Geography Club
A group of gay and lesbian teenagers finds mutual support when they form the "Geography Club" at their high school.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 19
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
Rainbow High
Gay friends Nelson, Kyle, and Jason, nearing the end of their high school days, struggle with issues of coming out, safe sex, homophobia, being in love, and college choices.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 18
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 590
subjects: homosexuality, coming out (sexual orientation), high schools [X], schools, interpersonal relations
Black And White
Two star high school basketball players, one black and one white, experience the justice system differently after committing a crime together and getting caught.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 58
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710
The Boyfriend List
A Seattle fifteen-year-old explains some of the reasons for her recent panic attacks, including breaking up with her boyfriend, losing all her girlfriends, and tensions between her performance-artist mother and her father.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 830
subjects: interpersonal relations in adolescence, dating (social customs), high schools [X], friendship, interpersonal relations, seattle (wash.), anxiety, school stories
Getting It
Fifteen-year-old Carlos secretly hires gay student Sal to give him an image makeover in order to impress a female classmate, and in exchange, Carlos agrees to help Sal form a Gay-Straight Alliance at their Texas high school.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
We Need To Talk About Kevin
Eva Khatchadourian has been living a life plagued by guilt and denial since her son opened fire and killed seven of his classmates two years earlier, and as she tries to come to terms with her son's actions, she examines the parenting choices she made when raising him and wonders where she went wrong.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Rainbow Boys
Three high school seniors, a jock with a girlfriend and an alcoholic father, a closeted gay, and a flamboyant gay rights advocate, struggle with family issues, gay bashers, first sex, and conflicting feelings about each other.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 460
subjects: homosexuality, gays, coming out (sexual orientation), high schools [X], schools, school stories, alcoholism
Keeping You A Secret
Holland starts a difficult last semester of high school, and she finds herself puzzled about her future but intrigued by a transfer student who wants to start a lesbian and gay club at school.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 20
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 460
subjects: interpersonal relations, lesbians, coming out (sexual orientation), high schools [X], schools, stepfamilies, college choice
M Or F?
Gay teen Marcus helps his friend Frannie chat up her crush online, but then becomes convinced that the crush is falling for him instead.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
The God Box
When openly gay Manuel transfers to Paul's high school, Paul, a born-again Christian, begins to question his own sexuality.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 760
Horace's Compromise
The author presents a discussion of school reform movements that have been pushing for better schools and curriculum, smaller class sizes, and a stronger emphasis on the education of students.
373.73
year: 2004
copies: 1
call number/section: 373.73
lexile:
Evolution, Me & Other Freaks Of Nature
Mena, ostracized at church, home, and school for writing a letter of apology to a gay teen who was harassed into trying to kill himself by her fundamentalist friends, struggles to find her way when new friends and school experiences force her to think about what she really believes.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 26
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 800
subjects: evolution, conduct of life, interpersonal relations, high schools [X], schools, school stories, christian life, blogs, weblogs, christian fiction
Alice On Her Way
Alice is adjusting to her new stepmother, her brother's new apartment, her ex-boyfriend, and getting a driver's license.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770
The Astonishing Adventures Of Fanboy & Goth Girl
Fifteen-year-old Fanboy is bullied at school and his mother is going to have a baby with her new husband.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 44
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710
subjects: self-perception, cartoons and comics, geeks (computer enthusiasts), interpersonal relations, high schools [X], schools, comic books, strips, etc
Swollen
Unhappy San Diego teenager Samantha Pallas, a passionate runner who holds back during races, lives with her philandering father and his pregnant girlfriend, and searches for love in casual sex on the beach, seeks validation in a relationship with Farouk, a sophisticated new boy from Iran, while her school mourns the death of Owen, the popular star of the track team.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: