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message 1: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Removed this one....

Coronation Necklace (2013)

Please don't add books unless they have a 2014 publication date. Thank you for your cooperation.


message 2: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart By the way guys, it's ok to add middle grade books to this list. There really aren't enough of them for a separate list.


message 3: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart This is the second time I removed the Coronation Necklace book from the list. It's only for books published in 2014. A 2013 book is not an appropriate addition, so that's why it was deleted.


message 4: by Rainbowheart (last edited Apr 03, 2014 10:15AM) (new)

Rainbowheart Removed Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. It's from 2012, not 2014.


message 5: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Removed Birds on a Wire. It's from 2013, so it's not an appropriate addition for this list.


message 6: by J.S. (new)

J.S. Frankel Is it possible for someone to add my novel in? Twisted (Regal Crest) came out March 7th of this year. If it could be added to the list that would be great.


message 7: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Removed three Betrayal books, which seem to be NA/adult erotica.


message 8: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Removed If There's a Heaven Above. It's not YA and was published in 2013.


message 9: by J.S. (new)

J.S. Frankel Just received the ARC books for Lindsay Versus the Marauders, and have made a thread in another section of the LGBT forum. Hope to hear from those out there interested in a grand adventure.


message 10: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Removed Born This Way, which is 2012 and also not YA.


message 11: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Removed Paulyanna International Rent Boy, which is 2013 and also not YA.


message 12: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Removed Just Girls, which appears to be NA about college students.


message 13: by Wren (new)

Wren May I ask how A Kiss in the Dark by Cat Clarke is lgbt?


message 14: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Julia, it turns out that (view spoiler)


message 15: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Removed....

Cairo in White (adult)
Will Grayson, Will Grayson (2010)
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (2012)


message 16: by Kaje (last edited Oct 28, 2014 08:36AM) (new)

Kaje Harper I'm wondering if Hideous" is really YA? I've seen it on adult lists, and reviews sound pretty dark.


message 17: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Kaje, I've wondered that too. A lot of people are shelving it as YA and mention it's YA in their reviews. Does anyone know how old the main character is? If older than 18, I think it would be better classified as NA rather than YA.


message 18: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Removed The Automation, which does not appear to be YA.


message 19: by J.S. (new)

J.S. Frankel Rainbowheart, is it possible to add in both my novels, Lindsay Versus the Marauders and its sequel, Lindsay, Jo and the Tree of Forever? (If you can't, could you provide a link, please? I'm pretty inept at posting stuff around here). Thanks. :)


message 20: by Rainbowheart (last edited Nov 19, 2014 10:16AM) (new)

Rainbowheart Hi Jesse, it looks like you've already added your first book to the list, so feel free to add the second. Just click the "add books to this list" tab at the top. Anyone is welcome to vote for books as long as they have been specifically published for the YA market and the characters are high school age or younger.


message 21: by Rainbowheart (last edited Dec 03, 2014 03:01PM) (new)

Rainbowheart Removed....

Wicked (2015)
Venomoid (2013)
Marionette (2013)
Untitled Gilded Wings (2015)


message 22: by J.S. (new)

J.S. Frankel Hi Rainbowheart, yes, added in the second Lindsay/Jo book to the mix. Thanks!


message 23: by Rainbowheart (last edited Jun 17, 2015 08:33AM) (new)

Rainbowheart Removed for wrong publication date/wrong category....

George
I Am J
Every Day
All Girls Cry
City of Glass
Boy Meets Boy
Brody's First Time
The Dream Thieves
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Thing I Didn't Know I Didn't Know (this is NA, not YA)


message 24: by S (new)

S How did
Noggin
by John Corey Whaley
have a LGBT theme?

Was there some side-character (that I'm completely forgetting) who was LGBT?


message 25: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart In Noggin, Travis's best friend Kyle is gay. :)


message 26: by S (new)

S Rainbowheart wrote: "In Noggin, Travis's best friend Kyle is gay. :)"

Thanks!


message 27: by J.S. (new)

J.S. Frankel I will have another digital book coming out with DevineDestinies later on this year. It's called Picture (Im)perfect, and it focuses on the relationship between a cisgender straight guy and a transgender girl. It also addresses some issues that gay kids have to go through, and I think it's a well-balanced, sympathetic portrayal of a transgender character. Hopefully, readers will see it that way.


message 28: by Jillian (new)

Jillian Rainbowheart wrote: "In Noggin, Travis's best friend Kyle is gay. :)"

I gotta admit I questioned noggin when I got to it. Not because I forgot about kyle but because kyle being gay is such a small part of the book.


message 29: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Don't worry about adding books with minor characters. As long as there is at least one identified as LGBT, it definitely belongs on the list. :)


message 30: by Brooke (last edited Feb 25, 2017 05:31PM) (new)

Brooke OK so I've been through all of these books and not one of them are what I'm looking for. This book's about these two women who fall in love (obviously) and the main characters name is Brooke. I've been looking for like a week now and I can't find anything about it. The girl Brooke falls in love with someone who owns a pet store and that's how they meet Brooke takes her moms dog there (i think its a Chihuahua or something idk if that will help) Brooke also thinks shes straight until she meets the store owner. The store owner also lives with her gay friend i forget his name but hes pretty flamboyant and stereotypical lol so if any of this info helps anyone find this book please let me know. thanks.


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