Julie Anne Peters
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
High school student Daelyn Rice, who has been bullied throughout her school career and has more than once attempted suicide, again makes plans to kill herself, in spite of the persistent attempts of an unusual boy to draw her out.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Regan's life, which has always revolved around keeping her older brother Liam's transsexuality a secret, changes when Liam decides to start the process of "transitioning" by first telling his family and friends that he is a girl who was born in a boy's body.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When she agrees to meet with Jasmine as a peer counselor at their middle school, Antonia never dreams that this girl with the black lipstick and pierced eyebrow will end up helping her deal with the serious problems she faces at home and become a good friend.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
When Alix's charismatic girlfriend, Swanee, dies from sudden cardiac arrest, Alix is overcome with despair. As she searches Swanee's room for mementos of their relationship, she finds Swanee's cell phone, pinging with dozens of texts sent from a mysterious contact, L.T. The most recent text reads: "Please tell me what I did. Please, Swan. Te amo. I love you."Shocked and betrayed, Alix learns that Swanee has been leading a double life--secretly dating...
Author
Publisher
Megan Tingley Books/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
When seventeen-year-old Alyssa is disowned by her father for being a lesbian, she is sent off to a small town in Colorado to live with the mother she has never known, where she is forced to come to terms with herself and her family.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Nick has a three-legged dog named Lucky 2, some pet fish, and two mothers, whose relationship complicates his entire life as they face prejudice, work problems, alcoholism, cancer, and finally separation.