Alphabet Book Club ♡

"And you hate that word. Control. You hate that word because it is so very rare that you have any. Over your life, your sexuality, your gender, your pronouns, your heartbeat when you’re around a beautiful girl."A follow-up to the critically acclaimed All Out anthology, Out Now features seventeen n...

"But books–they’re different. When you watch a film, you’re sort of an outsider looking in. With a book–you’re right there. You are inside. You are the main character."In case you’re wondering, this is not a love story.My name is Tori Spring. I like to sleep and I like ...

“We stand together,” Nick reminded him, “so we don’t have to struggle apart. You’re not alone in this, okay?”Nick landed himself the superhero boyfriend of his dreams, but with new heroes arriving in Nova City it’s up to Nick and his friends to determine who is vir...

"What are we gonna do about it?" "Kick names and take ass," he growled dangerously. Then, "Wait. I screwed that up. Let me-"Nick, Seth, Gibby, and Jazz are back in action bringing justice, protection, and disaster energy to the people of Nova City.An unexpected hero to Nova City and crash lands into...

 â€œSometimes I did this thing where I imagined other people I met were queer. Just because I liked to think there were lots of us around. I wondered if other people did that.”Darius Kellner is having a bit of a year. Since his trip to Iran this past spring, a lot has changed. He’s get...

“..We have a saying in Farsi. It translates 'your place was empty.' We say it when we miss somebody."I sniffed."Your place was empty before. But this is your family. You belong here.”Darius Kellner speaks better Klingon than Farsi, and he knows more about Hobbit social cues than Persian on...

”Love can't cure a mental illness. There are lots of ways to help him, you can just be there. To listen. To talk. To cheer him up if he's having a bad day. And on the bad days you can ask what you could do to make things easier. Stand by his side, even when things are hard. But also knowing tha...

  “You can't tell whether people are gay by what they look like. And gay or straight aren't the only two options.”Charlie and Nick are at the same school, but they've never met. until one day when they're made to sit together. They quickly become friends, and soon Charlie is falling hard ...

“There's this idea that if you're not straight, you HAVE to tell all your family and friends immediately, like you owe it to them. But you don't. You don't have to do anything until you're ready.”Charlie didn't think Nick could ever like him back, but now they're officially boyfriends. Nic...

"Don’t you feel like you need to come out to anyone until you feel ready. Rumours spread so fast around our schools… That can be really hard to deal with if you barely know who you are."Nick and Charlie are best friends. Nick knows Charlie's gay, and Charlie is sure that Nick isn't.But lov...

"If you want to be a hero the first thing you have to do is have a great origin story."Ellie Engle doesn't stand out. Not at home, where she's alone with her pet fish since her dad moved away and her mom has to work around the clock. Not at the bakery, where she helps out old Mr. Walker on the weeke...

I’m not even totally sure what it means to be a boy, so don’t ask me. But haven’t you ever said something about yourself and it’s like you can feel your heart beating for the first time in your life? It’s like that.Sometimes I have trouble filling out tests when the name par...

“It’s hard to be yourself before you know who that is.”It's the summer before middle school and eleven-year-old Bug's best friend Moira has decided the two of them need to use the next few months to prepare.For Moira, this means figuring out the right clothes to wear, learning how to ...

“Zero people will die if you don’t label yourself. Or if you don’t want to define something that shifts.”Ash is no stranger to feeling like an outcast. For someone who cycles through genders, it’s a daily struggle to feel in control of how people perceive you. Some days Ash ...

“This place is called Pride. I don’t want to be biased, but Pride might just be my favourite place in the world"Bea’s family are happy. Like, really happy. Like, kind of gross but also cute happy. So when they visit London Pride together and have the ultimate day out, Bea doesn’t...

“Hard work doesn’t guarantee success, only no regrets,”Every year, in the magical town of Ravenskill, who participate in the Black Moon Ceremony are placed into covens and come into their powers as full-fledged witches.And twelve-year-old Seven Salazar can't wait to be placed in the m...

"What's more complicated: your friends, your family, or yourself"Annabelle Blake fully expects this school year to be the same as every other: same teachers, same classmates, same, same, same. So she’s elated to discover there’s a new kid in town. To Annabelle, Bailey is a breath of fresh ...

The magical story of a hex that goes haywire, and the power of friendship to set things right!In the town of Howler's Hollow, conjuring magic is strictly off-limits. Only nothing makes Delpha McGill's skin crawl more than rules. So when she finds her family's secret book of hexes, she's itching to u...

“The idea of not being alone -- of having someone who sees me, same way I see the things that no one else can see, makes me feel like I'm real. Like I deserve to exist on this planet alongside everyone else. That I get to be here because there's someone else who wants me here too.”Being bo...