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RPL is Celebrating PRIDE with some awesome books!

To celebrate Pride this summer, we have put together a list of some truly awesome LGBTQ teen books. For the complete list, go here. But, here are some of our favourites:

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Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Simon, who has not come out yet, has been emailing all summer with his pen-pal, but they have never met in real life. When a classmate discovers their emails, Simon is blackmailed into playing wing-man for him or else his sexual identity will be broadcast to everyone in the school.

 

 

 

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Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown

Joanna lives in Atlanta and is a proud queer teen. But, when her father gets remarried and moves them to a small rural town in Georgia, Jo is asked to keep her sexuality a secret. Jo agrees and things are going great. That is, until she meets Mary. Jo has to choose between keeping her promise to her father and following her heart.

 

 

 

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Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin

This book takes an honest look at the life, love and struggles of transgender teens. Author, Susan Kuklin, interviews six transgender or gender-neutral teens and asks them about their lives.

Which new books are you excited about?

There are going to be some great books coming out in 2017! Which ones are you excited about? Goodreads has a list of the most anticipated YA Novels of 2017 and here are the Top 5

Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

“Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin’s maneuverings and the invading king threatening to bring Prythian to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit-and one slip may spell doom not only for Feyre, but for her world as well. As war bears down upon them all, Feyre must decide who to trust amongst the dazzling and lethal High Lords-and hunt for allies in unexpected places.” Sarah J. Mass

 

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Ten Books To Talk About


There are good books,  there are great books, and then there are books that just go above and beyond any expectation. Some of them deal with topics you have never seen before being addressed on a YA book while others take something that has been so many times, and finally do it right or in a completely unexpected way. These are books that get stuck in your head, books you think about well after you finished them, these are books that you just can`t help but talk about.

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