Young Adult Reads

A Little Bit Country

by Brian D. Kennedy

available now, paperback, Balzer + Bray Dumplin’ meets Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda in this heartfelt and funny LGBTQ+ contemporary romance about two teen boys who fall in love against the backdrop of a fictional Dollywood-esque amusement park—from debut author Brian D. Kennedy.

So This Is Ever After

by F.T. Lukens

available now, paperback, Margaret K. McElderry Books

Carry On meets Arthurian legend in this subversive, “delightfully original and whimsical” (Kirkus Reviews) young adult fantasy about what happens after the chosen one wins the kingdom and has to get married to keep it…and to stay alive.

Always the Almost

by Edward Underhill

available now, hardcover, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

A trans pianist makes a New Year’s resolution on a frozen Wisconsin night to win regionals and win back his ex, but a new boy complicates things in this heartfelt debut YA rom-dram.

What a Desi Girl Wants

by Sabina Khan

available in July, hardcover, Scholastic

JUNE is Pride Month

Nick and Charlie : A Heartstopper Novella

by Alice Oseman

available now, paperback, Scholastic Press Absence makes the heart grow fonder... right? From the mega-bestselling creator of Heartstopper, a must-have novella in which Heartstopper’s lead characters, Nick and Charlie, face one of their biggest challenges yet.

Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl

by Sara Waxelbaum and Brianna Shrum

available now, hardcover, Inkyard Press Margo Zimmerman is gay, but she didn’t know until now. An overachiever at heart, Margo is determined to ace her newly discovered gayness. All she needs is the right tutor. Abbie Sokoloff has her own gayness down to a science. But a flunking grade in US History is threatening her acceptance to her dream school. All she needs is the right tutor. Margo agrees to help Abbie get her history grade up in exchange for “Queer 101” lessons. But as they spend more and more time together, Margo realizes she doesn’t want just any girl—she wants “the” girl.

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The romance of Becky Albertalli meets the nuanced family dynamics of Darius the Great is Not Okay in this YA novel from acclaimed author Sabina Khan. Mehar hasn’t visited her father, her grandmother, her family, or the home where she grew up in India since she and her mother moved away when she was only four. But Mehar reluctantly agrees to return for her father’s wedding. While in India,Mehar meets Sufiya, her grandmother’s assistant, and one of the most grounded, thoughtful, kind people she’s ever met! Though they come from totally different worlds, their friendship slowly starts to blossom into something more . . . Mehar thinks.