“Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors” by Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop
Stonewall Book Award and Rainbow List from ALA (American Library Association)
BOOKS MENTIONED:
1942 - Seventeenth Summer by Maureen Daly- first YA literature
1967 - The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton - onset of modern era of YA Literature
1969 - I’ll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip by John Donovan - First Ya queer character
Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden
Ruby by Rosa Guy
Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence - short stories, edited by Marion Dane Bauer
Luna by Julie Anne Peters - 2004 first trans main character
Boy Meets Boy - David Levithan
Geography Club by Brent Hartinger
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
The Vast Fields of Ordinary by Nick Burd
Heather Has Two Mommies by Lesléa Newman
Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
Only This Beautiful Moment by Abdi Nazemian
Cross My Heart and Never Lie by Nora Dåsnes, Translated by Matt Bagguley
Emmett by Lev A.C. Rosen
Teach the Torches to Burn: A Romeo & Juliet Remix by Caleb Roehrig
Door by Door: How Sarah McBride Became America's First Openly Transgender Senator by Meeg Pincus, Meridth McKean Gimbel
To See Clearly: A Portrait of David Hockney by Evan Turk
Beautiful Music for Ugly Children by Kirstin Cronn-Mills
I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
Drama by Raina Telgemeier
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White
Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
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