Alex Gino
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English
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Bedford Library: Pride Juvenile Fiction
Children's LGBTQIA Pride
Watertown Children's Pride Reading List 2024
Children's LGBTQIA Pride
Watertown Children's Pride Reading List 2024
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Middle school student Sam is comfortable with their nonbinary identity, and their family has accepted it too (as long as they do their homework and chores), so when their history teacher assigns as a project coming up with a proposal for the new statue honoring a historical Staten Islander (there is a contest involved) they and their friend TJ decide to focus on Alice Austen, a lesbian photographer, whose house on Staten Island is a museum--but they...
3) Rick
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English
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Eleven-year-old Rick Ramsey has generally gone along with everybody, just not making waves, even though he is increasingly uncomfortable with his father's jokes about girls, and his best friend's explicit talk about sex; but now in middle school he discovers the Rainbow Spectrum club, where kids of many genders and identities can express themselves--and maybe among them he can find new friends and discover his own identity, which may just be to opt...
4) Green
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English
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2024 Reading Challenge - June Kids
Bedford Library: Pride Juvenile Fiction
Dedham's Pride Month List (Children's Titles)
Watertown Children's Pride Reading List 2024
Bedford Library: Pride Juvenile Fiction
Dedham's Pride Month List (Children's Titles)
Watertown Children's Pride Reading List 2024
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"Crushes are confusing. Green is very lucky. They've got a supportive dad, friendly neighbors, and good friends. They've figured out a lot of things...but they can't figure out what to do about Ronnie. Ronnie's a boy who's been in Green's class for awhile. He's sweet. Funny. And lately Green's heart has raced a little faster whenever he's around. Green is pretty sure about their own feelings, but when it comes to how Ronnie feels, they have ABSOLUTELY...
5) Melissa
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English
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Bedford Library: Pride Juvenile Fiction
Framingham - Banned Books
Watertown Children's Pride Reading List 2024
Framingham - Banned Books
Watertown Children's Pride Reading List 2024
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"When people look at Melissa, they think they see a boy named George. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl. Melissa thinks she'll have to keep this a secret forever. Then her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte's Web. Melissa really, really, REALLY wants to play Charlotte. But the teacher says she can't even try out for the part ... because she's a boy. With the help of her best friend, Kelly, Melissa...
6) George
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English
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STO: Banned & Challenged Books
Stonewall Book Awards - Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award
Stonewall Book Awards - Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award
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"When people look at George, they think they see a boy. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl. George thinks she'll have to keep this a secret forever. Then her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte's Web. George really, really, REALLY wants to play Charlotte. But the teacher says she can't even try out for the part . . . because she's a boy. With the help of her best friend, Kelly, George comes up with a...
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Bedford Library: Pride Juvenile Fiction
Dedham's Pride Month List (Children's Titles)
Watertown Children's Pride Reading List 2024
Dedham's Pride Month List (Children's Titles)
Watertown Children's Pride Reading List 2024
Description
Featuring contributions from Eric Bell, Katherine Locke and A.J. Sass, this first LGBTQA+ anthology for middle-grade readers presents stories of queer fantasy, historical and contemporary stories for every letter of the acronym.