YA LGBT Books discussion

What YA LGBTQ book would you like to read, or do you think members who haven't read it should try, (and those who have read it can discuss), as our BotM for August-Sept?

What book made a difference to you, and might to other readers? What sounds interesting, appealing or different that you want to read?

If possible, link the book page on GR and tell us a little about it or why you picked it, or post the blurb.

The titles of past books of the month that we have read are on all the threads in this "Book of the Month" folder, and you can also check with a search of the group's book-of-the-month Bookshelf at - https://www.goodreads.com/group/books... Please do not repeat a book we have read - either as a past Book of the Month or as a Buddy Read (check the Buddy Read folder) - and please only nominate the first book in a series, unless a later book stands alone as a solo read.

Up to two nominations per member. Nominations will be open through Midnight July 31st, or sooner if we get 12 nominations - the max for voting. Feel free to renominate a book that did not win in a past vote, if it fits this category.

Authors please do not nominate your own books - but readers can definitely nominate a member author's work

Nominations are now closed -

Poll is up here: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...
Vote through Aug 7th

I'm going to nominate Nobody's Butterfly by Claire Davis and Al Stewart.

A short, beautiful, unusual story about two damaged sixteen-year-old boys in a care home finding each other. These two authors always make me feel, with their words.

Cobweb ghosts are so inconvenient—especially grumpy ones with bad breath. Don’t they know silence is golden?

Johnny Strong is the expert; he hasn’t spoken in two years. Not one word to anyone except the ghost. The main purpose of life is to avoid people and not get noticed. Friends? He doesn’t need them; and certainly nobody wants him despite what the ghost says.

Until a new boy appears at Windybank—Finn Lyons, teenage wizard. He eats frogs, concocts potions, and is always hungry. Not only does Finn stand up for Johnny; he actively seeks his company and soon becomes part of life.
First love; family and words; a heady mix to go in the potion but how will it all turn out?

Hubble bubble; Johnny Strong’s in trouble! Silence is not always golden in this sweet, zany story of the purest magic at Christmas.

Well, none of my last few noms have won the poll, but I'm going to have another go with some new things!

The Gilded Wolves is one I've got on my to-read pile. It sounds a bit heisty, a bit Leverage, a bit Six of Crows, plenty of diversity, found family, and an interesting sounding historical setting. It's YA, but the upper bracket of the age range, according to reviews on the book page.

Also on the pile is Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Graphic Novel: A Modern Retelling of Little Women! It's aimed more at the middle grade level than older teens. It's a graphic novel-style retelling of the Marches as a multiracial family in the modern world. The line-art is simple and easy to follow, and I think it'd be a nice, light read for people (like me!) who have a soft spot for kidlit a hundred years old written by probably-queer authors.

Even when they don't win, being nominated maybe gets more readers to take a look at our favorites or potential new favorites, so I figure it's always worth a shot.

Kaje wrote: "Even when they don't win, being nominated maybe gets more readers to take a look at our favorites or potential new favorites, so I figure it's always worth a shot."

Oh, yes, I know, I just figure after two or three times noming Santa Olivia, it's time to move on to something else, as much as I love it and want to give it to everyone. :) Also, The Brightsiders always seems to be bridesmaid, so, I'm choosing other things from my pile. I'll read that one on my own.

Nominations are now closed -

Poll is up here: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...
Vote through Aug 7th