YA LGBT Books discussion

In this thread please nominate books with LBTQIAPPA+ main character(s) that are suitable for an under-18 audience and not a previous selection.

Check our past Book of the Month shelf for books we have already read and discussed : https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

We will close nominations when there are 8 books nominated or Midnight Sept 29th.

Nominations are now closed.

Poll is now up. https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Vote through Oct 5th

Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee

Welcome to Andover… where superpowers are common, but internships are complicated. Just ask high school nobody, Jessica Tran. Despite her heroic lineage, Jess is resigned to a life without superpowers and is merely looking to beef-up her college applications when she stumbles upon the perfect (paid!) internship—only it turns out to be for the town’s most heinous supervillain. On the upside, she gets to work with her longtime secret crush, Abby, who Jess thinks may have a secret of her own. Then there’s the budding attraction to her fellow intern, the mysterious “M,” who never seems to be in the same place as Abby. But what starts as a fun way to spite her superhero parents takes a sudden and dangerous turn when she uncovers a plot larger than heroes and villains altogether.

Golden Boy by Abigail Tarttelin



To the outside world, Max Walker is a golden boy: a loving son and brother, the perfect student, captain of the football team and every girl's dream boyfriend. But Max was born intersex - neither fully boy nor fully girl. Now something terrible has happened to him, the consequences of which have left him questioning his true identity. Can the people around him - his girlfriend, his classmates, his ambitious parents - accept him for who he is? Or will Max's secret life tear his world apart?

**I know that Golden Boy was a previous BotM several years ago, but it got almost no discussion at the time, so I told Rainbowheart it was okay to nominate it again. Most of the group joined us after that time anyway.**

Trigger warnings for rape and gender dysphoria with this one.

Nominations are now closed.

Poll is now up. https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Vote through Oct 5th

Not Your Sidekick is so cute. I loved it.

Good to hear. I enjoyed her other book. Right now the voting is just about even - we might end up with both.