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"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 week...

Im not even totally sure what it means to be a boy, so dont ask me. But havent you ever said something about yourself and its like you can feel your heart beating for the first time in your life Its like that. Sometimes I have trouble filling out tests when the name part feels like a test too. When ...

Being queer is hard enough. Dont lock yourself out of all of this just because youre scared you wont fit in the keyhole, without even trying. Ophelia Rojas knows what she likes: her best friends, Cuban food, rose-gardening, and boys way too many boys. Her friends and parents make fun of her endless ...

..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 ones. Hes a F...

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 that some...

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. Nick's even fo...

I didn't even know so much water could be inside a person- like he was hiding an entire ocean beneath his skin. Twelve-year-old Kingston James is sure his brother Khalid has turned into a dragonfly. When Khalid unexpectedly passed away, he shed what was his first skin for another to live down by the...

Yeah, but the truth isnt very helpful if people dont believe it. Aidan disappeared for six days. Six agonizing days of searches and police and questions and constant vigils. Then, just as suddenly as he vanished, Aidan reappears. Where has he been The story he tells is simply. impossible. But it's t...

In the eerie town of Allows, some people get to be magical sorceresses, while other people have their spirits trapped in the mall for all ghastly eternity. Then theres twelve-year-old goblin-witch Beetle, whos caught in between. Shed rather skip being homeschooled completely and spend time with her ...

Maybe perfect was just another word for belonging. For feeling like yourself. It didn't mean things weren't hard. It just meant they were right. When a tornado rips through town, twelve-year-old Ivy Aberdeen's house is destroyed and her family of five is displaced. Ivy feels invisible and ignored in...

"Whether you make room for us or not, whether you accept us or not, whether you include us or not, we're still going to be here" Rambeau is a happy 11-year-old non-binary kid who likes nothing better than hanging out with their two best friends Daisy and Ash. But when the trio find out that in Year ...

"The best advice I have ever been given is to be the person I needed when I was younger." This beautiful, bold book celebrates the achievements of LGBT people through history and from around the world. It features full-colour portraits of a diverse selection of 52 inspirational role models accompani...

I mean, everyone's normal, everyone's weird, everyone's just trying to deal with their own life and keep calm and carry on. And hold on to something that'll keep them going. For Angel Rahimi life is about one thing: The Ark - a boy band that's taking the world by storm. Being part of The Ark's fando...

No one else gets to define who I am. Only me. Felix Love has never been in loveand, yes, hes painfully aware of the irony. He desperately wants to know what its like and why it seems so easy for everyone but him to find someone. Whats worse is that, even though he is proud of his identity, Felix als...

First rule of passing. Don't be different. Fifteen-year-old Spencer Harris is a proud nerd, an awesome big brother, and a David Beckham in training. He's also transgender. After transitioning at his old school leads to a year of isolation and bullying, Spencer gets a fresh start at Oakley, the most ...

I've been searching and searching and here, with her, is the first time I've ever felt found. Olivia is an expert at falling in love. and at being dumped. But after the fallout from her last breakup has left her an outcast at school and at home, shes determined to turn over a new leaf. A crush-free ...

Hard work doesnt 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 most powerful cov...

Its 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 put on makeup, a...

Zero people will die if you dont label yourself. Or if you dont want to define something that shifts. Ash is no stranger to feeling like an outcast. For someone who cycles through genders, its a daily struggle to feel in control of how people perceive you. Some days Ash is undoubtedly girl, but othe...

"The world isnt ideal. This world, our world, the one with houses as crooked as the people in them. Broken people, broken by the way the world works. Welcome to Niveus Private Academy, where money paves the hallways, and the students are never less than perfect. Until now. Because anonymous texter, ...

This place is called Pride. I dont want to be biased, but Pride might just be my favourite place in the world" Beas 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 doesnt think her family could...

"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 youre around a beautiful girl." A follow-up to the critically acclaimed All Out anthology, Out Now features seventeen new...

Maybe planning everything out like it was a recipe wasnt always the easiest way to live your life." From the bestselling author of All That's Left in the World comes a swoon-worthy LGBTQ romance, perfect for fans of If This Gets Out and What If It's Us. Tommy Dees is in the weeds - restaurant speak ...