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QYA in the 80s

One of the first positiveish YA booksTwo girls come back together in the end Young proto-gay gets a new teachersHe...
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CCW 2019

CCW 2019

The Theory Behind Queer Book List In her groundbreaking 1998 essay “Sponsors of Literacy,” Deborah Brandt argues that literacy, and...
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CWPA 2019

CWPA 2019

On the origins of Queer Book List... "There is an old saying in Indiana, "Bit by bit our sweaters we...
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Interview with Jessica Meats

Interview with Jessica Meats

About a month ago, I was contacted by Jess, a science fiction and fantasy writer who was interested in learning...
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I’ll Get There. It Better be Worth the Trip by John Donovan

    Title: I’ll Get There. It Better be Worth the Trip Author: James Donovan Original Publication Date: June 1969 Original Publisher: Harper & Row Page Length: 199 Queer Representation: 2 possibly gay teenage boy protagonists   Widely regarded as the first ever novel to explicitly address themes of queerness meant for a young adult audience, I’ll Get There, […]

Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block

    Title: Weetzie Bat Author: Francesca Lia Block Original Publication Date: 1989 Original Publisher: HarperCollins Page Length: 128 Queer Representation: 2 gay male primary characters     The first modern queer young adult fairy tale and a novel that helps readers to believe in magic and happy endings. Memorable Quote: “She knew they were all afraid. But love and disease are […]

Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan

      Title: Boy Meets Boy Author: David Levithan Original Publication Date: September 1, 2003 Original Publisher: Knopf Page Length: 185 Queer Representation: Gay male protagonist, multiple lesbian, bi, trans, queer + secondary characters     Levithan offers readers a hopeful look into a utopian world where being queer is not only normal, but may even be better than […]

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