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2020-today All Audiobook CEFR B1 CEFR B2 eBook English High school (grades 9+) LGBTQI* Novel Print

Stay Gold

For his senior year of high school, Pony switches schools after coming out as transgender and hopes for a new, fresh start. For her senior year, Georgia promised herself to not date anybody as it might interfere with her future after high school. When they meet on the first day of school, they lock eyes and everything changes.

Year of Release: 2020

Author(s): Tobly McSmith

Preview: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52696771-stay-gold

Further information (link): https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19100469.Tobly_McSmith

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ebook URL: https://www.amazon.de/Stay-Gold-English-Tobly-McSmith-ebook/dp/B07X1K27HS

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2020-today All Audiobook CEFR B1 CEFR B2 eBook English High school (grades 9+) Novel Print

Meet Cute Diary

Noah, a trans boy, believes to be an expert when it comes to romance. With his blog, the Meet Cute Diary, he invents stories about transgender love and helps trans readers all around the world to come out. However, when his blog is revealed to only include fictious stories, he gets himself into a fake relationship, which turns out to be very different from what he expected. He realizes that dating in real life is not quite the same as the love stories on his blog.

Year of Release: 2021

Author(s): Emery Lee

Preview: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53180089-meet-cute-diary

Further information (link): https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20210791.Emery_Lee

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ebook URL: https://www.amazon.de/Meet-Cute-Diary-English-Emery-ebook/dp/B08F7SD1VX

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2020-today All CEFR B1 CEFR B2 eBook English High school (grades 9+) LGBTQI* Novel Print

Boy Queen

Robin’s friends are all going to university while he is reading rejection letters from drama schools all over the country. Faced with new challenges and questions, Robin is struggling to cope. One night, Robin and his best friend go to a local drag show and that is when Robin discovers the world of drag and his whole world changes.

Year of Release: 2020

Author(s): George Lester

Preview: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/49109726-boy-queen

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ebook URL: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Boy-Queen-George-Lester/dp/1529042119

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2020-today All CEFR B1 CEFR B2 eBook English High school (grades 9+) LGBTQI* Novel

The Last One: A Novel

Fatima Daas writes about her experience growing up in Paris. The Last One is a portrait of a young woman dealing with her different identities – French, Algerian, Muslim, lesbian – and getting to know herself and telling her story.

Year of Release: 2021

Author(s): Fatima Daas

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Further information (link): https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/19/books/fatima-daas-the-last-one.html

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ebook URL: https://www.amazon.com/Last-One-Novel-OTHER-PRESS/dp/1635421845

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2020-today All Audiobook CEFR B1 CEFR B2 eBook English High school (grades 9+) Novel Physical Format

Loveless

Alice Oseman’s novel tells the story of Georgia, a teenage girl who feels insecure due to her disinterest in love, relationships, and romance. Georgia has never been in love or had a first kiss, but is determined to change this at university.

Year of Release: 2020

Author(s): Alice Oseman

Preview: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/42115981-loveless

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ebook URL: https://www.amazon.de/Loveless-Alice-Oseman/dp/000824412X

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One Last Stop

When August moved to New York, she firmly believed that there was no love at first sight or big love stories like in the movies. But then she met Jane. What could go wrong? August soon discoveres that Jane is stuck in the 1970s.

Year of Release: 2021

Author(s): Casey McQuiston

Preview: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54860443-one-last-stop

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2020-today All Audiobook CEFR B1 CEFR B2 eBook English High school (grades 9+) Novel Print

This is My America

This YA novel explores the connection between racism, injustices and the American criminal justice system. Tracy Beaumont is fighting to get her father out of prison, who is a Black man, wrongfully accused, and is now waiting on death row.

Year of Release: 2020

Author(s): Kim Johnson

Preview: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/52855111-this-is-my-america

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ebook URL: https://www.amazon.com/This-My-America-Kim-Johnson/dp/0593118766

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2020-today All Audiobook CEFR B1 CEFR B2 eBook English High school (grades 9+) Novel Print

Indivisible

Daniel Aleman’s Indivisible explores immigration and deportation in America through Mateo Garcia’s story. Mateo is a teenage boy whose world gets shaken up when his parents get arrested by ICE agents. Now, Mateo faces new challenges and difficulties as he navigates caring for his younger sister while also questioning what it means to be an American.

Year of Release: 2021

Author(s): Daniel Aleman

Preview: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/55425722-indivisible

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ebook URL: https://www.amazon.com/Indivisible-Daniel-Aleman/dp/0759556059

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2020-today All CEFR B1 CEFR B2 eBook English High school (grades 9+) LGBTQI* Novel Physical Format

Perfect on Paper

Darcy Phillips, a bisexual girl, gives anonymous advice to her high school classmates who are struggling with love and relationships.
Darcy receives the letters and questions in a locker, however, one day she gets caught. When Brougham catches her, he says he will either expose her anonymous business or she has to help him get his ex-girlfriend back. Eventually, Darcy agrees to help Brougham get back together with his ex-girlfriend. What could go wrong?

Year of Release: 2021

Author(s): Sophie Gonzales

Preview: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49204960-perfect-on-paper

Further information (link): https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17149007.Sophie_Gonzales

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ebook URL: https://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Paper-Novel-Sophie-Gonzales/dp/1250769787

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2020-today All Audiobook CEFR B1 CEFR B2 eBook English Extensive Length (more than 8 hrs) High school (grades 9+) LGBTQI* Novel Physical Format Print

Felix Ever After

Felix, a transgender teenager, falls in love for the first time while making sense of his identity and growing up at the same time. Fearing that he is one marginizaliation too many as a transgender, queer, black, teenager, the novel depicts a complex coming-of age story.

Year of Release: 2020

Author(s): Kacen Callender

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ebook URL: https://www.amazon.de/Felix-After-English-Kacen-Callender-ebook/dp/B07WCPKFLD

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