Only This Beautiful Moment
"Set against the backdrop of Tehran and Los Angeles, this sweeping intergenerational story, examining queer identity at the end of different decades, follows three boys in the same Iranian family as they each gain a new understanding of their history, culture--and themselves"--BTCat.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: gay teenagers, iranian americans, families, family life, tehran (iran), sexual minorities, lgbtq+ people, coming of age [X], los angeles (calif.), queer fiction [X], bildungsromans, lgbtq people
All The Yellow Suns
Sixteen-year-old queer Indian American, Maya, who falls for her white, wealthy, and complicated female classmate, Juneau, is asked to join a secret society of artists, vandals, and mischief-makers who fight for justice at their school.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: lesbians, artists, secret societies, student movements, east indian americans, coming of age [X], bildungsroman fiction, lgbtqia+ fiction, realistic fiction, asian american fiction, bildungsromans, lesbian fiction, queer fiction [X]
Charming Young Man
"They say L?on Delafosse will be France's next great pianist. But despite his being the youngest student ever accepted into the prestigious Paris Conservatory, there's no way an impoverished musician can make his way in 1890s Paris without an outside patron.
FIC
year:
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: art patrons, coming of age [X], pianists, young men, art patronage, gay men, historical fiction, romance fiction, paris (france), delafosse, l?on, proust, marcel, queer fiction [X]
Every Time You Hear That Song
"Seventeen-year-old aspiring journalist Darren Purchase has been a lifelong fan of country music legend Decklee Cassel, who's as famous for her classic hits as she is for her partnership with songwriter Mickenlee Hooper.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770
subjects: country musicians, time capsules, automobile travel, sexual minorities, lgbtqia fiction, coming of age [X], love, romance fiction, multiple point of view fiction, music fiction, queer fiction [X], bildungsromans, romance fiction
The Last Love Song
"After high school graduation, Mia Peters faces a summer full of painful goodbyes.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: high school graduates, women composers, young women, sexual minorities, mothers, letters, summer, lgbtqia+ fiction, romance stories, coming of age [X], realistic fiction, queer fiction [X], romance fiction, bildungsromans
The Redemption Of Daya Keane
"The end of Daya Keane's junior year in Escondido, Arizona, is anything but expected.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: schools, coming of age [X], lesbians, religion, self-perception, high schools, school stories, lgbtqia+ people, arizona, queer fiction [X], school fiction
These Bodies Between Us
In their familiar North Carolina beach town, Callie and her friends, Talia and Cleo, are joined by the enigmatic Polly, who introduces the idea of learning how to make themselves invisible, a plan that initially seems impossible but eventually works, leading to a recklessness that makes it increasingly difficult for the girls to return to their former selves.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
subjects: friendship, invisibility, summer, sexual minorities, lgbtq+ people, fantasy, coming of age [X], north carolina, magic realist fiction, queer fiction [X], bildungsromans