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The Windows and Mirrors of Your Child's Bookshelf | Grace Lin | TEDxNatick

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1- With a partner, visit the website linked below.
2- Review the resource of your choice
3- Add the link and share a few highlights worth sharing from the sight you reviewed.

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Review Resources

In the effort to add to your toolkit of wonderful resources to reference when looking for quality titles for your libraries, we have put many reputable resources all in one place for your ease of access.

For an extensive list, click on the ALA image to the right.

Multicultural Focus Sources

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In the effort to add to your toolkit of wonderful resources to reference when looking for quality titles for your libraries, we have put many reputable resources all in one place for your ease of access. For an extensive list, click on the ALA image to the right.

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I chose Diversity in YA.

I loved that it would share new lists of books that most have not thought of. I try to keep current of YA Lit but had not thought of many of the categories.

Simply reviewing these lists would help educators became more aware of the need to become more in tune with the differences in the student populations and the need for representation in what they read.

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Following up on my post last month, "Gay Without the Gay Angst: 12 Books About Gay/Bi/Queer Boys", here is a list of 10 books about lesbian/bisexual/queer girls without a lot of coming-out angst.

If you're looking for a complete lack of coming-out angst, it's better to stick to the fantasy and science fiction; the realistic titles listed below do address coming out, though with much less angst than in some older titles. Also note that these titles are not all happily-ever-after romances; characters do face challenges and relationships may be full of conflict, but the conflicts and challenges are not primarily due to homophobia.

Admittedly, I found it more difficult to find books about queer girls that don't contain a lot of coming-out angst. This may be because fewer books about queer girls are published in general. All I know is: We need more of them.
Fantasy and Science Fiction

Realistic Fiction

By Malinda Lo

Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan - now available

No One Needs to Know by Amanda Grace (Flux) - now available

Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour - now available

Lies My Girlfriend Told Me by Julie Anne Peters - now available; Peters has written many YA books about lesbian/bisexual girls with varying amounts of gay angst

Far From You by Tess Sharpe - now available

Love in the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block - now available; also has a companion novel, The Island of Excess Love

Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis - now available

Radiant Days by Elizabeth Hand - now available

Huntress by Malinda Lo - now available; Lo's other books (Ash, Adaptation andInheritance) also feature queer girls without the gay angst

Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld - now available

Fantasy & Science Fiction

The Bane Chronicles by Cassandra Clare, Maureen Johnson, and Sarah Rees Brennan - Coming Nov. 11, 2014 in hardcover; features Magnus Bane from Cassandra Clare's Shadowhunters series

Proxy and Guardian by Alex London - a science fiction/dystopian duology available now

Masks: Rise of Heroes by Hayden Thorne - a superhero trilogy available now

The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater - the second book in the Raven Cycle, available now

Witch Eyes by Scott Tracey - an urban fantasy trilogy available now

Coda by Emma Trevayne - available now; has a companion novel, Chorus

Realistic Fiction

Thanks to everyone on Twitter who helped me out with recommendations! I'll post a similar list about lesbian, bisexual, and queer teen girls in the near future.

One Man Guy by Michael Barakiva - now available

Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg - now available

Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan - now available; Levithan's Boy Meets Boy is also a classic of the no-gay-angst type

M or F? by Lisa Papademetriou and Chris Tebbetts - now available

Boyfriends With Girlfriends by Alex Sanchez - now available; Sanchez's Rainbow Boys trilogy begins with some coming-out issues, but subsequent books move past that aspect of being gay

Fan Art by Sarah Tregay - now available

Last week when I visited a high school in Seattle, a student asked me for recommendations of YA books about gay boys who didn't have to struggle with a lot of coming-out angst. While coming out can certainly be a struggle (mine was!), I completely understand and sympathize with those who want to read books about gay main characters where they can simply be the main characters without facing a ton of homophobia. For a gay reader especially, encountering a large amount of homophobia in a novel might feel realistic and it might make them feel less alone in the world, but it can also feel like an assault on your own identity.

That's why I've put together this list of a dozen YA books in which the main character is a gay, bisexual, or queer boy, but the story is not necessarily about their sexual orientation. Six are fantasy/science fiction, and six are contemporary realistic fiction. If you're looking for a complete lack of coming-out angst, it's better to stick to the fantasy and science fiction; the realistic titles listed below do address coming out, though with much less angst than in some older titles.

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Following up on my post last month, "Gay Without the Gay Angst: 12 Books About Gay/Bi/Queer Boys", here is a list of 10 books about lesbian/bisexual/queer girls without a lot of coming-out angst.

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iBbY (International Board On Books for Young People)

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iBbY (International Board On Books for Young People)

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https://www.ibby.org/awards-activities/activities/ibby-collection-for-young-people-with-disabilities/2023-ibby-selection-of-outstanding-books-for-young-people-with-disabilities

This source provides books that are accessible and it also provides a list of books that portray characters with disabilities

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Books using different systems and designs can help make reading accessible for everyone. These may include braille, sign language, large print, non-verbal communication systems or tactile formats. It can also include easy-to-read books with simplified age-appropriate concepts and shorter texts that are specifically written for young people with intellectual, developmental, neurodivergent or learning disabilities.

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2023 IBBY Selection of Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities

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Books using different systems and designs can help make reading accessible for everyone. These may include braille, sign language, large print, non-verbal communication systems or tactile formats. It can also include easy-to-read books with simplified age-appropriate concepts and shorter texts that are specifically written for young people with intellectual, developmental, neurodivergent or learning disabilities.

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I looked at the Picture Books through the World and checked out the children's books in Indian languages.

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I looked at the Picture Books through the World and checked out the children's books in Indian languages.

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I totally agree with you about authenticity!