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None of the Above

When Kristin finds out she is intersex, she has to deal with many difficulties concerning her body. However, not only her body but especially her identity is soon to be questioned. Although she was voted homecoming queen, got a scholarship for her dream college and is truly in love with her boyfriend, Kristen has to deal with unexpected twists and turns in her life.

Year of Release: 2015

Author(s): I.W. Gregorio

Preview: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22896551-none-of-the-above

Further information (link): https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7374721.I_W_Gregorio

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ebook URL: https://www.amazon.com/None-Above-I-W-Gregorio-ebook/dp/B00MEJP33E

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Tags future, intersex, love, school, sexuality

2010-2019 All Audiobook CEFR B1 CEFR B2 eBook English High school (grades 9+) Novel Print

Watch us Rise

The two girls Chelsea and Jasmine want their voices to be heard. They start a Women’s Rights Club since they do not like how women are treated in their high school in NYC. With poetry, videos and responses to racial segregation they go viral and have to deal with online trolls. As if this wasn’t bad enough, the director of the school wants to shut the club down, when the girls try to do everything in their power to let their voices be heard.

Year of Release: 2019

Author(s): Ellen Hagan, Renee Watson

Preview: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40025175-watch-us-rise

Further information (link): https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4381088.Ren_e_Watson

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ebook URL: https://www.amazon.com/Watch-Us-Rise-Ren%C3%A9e-Watson-ebook/dp/B07MZM8LJT

Audiobook URL: https://www.amazon.com/Watch-Us-Rise-audiobook/dp/B07PSKLRW3

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Tags empowerment, friends, poetry, school, women's rights

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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Tags diversity, gender, LGBTQI, love, school, transgender

2010-2019 All CEFR B1 CEFR B2 eBook English High school (grades 9+) Novel Print

Hearts Unbroken

Louise Wolfe finds herself in difficult situations for being a Native teenager in a mostly white, middle-class town. Her first boyfriend disrespects Native people, the inclusive approach of their school musical drastically fails and she considers dating while being Native extremely hard. Will she and Joey, her co-editor of the school newspaper, be able to fall in love?

Year of Release: 2018

Author(s): Cynthia Leitich Smith

Preview: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38564416-hearts-unbroken

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Tags discrimination, inclusivity, love, school

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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Tags blog, diversity, equality, friendship, love, school

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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Tags fiction, LGBT, love, school, young adult literature

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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Tags blackness, diversity, gender, growing up, LGBTQI, love, marginalization, race, school, transgender

2020-today All CEFR B1 CEFR B2 English Extracts - Well Suited for Teaching With Extracts High school (grades 9+) Medium Length (up to 8 hrs) Novel Physical Format Poetry Uncategorized

Poet X

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Poet X tells the story of teenage girl Xiomara growing up in the United States feeling lost and finding herself in the poetry she writes. The poet-style novel describes her family, school, and love life by mediating everyday struggles for teenager coming-off age. Intercultural and intergenerational tensions are evident in the book and challenge heteronormative assumptions of gender, age, and ethnicity.

Year of Release: 2020

Author(s): Elizabeth Alcevedo

Preview: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33294200-the-poet-x

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ebook URL: https://www.amazon.de/Poet-X-Elizabeth-Acevedo-ebook/dp/B07RN4RJVP/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1637328546&sr=8-1

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Tags diversity, equality, family, growing up, immigration, love, poetry, school, teenager

2010-2019 All High school (grades 9+) LGBTQI*

With the Fire on High

The book tells the story of seventeen-year-old Emon’s life as a teenage mother living with her grandmother dealing with difficult decisions. Keeping her head down at school, trying not to get caught up with new boy Malachi and managing her small family’s life are daily tasks for the young woman. In order to manage them, the kitchen becomes the one place where she can let everything go and where the magic happens.

Year of Release: 2019

Author(s): Elizabeth Acevedo

Preview: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38739562-with-the-fire-on-high

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ISBN: 006266283X

ebook URL: https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/B079WW2QKM/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

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Tags belonging, diversity, equality, family, food, growing up, home, intercultural, LGBTQI, love, queerness, school, teenage pregnancy, traditions