13 must-read lgbt books like No Place for Fairy Tales by Edd Tello

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No Place for Fairy Tales

By: Edd Tello

4.08

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Yuriel's poor neighborhood in Monterrey, Mexico, isn't a place where fairy tales happen. Yuriel and…

If you liked the lgbt plot in No Place for Fairy Tales by Edd Tello , here is a list of 13 books like this:

1. Romeo and Juliet

By: Gareth Hinds

3.84

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Gareth Hinds's stylish graphic adaptation of the Bard's romantic tragedy offers modern touches -- i… read more

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2. Ellen Outside the Lines

By: A.J. Sass

4.37

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A novel about a neurodivergent thirteen-year-old navigating changing friendships, a school trip, an… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Sass's Ellen Outside the Lines book and Edd Tello's No Place for Fairy Tales

  • lgbt
  • queer
"Not every person fits neatly into categories. Life doesn't always stick to a planned itinerary."

-A.J. Sass, Ellen Outside the Lines

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3. The Baker and the Bard

By: Fern Haught

3.62

Format: 147 pages, Paperback

Author-artist Fern Haught weaves an enchanting, gentle fantasy tale of friendship, determination, a… read more

Similar categories in Fern Haught's The Baker and the Bard book and Edd Tello's No Place for Fairy Tales

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • queer
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4. Snapdragon

By: Kat Leyh

4.48

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Kat Leyh’s Snapdragon is a magical realist graphic novel about a young girl who befriends her town’… read more

Similar categories in Kat Leyh's Snapdragon book and Edd Tello's No Place for Fairy Tales

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • queer
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5. The Wicked Bargain

By: Gabe Cole Novoa

4.19

Format: 368 pages, None

El Diablo is in the details in this Latinx pirate fantasy starring a transmasculine nonbinary teen … read more

Similar categories in Gabe Cole Novoa's The Wicked Bargain book and Edd Tello's No Place for Fairy Tales

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • queer
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6. Abuela, Don't Forget Me

By: Rex Ogle

4.50

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In his memoir Free Lunch, Rex Ogle’s abuela features as a source of love and support. In this compa… read more

Similar categories in Rex Ogle's Abuela, Don't Forget Me book and Edd Tello's No Place for Fairy Tales

  • poetry
  • lgbt
"These are my words! They matter! Hit me all you want. I will write. These are my words. They do matter. And she did hit me, all she wanted. But I wrote. And I still write. I will always write. No one…"

-Rex Ogle, Abuela, Don't Forget Me

"She may forget. And one day, I may forget too. But for now, the memories are captured, like insects in amber, ready to survive for millions of years. My memories...are written in words and verses and…"

-Rex Ogle, Abuela, Don't Forget Me

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7. The Star That Always Stays

By: Anna Rose Johnson

4.08

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

When bright and spirited Norvia moves from the country to the city, she has to live by one new rule… read more

Similar categories in Anna Rose Johnson's The Star That Always Stays book and Edd Tello's No Place for Fairy Tales

  • young adult
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8. Unfamiliar, Vol. 1 (Unfamiliar, #1)

By: Haley Newsome

3.94

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Based on the wildly popular webcomic from Tapas, Unfamiliar is an endearing and whimsical story ful… read more

Similar categories in Haley Newsome's Unfamiliar, Vol. 1 (Unfamiliar, #1) book and Edd Tello's No Place for Fairy Tales

  • young adult
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9. Simon Sort of Says

By: Erin Bow

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more

Similar categories in Erin Bow's Simon Sort of Says book and Edd Tello's No Place for Fairy Tales

  • young adult
"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

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10. Warrior Girl Unearthed

By: Angeline Boulley

4.34

Format: 396 pages, Hardcover

Perry Firekeeper-Birch was ready for her Summer of Slack but instead, after a fender bender that wa… read more

Similar categories in Angeline Boulley's Warrior Girl Unearthed book and Edd Tello's No Place for Fairy Tales

  • young adult
"Some friendships can endure anything."

-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed

"Sometimes you need to protect your heart from the pain."

-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed

"Everything is connected. The past. The future. The beginning and ending."

-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed

"You jump, and I'll catch you. Every time. I'm your ride or die, niijiikwe."

-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed

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11. Imogen, Obviously

By: Becky Albertalli

4.23

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

With humor and insight, #1 New York Times bestseller Becky Albertalli explores the nuances of sexua… read more

Similar categories in Becky Albertalli's Imogen, Obviously book and Edd Tello's No Place for Fairy Tales

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • queer
"Every breath she breathes feels like a love letter."

-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously

"1987: the world’s biggest pancake ever (well, at the time). My parents actually got to eat part of it!"

-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously

"So which one of us is more queer?" "Well," I pause, "I'd have to see the two of you trying to sit in chairs."

-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously

"Tessa’s eyes catch mine, and her lips tug up at the corners, just barely. And the noise in my brain falls away. All the times I said I’m straight. All the times everyone’s said I’m straight. There it…"

-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously

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12. Rez Ball

By: Byron Graves

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This debut novel by Byron Graves tells the story of a young athlete determined to play like the her… read more

Similar categories in Byron Graves's Rez Ball book and Edd Tello's No Place for Fairy Tales

  • young adult
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13. Saints of the Household

By: Ari Tison

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Saints of the Household is a haunting contemporary YA about an act of violence in a small-town--tol… read more

Similar categories in Ari Tison's Saints of the Household book and Edd Tello's No Place for Fairy Tales

  • poetry
  • young adult
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14. The One Thing You'd Save

By: Linda Sue Park

3.94

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

If your house were on fire, what one thing would you save? Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park explores… read more

Similar categories in Linda Sue Park's The One Thing You'd Save book and Edd Tello's No Place for Fairy Tales

  • poetry
"Ages ago my gran knitted a sweater for my dad. He wore it and wore it and wore it right out. Then my other gran, who lives with us, unraveled it and knitted a new sweater for me. So I'd save that swe…"

-Linda Sue Park, The One Thing You'd Save

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15. Iveliz Explains It All

By: Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Library Binding

How do you speak up when it feels like no one is listening? One girl takes on seventh grade while f… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Beatriz Arango's Iveliz Explains It All book and Edd Tello's No Place for Fairy Tales

  • poetry
  • young adult
"and it's important to stop, be kind to ourselves, and ask for help- ask for love."

-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All

"But you have to be somewhere I can find. You understand? Somewhere I can find. I nod, because I know what he is saying and what he is not saying. He can't find me if I'm not here. (p. 113 of the hard…"

-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All

"I am not okay, and sometimes I wish people wouldn't believe me when I say I am. I wish they would ask, just one more time, and I wish they wouldn't tiptoe around me like I'm a poem, so I could show t…"

-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All

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16. Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna (Petra Luna, #1)

By: Alda P. Dobbs

4.26

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

It is 1913, and twelve-year-old Petra Luna's mama has died while the Revolution rages in Mexico. Be… read more

Similar categories in Alda P. Dobbs's Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna (Petra Luna, #1) book and Edd Tello's No Place for Fairy Tales

  • young adult
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17. We Still Belong

By: Christine Day

4.16

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A thoughtful and heartfelt middle grade novel by American Indian Youth Literature Honor–winning aut… read more

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18. Frontera

By: Julio Anta

4.01

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Mateo makes the dangerous journey back home to the United States through the Sonoran Desert with th… read more

Similar categories in Julio Anta's Frontera book and Edd Tello's No Place for Fairy Tales

  • young adult
  • lgbt
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19. Just Ash

By: Sol Santana

3.82

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Ashley "Ash" Bishop has always known who he is: a guy who loves soccer, has a crush on his friend M… read more

Similar categories in Sol Santana's Just Ash book and Edd Tello's No Place for Fairy Tales

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • queer
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20. Promises of Gold

By: José Olivarez

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking collection of poems addressing how every kind of love—self, brotherly, romantic, f… read more

Similar categories in José Olivarez's Promises of Gold book and Edd Tello's No Place for Fairy Tales

  • poetry
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21. King Cheer (Arden High, #2)

By: Molly Horton Booth

3.32

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Heartstopper meets Bring It On in this contemporary graphic novel that reimagines Shakespeare’s Kin… read more

Similar categories in Molly Horton Booth's King Cheer (Arden High, #2) book and Edd Tello's No Place for Fairy Tales

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • queer
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22. Home Is Not a Country

By: Safia Elhillo

4.20

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A novel in verse about family, identity, and finding yourself in the most unexpected places. Nim… read more

Similar categories in Safia Elhillo's Home Is Not a Country book and Edd Tello's No Place for Fairy Tales

  • poetry
  • young adult
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23. Road Home

By: Rex Ogle

4.67

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

This final, essential chapter in Rex Ogle’s memoir trilogy recounts being forced from his home and … read more

Similar categories in Rex Ogle's Road Home book and Edd Tello's No Place for Fairy Tales

  • lgbt
  • queer
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24. Ander & Santi Were Here

By: Jonny Garza Villa

4.21

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Aristotle and Dante meets The Hate U Give meets The Sun Is Also A Star: A stunning YA contemporary … read more

Similar categories in Jonny Garza Villa's Ander & Santi Were Here book and Edd Tello's No Place for Fairy Tales

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • queer
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25. Twenty-Four Seconds from Now...

By: Jason Reynolds

4.39

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

“Jason Reynolds has done it again!...Fresh from start to finish…This is what it could be, should be… read more

Similar categories in Jason Reynolds's Twenty-Four Seconds from Now... book and Edd Tello's No Place for Fairy Tales

  • young adult
Cover of Definitely Not a Love Story: A Runners Handbook (West 44 Ya Verse) by Claudia Recinos Seldeen

26. Definitely Not a Love Story: A Runners Handbook (West 44 Ya Verse)

By: Claudia Recinos Seldeen

3.77

Format: 190 pages, Library Binding

Ana has big plans to be an important writer. But not a romance writer, like her mom, because she’s … read more

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27. No Place for Fairy Tales

By: Edd Tello

4.08

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Yuriel's poor neighborhood in Monterrey, Mexico, isn't a place where fairy tales happen. Yuriel and… read more

Similar categories in Edd Tello's No Place for Fairy Tales book and Edd Tello's No Place for Fairy Tales

  • poetry
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • queer
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28. Desert Echoes

By: Abdi Nazemian

4.11

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Abdi Nazemian, the award-winning author of Like a Love Story and Only This Beautiful Moment, c… read more

Similar categories in Abdi Nazemian's Desert Echoes book and Edd Tello's No Place for Fairy Tales

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • queer
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29. Everything You Left Me

By: Paige Classey

4.00

Format: None pages, None

When the police come knocking at her door, Maybeth is worried her mother is caught up in their smal… read more

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30. Tell Me Why the Jack Pine Grows (West 44 MG Verse)

By: D.J. Brandon

4.26

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

Meadow is enjoying a carefree country summer, tending her beloved 4-H chickens and freely exploring… read more

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31. The Dragons Club

By: Cyn Bermudez

3.66

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Faith Navarro has landed a scholarship to an arts high school for violin. But her struggles at home… read more

Similar categories in Cyn Bermudez's The Dragons Club book and Edd Tello's No Place for Fairy Tales

  • young adult

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Fern Haught

3.62

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4.48

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Gene Luen Yang

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