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Oak Park Public Library Dole Branch - Kids
J FICTION PANCHOLY
1 available
J FICTION PANCHOLY
1 available
Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - Kids
J FICTION PANCHOLY
2 available
J FICTION PANCHOLY
2 available
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"Twelve-year-old Rahul Kapoor, an Indian-American boy growing up in small-town Indiana, struggles to come to terms with his identity, including that he may be gay"--Provided by publisher.
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - Kids
J FICTION BIGELOW
1 available
J FICTION BIGELOW
1 available
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Find the confidence to rock out to your own beat in this big-hearted middle grade novel. Not to be missed by fans of Raina Telgemeier's Drama and Tim Federle's Better Nate Than Ever! Melly only joined the school band because her best friend, Olivia, begged her to. But to her surprise, quiet Melly loves playing the drums. It's the only time she doesn't feel like a mouse. Now she and Olivia are about to spend the next two weeks at Camp Rockaway, jamming...
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Floor - Romance
FICTION KANN
1 available
FICTION KANN
1 available
Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch - Adult Fiction
FICTION KANN
1 available
FICTION KANN
1 available
Description
"Joy is in love with Malcolm. Malcolm wants to date Summer. Summer is in love with love. And Fox is Summer's ex-boyfriend. Thirty, flirty, and asexual, Joy is secretly in love with her best friend, Malcolm, but she's never been brave enough to say so. When he unexpectedly announces that he's met the love of his life-and no, it's not Joy-she's heartbroken. Malcolm invites her on a weekend getaway, and Joy decides it's her last chance to show him exactly...
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Flr - Teen Nonfiction
TEEN 306.76 LAN
1 available
TEEN 306.76 LAN
1 available
Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 3rd Floor
306.76 LAN
1 available
306.76 LAN
1 available
Description
Jo Langford offers a complete guide to sexual and social development, safety, and health for LGBTQ youth and those who love and support them. Written from a practical perspective, the author explores the realities of teen sexuality, particularly that of trans teens, and provides guidance and understanding for parents and kids alike.
5) Rick
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Oak Park Public Library Dole Branch - Kids
J FICTION GINO
1 available
J FICTION GINO
1 available
Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - Kids
J FICTION GINO
1 available
J FICTION GINO
1 available
Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch - Kids
J FICTION GINO
1 available
J FICTION GINO
1 available
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - Kids Audiobooks
J PLAYAWAY FICTION GINO
1 available
J PLAYAWAY FICTION GINO
1 available
Description
Eleven-year-old Rick Ramsey has generally gone along with everybody, just not making waves, even though he is increasingly uncomfortable with his father's jokes about girls, and his best friend's explicit talk about sex; but now in middle school he discovers the Rainbow Spectrum club, where kids of many genders and identities can express themselves--and maybe among them he can find new friends and discover his own identity, which may just be to opt...
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eBook
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This special edition of the highly acclaimed novel Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda features art from the major motion picture starring Nick Robinson, Katherine Langford, Jennifer Garner, and Josh Duhamel.
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Oak Park Public Library Dole Branch - Kids
J FICTION CALLENDE
1 available
J FICTION CALLENDE
1 available
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - Kids Audiobooks
J PLAYAWAY FICTION CALLENDE
1 available
J PLAYAWAY FICTION CALLENDE
1 available
Description
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...
8) Yerba Buena
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Floor
FICTION LACOUR
1 available
FICTION LACOUR
1 available
Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch - Adult Fiction
FICTION LACOUR
1 available
FICTION LACOUR
1 available
Description
"The debut adult novel by the bestselling and award-winning YA author Nina LaCour, following two women on a star-crossed journey toward each other. When Sara Foster runs away from home at sixteen, she leaves behind not only the losses that have shattered her world but the girl she once was, capable of trust and intimacy. Years later, in Los Angeles, she is a sought-after bartender, renowned as much for her brilliant cocktails as for the mystery that...
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Flr - Teen
TEEN FICTION ALBERTAL
1 available
TEEN FICTION ALBERTAL
1 available
Description
Leah Burke is an anomaly in her friend group: the only child of a young, single mom; her life is decidedly less privileged. She loves to draw but is too self-conscious to show it. And even though her mom knows she's bisexual, she hasn't mustered the courage to tell her friends-- not even her openly gay BFF, Simon. When her rock-solid friend group starts to fracture in unexpected ways, it's hard for Leah to strike the right note. And with prom and...
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - Kids Picture Books
E SCHIFFER
1 available
E SCHIFFER
1 available
Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - Kids Topics To Talk About
E SCHIFFER
1 available
E SCHIFFER
1 available
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Stella brings her two fathers to school to celebrate Mother's Day.
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Floor - Romance
FICTION HIBBERT
1 available
FICTION HIBBERT
1 available
Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch - Adult Fiction
FICTION HIBBERT
1 available
FICTION HIBBERT
1 available
Description
Danika Brown knows what she wants: professional success, academic renown, and an occasional roll in the hay to relieve all that career-driven tension. But romance? Been there, done that, burned the T-shirt. Romantic partners, whatever their gender, are a distraction at best and a drain at worst. So Dani asks the universe for the perfect friend-with-benefits--someone who knows the score and knows their way around the bedroom. When big, brooding security...
12) Labyrinth Lost
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Flr - Teen
TEEN FICTION CORDOVA
1 available
TEEN FICTION CORDOVA
1 available
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"Alex is a bruja and the most powerful witch in her family. But she's hated magic ever since it made her father disappear into thin air. When a curse she performs to rid herself of magic backfires and her family vanishes, she must travel to Los Lagos, a land in-between as dark as Limbo and as strange as Wonderland, to get her family back"-- Provided by publisher.
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Floor
FICTION STUART
2 available
FICTION STUART
2 available
Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch - Adult Fiction
FICTION STUART
1 available
FICTION STUART
1 available
eBook
Description
"The story of the dangerous first love of two young men: Mungo and James. Born under different stars--Mungo a Protestant and James a Catholic--they should be sworn enemies if they're to be seen as men at all. Their environment is a hyper-masculine and sectarian one, for gangs of young men and the violence they might dole out dominate the Glaswegian estate where they live. And yet against all odds Mungo and James become best friends as they find a...
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Oak Park Public Library Dole Branch - Kids Nonfiction
J 306.766 SAN
1 available
J 306.766 SAN
1 available
Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - Kids Nonfiction
J 306.766 SAN
2 available
J 306.766 SAN
2 available
Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch - Kids Nonfiction
J 306.766 SAN
1 available
J 306.766 SAN
1 available
Description
Traces the life of the Gay Pride Flag, from its beginnings with social activist Harvey Milk and designer Gilbert Baker to its spanning of the globe and its role in today's world.
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 3rd Floor
306.7663 PAR
1 available
306.7663 PAR
1 available
Description
"When Casey Parks came out as a lesbian in college back in 2002, she assumed her life in the rural South was over. Her mother shunned her, and her pastor asked God to kill her. But then Parks' grandmother, a stern conservative who grew up picking cotton, shared a story about her childhood friend, Roy Hudgins, a musician who was allegedly kidnapped as a baby and was "a woman who lived as a man." "Find out what happened to Roy," Casey's grandma implored....
16) Girl mans up
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"In Ontario, Pen is a sixteen-year-old girl who looks like a boy. She's fine with it, but everyone else is uncomfortable--especially her Portuguese immigrant parents and her manipulative neighbor who doesn't want her to find a group of real friends"-- Provided by publisher.
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Flr - Teen
TEEN FICTION FARIZAN
1 available
TEEN FICTION FARIZAN
1 available
Description
In Iran, where homosexuality is punishable by death, seventeen-year-olds Sahar and Nasrin love each other in secret until Nasrin's parents announce their daughter's arranged marriage and Sahar proposes a drastic solution.
18) This day in June
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Oak Park Public Library Dole Branch - Kids Picture Books
E PITMAN
1 available
E PITMAN
1 available
Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - Kids Picture Books
E PITMAN
1 available
E PITMAN
1 available
Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch - Kids Picture Books
E PITMAN
1 available
E PITMAN
1 available
Description
"A picture book illustrating a Pride parade. The endmatter serves as a primer on LGBT history and culture and explains the references made in the story"-- Provided by publisher.
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Flr - Teen
TEEN FICTION NAZEMIAN
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TEEN FICTION NAZEMIAN
1 available
Description
"Beth Kramer is a "townie" who returns to her sophomore year after having endured a year of tension with her roommate, Sarah. But Sarah Brunson knows there's more to that story. Amanda Priya "Spence" Spencer is the privileged daughter of NYC elites, who is reeling from the realization that her family name shielded her from the same fate as Sarah. Ramin Golafshar arrives at Chandler as a transfer student to escape the dangers of being gay in Iran,...
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"Gabe has always identified as a boy, but he was born with a girl's body. With his new public access radio show gaining in popularity, Gabe struggles with romance, friendships, and parents--all while trying to come out as transgendered. An audition for a station in Minneapolis looks like his ticket to a better life in the big city. But his entire future is threatened when several violent guys find out Gabe, the popular DJ, is also Elizabeth from school"--...
