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After being brutally raped, Grady finally goes to a new high school where he meets an outgoing African American and several other students who try to help him deal with the horrible secret that is rob

Anorexia nervosa, fiction, High schools, Homosexuality, Race relations

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Talk

Kathe Koja

Hoping to escape from himself for awhile, Kit auditions for a controversial school play and discovers his talent for acting, struggles with coming out, and both he and his costar face crises in their

Coming out (Sexual orientation), fiction, Homosexuality, School stories, Schools

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Boy Girl Boy

Ronald Koertge

Three troubled high school seniors, who plan to run away together from Illinois to California after graduation, try to figure out who they are and who they want to be.

fiction, Friendship, Homosexuality, Self-perception

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Absolutely, Positively Not

David LaRochelle

Chronicles a teenage boy's humorous attempts to fit in at his Minnesota high school by becoming a macho, girl-loving, "Playboy" pinup-displaying heterosexual.

Coming out (Sexual orientation), Conformity, fiction, High schools, Homosexuality

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Far From Xanadu

Julie Anne Peters

In a small Kansas town, sixteen-year-old Mary-Elizabeth "Mike" Szabo tries to come to terms with her father's suicide and her own homosexuality.

Family problems, fiction, Grief, Homosexuality, Interpersonal relations

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The Order of the Poison Oak

Brent Hartinger

Sixteen-year-old Russel, having endured the antagonism of his classmates since admitting he is homosexual, decides to take a counselor job at a summer camp for burn victims, but finds ten-year-old boy

Burns and scalds, Camp counselors, Camps, fiction, Homosexuality

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Boy Meets Boy

David Levithan

Paul's simple high-school life is confused by his desire for another boy who seems unattainable, until Paul's friends help him find the courage to pursue him.

Bildungsromans, fiction, Homosexuality

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Rainbow High

Alex Sanchez

Gay friends Nelson, Kyle, and Jason, nearing the end of their high school days, struggle with issues of coming out, safe sex, homophobia, being in love, and college choices.

Coming out (Sexual orientation), fiction, High schools, Homosexuality, Interpersonal relations

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Rainbow Road

Alex Sanchez

While driving across the United States during the summer after high school graduation, three young gay men encounter various bisexual and homosexual people and make some decisions about their own rela

Automobile travel, fiction, Homosexuality, Interpersonal relations, Vacations

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Rainbow Boys

Alex Sanchez

Three high school seniors, a jock with a girlfriend and an alcoholic father, a closeted gay, and a flamboyant gay rights advocate, struggle with family issues, gay bashers, first sex, and conflicting

Alcoholism, Coming out (Sexual orientation), fiction, High schools, Homosexuality

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