antidote to the cyber-bullying? The Year 10 Wellness program. Nice try - but sometimes all it takes is three girls...
  • Roam by C.H. Armstrong

    Roam by C.H. Armstrong

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Seventeen year-old Abby Lunde and her family are living on the streets. They had a normal life back in Omaha, but thanks to her mother’s awful mistake, they had to leave what little they had behind for a new start in Rochester. Abby tries to be an average teenager—fitting into school, buoyed by dreams of a boyfriend, college, and a career in music...
  • What You Always Wanted by Kristin Rae

    What You Always Wanted by Kristin Rae

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Enjoy What You Always Wanted and the other standalone titles in Bloomsbury's contemporary If Only romance line centered around an impossible you always want what you can't have !Maddie Brooks has always had high standards for guys. But she has yet to find one who can live up to the romantic, classic Hollywood heartthrobs, especially the dreamy song-and-dance man Gene Kelly...
  • Lane’s by Nash Summers

    Lane’s by Nash Summers

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Maps doesn’t believe in growing up.He believes in his experiments, Benji’s new driving skills, Perry’s knowledge of “adult things”, and his interstellar boyfriend, Lane.Maps certainly doesn’t believe in graduating. And he especially doesn’t believe in his friends attending separate colleges.Because if Maps believed in any of those things, it would mean he was growing up...
  • Spy Stuff by Matthew J. Metzger

    Spy Stuff by Matthew J. Metzger

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Anton never thought anyone would ever want to date him. Everyone knows nobody wants a transgender boyfriend, right? So he's as shocked as anyone when seemingly-straight Jude Kalinowski asks him out, and doesn't appear to be joking.The only problem is ... well, Jude doesn't actually know.Anton can see how this will play out: Jude is a nice guy, and nice guys finish last...
  • Being True by Jacob Z. Flores

    Being True by Jacob Z. Flores

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Truman L. Cobbler has not had an easy life. It’s bad enough people say he looks like Donkey from Shrek, but he’s also suffered the death of his policeman father and his mother’s remarriage to a professional swindler, who cost them everything. Now dirt poor, they live in the barrio of San Antonio, Texas...
    Categorized as:
    bullying  family  high-school  lgbtq  sports  abuse  angst  athlete
  • Throwing Like a Girl by Weezie Kerr Mackey

    Throwing Like a Girl by Weezie Kerr Mackey

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    No one asks Ella how she feels about moving halfway across the country in the middle of her sophomore year. But she ends up in Texas anyway, without plans for the weekend or friends to guide her through the alien campus of her new private school. So she decides to try out for the softball team — and she makes it! Now if only she knew how to throw, hit, and field the ball...
  • Surviving High School by M. Doty

    Surviving High School by M. Doty

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What's the secret to surviving your freshman year of high school? Emily Kessler thinks she has it all figured out. She eats, sleeps and trains for competitive swimming. All she has to do is keep her grades high and swim times short -- short enough to live up to her sister Sara's. But walking the crowded maze of unfamiliar high school hallways is like diving headfirst into shark-infested waters...
  • Fact of Life #31 by Denise Vega

    Fact of Life #31 by Denise Vega

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Winner of the Colorado Book Award for Young Adult fiction, Cybil nominee. Fact of Life #129: Some people put you where they want you to be, not where you actually are.16-year-old Kat Flynn believes in going with the flow. She practices yoga, works with her mom at Abra’s Midwifery, and watches the Perfect Couple in the hall at school...
  • Crushing It by Erin Becker

    Crushing It by Erin Becker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On the soccer field, Magic Mel is in her element. She's ready to lead her team to victory at the city championship in her new role as captain. Off the field, however, is a totally different story. Mel can't get a handle on her class presentation, her friend group has completely dissolved, and her ex-friend-current-teammate, Tory, is being the worst...
  • Here's to You, Zeb Pike by Johanna Parkhurst

    Here's to You, Zeb Pike by Johanna Parkhurst

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fact: When Zebulon Pike attempted to climb what is now known as Pikes Peak, he got stuck in waist-deep snow and had to turn back.That's the last thing Dusty Porter learns in his Colorado history class before appendicitis ruins his life...
  • Love on the Lifts by Rachel Hawthorne

    Love on the Lifts by Rachel Hawthorne

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Winter Break super-secret perfect cocoa recipe: 8 oz steamed whole milk (no skim! doesn't work!) 2 tbsp. dark cocoa powder (big scoops) 1 tbsp. sugar (can't be too sweet) 4 dried, crushed mint leaves (or 1 tbsp. mint syrup) Stir thoroughly. Add mint swizzle stick. Combine with cute ski instructor, or brother's cute best friend, or cute guy you never noticed was so cute..
  • Out of the Pocket by Bill Konigsberg

    Out of the Pocket by Bill Konigsberg

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Star quarterback Bobby Framingham, one of the most talented high school football players in California, knows he's different from his teammates. They're like brothers, but they don't know one essential thing: Bobby is gay...
  • Freakboy by Kristin Elizabeth Clark

    Freakboy by Kristin Elizabeth Clark

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From the outside, Brendan Chase seems to have it pretty easy. He’s a star wrestler, a video game aficionado, and a loving boyfriend to his seemingly perfect match, Vanessa. But on the inside, Brendan struggles to understand why his body feels so wrong—why he sometimes fantasizes having long hair, soft skin, and gentle curves...
    Categorized as:
    bullying  family  high-school  lgbtq  realistic  sports  abuse  book
  • A Little Bit Country by Brian D. Kennedy

    A Little Bit Country by Brian D. Kennedy

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Emmett Maguire has big dreams. He wants to be country music’s biggest gay superstar—a far reach when you're 17 and living in suburban Illinois. Thankfully, his parents are letting him do the next best thing for the summer: stay with his aunt in Jackson Hollow, Tennessee, and perform at Wanda World—the amusement park owned by his idol, country music legend Wanda Jean Stubbs...
  • My Eyes Are Up Here by Laura Zimmermann

    My Eyes Are Up Here by Laura Zimmermann

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My Eyes Are Up Here is a razor-sharp debut about a girl struggling to rediscover her sense of self in the year after her body decided to change all the rules.If Greer Walsh could only live inside her head, life would be easier. She'd be able to focus on excelling at math or negotiating peace talks between her best friend and . . . everyone else...
  • You Belong With Me by knightsrachel

    You Belong With Me by knightsrachel

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It's been 4 years since the Connor Jackson Live tour, and a lot has changed...
    Categorized as:
    high-school  sports  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • How to Say I Love You Out Loud by Karole Cozzo

    How to Say I Love You Out Loud by Karole Cozzo

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When Jordyn Michaelson’s autistic brother joins her at her elite school, she’s determined not to let anyone know they're related. Even if that means closing herself off to all her closest friends, including charming football stud Alex Colby. But despite her best intentions, she just can't shake the memory of kissing Alex last summer, and the desire to do it again...
  • With or Without You by Brian Farrey

    With or Without You by Brian Farrey

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Eighteen-year-old Evan and his best friend, Davis, get beaten up for being loners. For being gay. For just being themselves. But as rough as things often seem, at least Evan can take comfort in his sweet, sexy boyfriend Erik - whom he’s kept secret from everyone for almost a year. Then Evan and Davis are recruited to join the Chasers, a fringe crowd that promises them protection and status...
  • Living with Jackie Chan by Jo Knowles

    Living with Jackie Chan by Jo Knowles

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After fathering a baby, a teenager moves in with his karate-loving uncle and tries to come to terms with his guilt — and find a way to forgive. This isn’t how Josh expected to spend senior year. He thought he’d be hanging out with his best friends, Dave and Caleb, driving around, partying, just like always...
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