A Phoenix First Must Burn
By: Patrice Caldwell
3.96
Format: 368 pages, ebook
Sixteen tales by bestselling and award-winning authors that explore the Black experience through fa…
Want to Read $ 7.99"No. You can, but hearts are your own to keep. They’re to keep you alive. Give your affection. Give your love. Give your time, but nothing so vital to your own survival. Be careful with giving away parts of yourself before you understand them fully. You’re free of the stars now, so choose wisely in the future. After you know yourself. Love is not supposed to poison your own well."-Patrice Caldwell, A Phoenix First Must Burn
"No. You can, but hearts are your own to keep. They’re to keep you alive. Give your affection. Give your love. Give your time, but nothing so vital to your own survival. Be careful with giving away parts of yourself before you understand them fully. You’re free of the stars now, so choose wisely in the future. After you know yourself. Love is not supposed to poison your own well."-Patrice Caldwell, A Phoenix First Must Burn
"No. You can, but hearts are your own to keep. They’re to keep you alive. Give your affection. Give your love. Give your time, but nothing so vital to your own survival. Be careful with giving away parts of yourself before you understand them fully. You’re free of the stars now, so choose wisely in the future. After you know yourself. Love is not supposed to poison your own well."-Patrice Caldwell, A Phoenix First Must Burn
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1. Queens of Geek
By: Jen Wilde
3.53
Format: 39 pages, Paperback
Three friends, two love stories, one convention: this fun, feminist love letter to geek culture is … read more
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- fiction
- queer
- young adult
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2. Undead Girl Gang
By: Lily Anderson
3.95
Format: 253 pages, Hardcover
Mila Flores and her best friend Riley have always been inseparable. There's not much excitement in … read more
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3. Zodiac Starforce: By the Power of Astra
By: Kevin Panetta , Paulina Ganucheau
3.07
Format: None pages, Paperback
They're an elite group of teenage girls with magical powers who have sworn to protect our planet ag… read more
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4. Pilgrim Playwright Genie Guard
By: Heidi Heilig , Katherine Locke , Corinne Duyvis , Kody Keplinger , Dhonielle Clayton , Francisco X. Stork , Fox Benwell , Marieke Nijkamp , William Alexander , None , Kristine Wyllys , Karuna Riazi , Keah Brown
3.50
Format: None pages,
A YA Anthology of short stories featuring disabled teens, written by #OwnVoices disabled authors. T… read more
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5. Shadowshaper (Shadowshaper, #1)
By: Daniel José Older
4.10
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Sierra Santiago was looking forward to a fun summer of making art, hanging out with her friends, an… read more
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6. Negative Cat
By: Sophie Blackall
4.11
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Two-time Caldecott winner Sophie Blackall spins a winning tale about Max, a feline whose behavior d… read more
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- fiction
7. Wings of Ebony (Wings of Ebony, #1)
By: J. Elle
3.85
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
“Make a way out of no way” is just the way of life for Rue. But when her mother is shot dead on her… read more
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- young adult
- young adult fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Moms raised a diamond." "And diamonds don't crack."-J. Elle, Wings of Ebony (Wings of Ebony, #1)
"Don't let the past chain you, make it your strength."-J. Elle, Wings of Ebony (Wings of Ebony, #1)
"But not knowing how to fix something isn’t an excuse not to try."-J. Elle, Wings of Ebony (Wings of Ebony, #1)
8. Whiteout
By: Dhonielle Clayton
3.64
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
Atlanta is blanketed with snow just before Christmas, but the warmth of young love just might melt … read more
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- lgbt
- anthologies
- young adult
- short stories
- fiction
- audiobook
9. Miss Meteor
By: Tehlor Kay Mejia
3.99
Format: 390 pages, Hardcover
There hasn’t been a winner of the Miss Meteor beauty pageant who looks like Lita Perez or Chicky Qu… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- fantasy
- queer
"Because I am a girl worth the space I take up. I am a girl this world, this town, and most of all, the people who love me, won't let go of. Because I am a star they won't let the sky take back"-Tehlor Kay Mejia, Miss Meteor
10. Off the Record
By: Camryn Garrett
4.00
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The behind-the-scenes access of Almost Famous meets the searing revelations of #metoo in this story… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"I always thought of sex as the thing straight cis people do to make babies, but Marius leaving kisses on my thighs feels like sex, too."-Camryn Garrett, Off the Record
11. Chlorine Sky
By: Mahogany L. Browne
3.82
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A novel-in-verse about a young girl coming-of-age and stepping out of the shadow of her former best… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- audiobook
"Everybody wants to be a hero But most of us are just misunderstood villains"-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky
"A friend is someone seeing you And hearing you Without you having to say Everything Every time"-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky
"When you live where we live You say what it is & if you can't say what it is Or if it hurt too much, Or maybe it's too confusing You just say "whatever" That way you ain't no lie"-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky
"When I was younger I thought I had superpowers Thought if I sat real still and stared at a book No one would be able to see me I got so good at it I forgot that I’m the only one playing the game Sit …"-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky
12. Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1)
By: Olivia Abtahi
3.92
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Fourteen-year-old Iranian-American Parvin Mohammadi sets out to win the ultimate date to homecoming… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- audiobook
13. This Is Our Rainbow: 16 Stories of Her, Him, Them, and Us
By: Katherine Locke
4.16
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
The first LGBTQIA+ anthology for middle-graders featuring stories for every letter of the acronym, … read more
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- lgbt
- anthologies
- young adult
- short stories
- fiction
- fantasy
- queer
14. A Phoenix First Must Burn
By: Patrice Caldwell
3.96
Format: 368 pages, ebook
Sixteen tales by bestselling and award-winning authors that explore the Black experience through fa… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- anthologies
- young adult
- short stories
- young adult fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- fantasy
- queer
"No. You can, but hearts are your own to keep. They’re to keep you alive. Give your affection. Give your love. Give your time, but nothing so vital to your own survival. Be careful with giving away pa…"-Patrice Caldwell, A Phoenix First Must Burn
15. How to They/Them: A Visual Guide to Nonbinary Pronouns and the World of Gender Fluidity
By: Stuart Getty
4.43
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Ever wonder what nonbinary or gender nonconforming really mean? And how the heck do you use they/th… read more
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- lgbt
- queer
16. The Wild Ones
By: Nafiza Azad
3.66
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From William C. Morris Finalist Nafiza Azad comes a thrilling, feminist fantasy about a group of te… read more
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- lgbt
- young adult
- young adult fantasy
- fiction
- fantasy
- queer
"Aren't you angry, sister? At being treated the we are? At having to pick up the pieces of what remains after the world is through with us? At being silenced and abused? At being denied our dignity, o…"-Nafiza Azad, The Wild Ones
17. A Chorus Rises (A Song Below Water, #2)
By: Bethany C. Morrow
3.80
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The Hate U Give meets Shadowshaper in Bethany C. Morrow's A Chorus Rises, a brilliant contemporary … read more
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- young adult
- young adult fantasy
- fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Victims can have victims, and the world needs to be reminded."-Bethany C. Morrow, A Chorus Rises (A Song Below Water, #2)
18. The Ending Fire (The Ending Fire Trilogy, #3)
By: Saara El-Arifi
4.35
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
Rebellions are like fires—something needs to burn to make a flame. Return to the Wardens’ Empire in… read more
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- fantasy
- lgbt
- fiction
- queer
19. How to Catch a Queen (Runaway Royals, #1)
By: Alyssa Cole
3.83
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
An arranged marriage leads to unexpected desire, in the first book of New York Times and USA Today … read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
"Your success cannot lie in something so tedious as whether you’re liked."-Alyssa Cole, How to Catch a Queen (Runaway Royals, #1)
"We don't stop needing to hear what's good in ourselves, ever. Other people just stop telling us as we get older. But I'm not other people. I'm your wife."-Alyssa Cole, How to Catch a Queen (Runaway Royals, #1)
20. The Scenic Route (The Nsibidi Scripts, #2.5)
By: Nnedi Okorafor
4.00
Format: 30 pages, ebook
In this spellbinding short story, join Akata Witch’s Sunny and Sasha on an adventure through the un… read more
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- fiction
- short stories
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21. Outrun the Wind
By: Elizabeth Tammi
3.56
Format: 302 pages, Paperback
The Huntresses of Artemis must obey two rules: never disobey the goddess, and never fall in love. A… read more
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- fantasy
- lgbt
- young adult
- queer
"Glancing between the four of us, I realize just how many types of love we share. And how much it hurts to lose them all."-Elizabeth Tammi, Outrun the Wind
"It only takes about fifteen minutes for me to get totally lost. We’re somewhere in the outskirts of the property, but I’ve pushed us past the tree line too far to remember which way we came from. But…"-Elizabeth Tammi, Outrun the Wind
