Fern has never really forgiven her mother for leaving her marriage to live with her lover, Jeanne. Fortunately, Fern can confide in her Uncle Harold, a gentle cross-dresser who on Thursday afternoons hosts his canasta club as Dolores. A story of a family that reconfigures itself as unexpected changes come its way - and how, no matter what shape it takes, it remains a family. (Gina Macaluso)

A groundbreaking short story collection. Jason in Tucson who loved this one says:

"I just went through a breakup after reading the cover. It’s a collection of stories about relationships, truth and fiction. I was more able to forgive after reading the book. Queer relationships and straight. Regardless, it was good to see people talking and being a part of each others life."

When his father moves out to be with another man, Ben feels betrayed and ashamed. Then he meets someone who teaches him the difference between people who lie to manipulate and those who withhold the truth because they are struggling to discover it themselves. (Gina Macaluso)

Dirk's story is a magical prequel to Weetzie Bat. Dirk MacDonald, a sixteen-year-old boy living in Los Angeles, comes to terms with being gay after he receives surreal storytelling visitations from his dead father and great-grandmother.

Louie wants to be a lawyer and Willa wants to be a chef , but when they first meet as employees at a fast-food restaurant, they fall in love. Louie's mother is suspicious and catches the girls in bed. Louie comes to accept her love for Willa but not without tremendous agony, anorexia and a car accident.

I followed Boock's characters from room to room and from emotion to explosion. She is a vibrant realistic writer, and the book was hard to put down.

A gay character is part of the mix in this darkly funny, explicit novel. It’s about a precocious but naive and cautious 15-year-old who tries to come to terms with a dreadful part of his past and discover who he is by breaking away from the “old him.”

Traditional fairy tales told from a lesbian perspective.

At rodeo summer camp, John Ritchie admires the skills of his new friend Kit. When John discovers that Kit is gay, his old perceptions are challenged in ways that change both young men forever. (Gina Macaluso)

Ford’s collection of 11 interviews sensitively introduces men and women who have left the sexual angst and turmoil of adolescence behind to accept their homosexuality.

When high-school senior Jamie Crawford writes an editorial in favor of a health curriculum that includes condom distribution and frank discussion of homosexuality, she becomes embroiled in a controversy that leads to violence. (Gina Macaluso)

Sassy humor leavens some of the serious concerns as three high-school friends grapple with sexual identity. Ro, year 9 in high school, faces a new life after a drunk driver accidentally kills her mother and she is adopted by her mother’s girlfriend. There are plenty of laughs, but the strength of this book comes towards the end when Ro decides she can’t go on without writing down the horror she felt when she discovered her mother was gay.

As she begins a very tough last semester of high school, Holland finds herself puzzled about her future and intrigued by a transfer student who wants to start a Lesbigay club at school.

Sixteen-year-old Claire is unable to face her fears about a recurrence of her leukemia, her eating disorder, her need to fit in with the popular crowd on Hackett Island, and her mother's alcoholism until the enigmatic Lani Garver helps her get control of her life at the risk of his own. (Gina Macaluso)