Kacen Callender
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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 bayou in their small Louisiana town. Khalid still visits in dreams, and King must keep these secrets to himself as he watches grief transform his family. It would be easier if King could talk with his best friend, Sandy Sanders. But just days before he died, Khalid...
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After taking time off from Yates Academy to grieve his best friend Ari's death, Milo returns to school, only to find himself drawn into a dangerous web of secrets involving the school's most popular student, Liam, who is accused of murdering Ari.
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Felix Love has never been in love, painful irony that it is. He desperately wants to know why it seems so easy for everyone but him to find someone. He is proud of his identity, but fears that he's one marginalization too many-- Black, queer, and transgender. When an anonymous student begins sending him transphobic messages-- after publicly posting Felix's deadname alongside images of him before he transitioned-- Felix comes up with a plan for revenge....
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"Logan Gray is the stereotypical bad boy of Hollywood--a talented but troubled actor who the public loves to hate. Mattie Cole is an up and coming golden boy, adored by all but plagued by insecurities. When Mattie is cast as the love interest in Logan's newest film, the two are persuaded into a fake dating scheme to bring positive publicity to the project. But as the two actors get to know their new characters, real feelings start to develop. And...
7) Moonflower
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Moon is convinced that they do not belong to this world: that most of the time they are invisible (unless they stay still too long), that they belong to the stars, and want to go back to them--they live entirely in their imagination with an imaginary spirit guide who can appear in any shape and refuses to speak to anyone, lest their words tie them to a world they reject.
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Seventeen-year-old neurodivergent and nonbinary Lark pretends that they are the creator of a viral thread that their ex-best friend, Kasim, accidentally posted onto their Twitter account, declaring his unrequited love, but living a lie takes its toll on Lark, forcing them to deal with their own messy emotions.
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Film buff and aspiring screenwriter Nathan Bird doesn't believe in happy endings since his father died and his mom began to unravel. His best-friend-turned-girlfriend-turned-best-friend-again, Florence, is set on making sure Nate finds someone else. And that someone does come along: Oliver James Hernández, his childhood best friend. But can Nate find the courage to pursue his own happily ever after? -- adapted from jacket
10) Chaos king
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Infinity alchemist duology volume 2
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"Ever since he rose up against his father and saved New Anglia from destruction, Ash has been struggling to adapt to his new life. Hehas nightmares every night, haunted by strange black orbs and his screaming dead mother. Ash is sure she's trying to warn him that the world is still in danger, and becomes determined to find a way to speak to her again--but communicating with the dead isn't easy, even for an alchemist as powerful as Ash. It doesn't...
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Islands of Blood and Storm volume 1
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"Sigourney Rose is the only surviving daughter of a noble lineage on the islands of Hans Lollik. When she was a child, her family was murdered by the islands' colonizers, who have massacred and enslaved generations of her people -- and now, Sigourney is ready to exact her revenge. When the childless king of the islands declares that he will choose his successor from amongst eligible noble families, Sigourney uses her ability to read and control minds...
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Islands of Blood and Storm volume 2
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"A revolution has swept through the islands of Hans Lollik and former slave Loren Jannik has been chosen to lead the survivors in a bid to free the islands forever. But the rebels are running out of food, weapons and options. And as the Fjern inch closer to reclaiming Hans Lollik with every battle, Loren is faced with a choice that could shift the course of the revolution in their favor-or doom it to failure"-- Provided by publisher.
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Caroline tiene doce años y vino al mundo mientras un huracán azotaba su minúscula isla en el Caribe, lo que se considera un signo de mal agüero. Pero a Caroline no le importa, porque la mayoría de gente ya la odia por ser como es: demasiado pequeña, demasiado negra y demasiado lista para ellos.
Caroline solo quiere encontrar a su madre, que desapareció sin más una mañana y los abandonó a su padre y a ella. Y cuando una niña nueva, Kalinda,...
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Felix Love nunca se ha enamorado y, sí, es consciente de la ironía. Se muere de ganas de vivirlo y se desespera por entender por qué a otros les resulta tan fácil. Y a pesar de estar orgulloso de su identidad -negro, queer y trans-, teme estar demasiado marginalizado para creer de verdad que merece amor.
Pero, un día, en el vestíbulo de la escuela de arte aparece una exposición con las fotos privadas de Felix antes de la transición. Alguien...
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Nate no cree en los finales felices. Aunque le encanta el cine y disfruta con las comedias románticas, ha vivido la pérdida demasiadas veces para creer que los finales felices existan en la vida real. Pero tiene dieciséis años, una exnovia que antes fue amiga y ahora es amiga otra vez, y muchos sentimientos confusos a punto de explotar.
En ese momento regresa a su vida Oliver James, un amigo de la infancia muy especial. Años atrás, cuando se...
16) Felix Ever After
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Eine schonungslos ehrliche und tiefgründige Geschichte über das Suchen und Finden der eigenen Identität und der Liebe, die absolut jede:r verdient hat!
Der siebzehnjährige Felix Love war noch nie verliebt - die Ironie daran geht ihm selbst ziemlich auf die Nerven! Seine größte Angst ist es, dass sich niemand in ihn verlieben wird, weil er einfach zu viele Ausschlusskriterien erfüllt. Braune Haut, queer und trans - die Vorstellung, dass er...
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"Ich weiß, dass du Angst hast. Aber diese Angst könnte verhindern, dass wir etwas richtig Gutes erleben"
Lark Winters größter Traum ist es, Autor*in zu werden. Aber dey erhält eine Agenturabsage nach der anderen. Zu jung, zu queer, zu emotional - niemand will die Relevanz der Geschichte für nichtbinäre Menschen wie Lark erkennen. Doch als plötzlich ein Tweet von Lark über unerwiderte Liebe viral geht, ist deren Traum zum Greifen nah. Endlich...
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Seeing Gender is an of-the-moment investigation into how we express and understand the complexities of gender today. Deeply researched and fully illustrated, this book demystifies an intensely personal-yet universal-facet of humanity. Illustrating a different concept on each spread, queer author and artist Iris Gottlieb touches on history, science, sociology, and her own experience. This book is an essential tool for understanding and contributing...

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