Cover Reveal – YA Pride

COVER + EXCERPT REVEAL: The Law of Inertia by S. Gonzales

By Daisy|2020-03-28T13:39:58-05:00July 18th, 2018|Categories: Archive, Cover Reveal|

We’re so excited to bring you the cover reveal for S. Gonzales’ The Law of Inertia AND a short excerpt from Chapter One! But first, here’s the blurb to give you a little idea of what the book is about: When James’s boyfriend died by suicide, a foster kid with a checkered past, no one asked too many questions. But to James, the so-called facts are just the first of many mysteries. And when the very person who can answer his questions goes missing, James wonders what else is being hidden. After all, innocent people don’t run. And [...]

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Cover Reveal: Screaming Down Splitsville by Kayla Bashe

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:41:09-05:00February 12th, 2016|Categories: Archive, Cover Reveal|Tags: disability, lesbian, Queer Girls|

Today we are thrilled to host the cover reveal of the upcoming F/F YA Screaming Down Splitsville by Kayla Bashe! Screaming Down Splitsville takes place in an alternate 1950s where two groups of people with magical powers fight for dominance. Flip, a young lesbian, thinks her healing powers are completely useless. After her escape from a lab, she's been grounded to a safe base, and while everyone else is on important missions, she keeps the fridge stocked and fixes the plumbing. However, when a chance coincidence sends her on a solo rescue mission, Flip has a surprising reunion with [...]

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Cover Reveal: THE OLIVE CONSPIRACY by Shira Glassman

By Nita|2020-03-28T13:41:09-05:00January 11th, 2016|Categories: Archive, Cover Reveal, Fun Things|Tags: bisexuality, jewish rep, shira glassman, Trans|

We're fans of Shira Glassman's books here at The Gay YA, and even bigger fans of the work she does promoting diverse LGBTQIA+ lit and her passion for representation. Today, we're revealing the cover for The Olive Conspiracy, the fourth book in the Mangoverse series! Here's some info from Shira about the book: The Olive Conspiracy is due out on July 20, 2016 from Prizm Books. It's part of the Mangoverse series but you don't have to read any of the other books first because I try my best to write my books as standalone adventures about the same family-of-choice. It's [...]

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Cover Reveal + Excerpt: Unicorn Tracks by Julia Ember

By Marilla|2020-03-28T13:41:14-05:00October 17th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Cover Reveal|Tags: Fantasy, Queer Girls|

We're so happy to be hosting the cover reveal for Julia Ember's debut novel Unicorn Tracks. Julia hosted the fantastic Queer YA Scrabble charity event this Summer, and Unicorn Tracks (coming from Harmony Ink Press, April 2016) sounds phenomenal! Along with the cover, we've also got an exclusive excerpt to share with ya'll. :) Read on! After a savage attack drives her from her home, sixteen-year-old Mnemba finds a place in her cousin Tumelo’s successful safari business, where she quickly excels as a guide. Surrounding herself with nature and the mystical animals inhabiting the savannah not only allows Mnemba’s [...]

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Cover Reveal + Interview: My Year Zero by Rachel Gold

By Marilla|2020-03-28T13:41:15-05:00October 13th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Interview, Cover Reveal|Tags: Bisexual, Jewish, lesbian, Mental Health|

We're big fans of Rachel Gold's first two books Being Emily and Just Girls... and today, we're thrilled to reveal the cover for her newest book My Year Zero! I am so SO excited to be hosting this cover reveal-- as I read My Year Zero I was filled with an overwhelming desire to make everyone ever in the whole history of ever read this book. Along with the cover reveal, I had the chance to interview Rachel. Below we discuss the diversity within the book, geek culture, narratives in LGBQTIA+ YA and more! I hope by the [...]

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Cover Reveal + Interview: Pride: Celebrating Diversity and Community by Robin Stevenson

By Marilla|2020-03-28T13:41:31-05:00August 6th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Interview, Cover Reveal|Tags: LGBTQIA, Middle Grade|

Pride: Celebrating Diversity and Community by Robin Stevenson is delving into an awesome new area—it's a Middle Grade nonfiction book about the history of Pride and Stonewall! It'll be coming out April 2016. Today, we're THRILLED to reveal the awesome cover of this awesome book. We also got to talk to the fantastic author herself about why this book needs to exist, what exactly is in it, and why you should be super excited for its release in April 2016! For LGBTQ people and their supporters, Pride events are an opportunity to honor the past, protest injustice and [...]

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Cover Reveal + Interview: Dagger by Steven dos Santos

By Marilla|2020-03-28T13:41:31-05:00August 4th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Interview, Cover Reveal|Tags: gay, Queer Guys|

We are big fans of Steven dos Santos's first series The Torch Keeper. Today, we are THRILLED to reveal the fantastic cover of his next book, Dagger. Dagger was turned down by an agent back in 2008 because it had a gay protagonist—now, it's finally being published! Along with revealing this fantastic new cover, we also got to talk to Steven about how it feels to have this book published, diversity in publishing, and why Dagger should be on your TBR come September. When Ultimate Evil engulfs the entire world, only Dagger can pierce the Darkness—even if the [...]

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Cover Reveal + Interview: Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley

By Marilla|2020-03-28T13:41:33-05:00June 24th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Interview, Cover Reveal|Tags: Bisexual, Black, Historical, PoC, Queer Girls|

We are HUGE fans of Robin Talley's debut novel Lies We Tell Ourselves. Today, we are THRILLED to reveal the gorgeous new cover that this fantastic book will soon be getting! We also got to talk to Robin Talley and her kick ass editor T.S. Ferguson about the cover redesign, representation, and Robin's forthcoming projects. Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley (Harlequin Teen, 2014) Lies We Tell Ourselves UK Version (MIRA Ink, 2014) In 1959 Virginia, the lives [...]

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Exclusive Cover Reveal + Interview: Lizard Radio by Pat Schmatz

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:42:06-05:00March 9th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Interview, Cover Reveal|Tags: Trans|

We're so happy to be revealing the cover of Pat Schmatz's newest novel, Lizard Radio! Lizard Radio will be released September 2015. I could go on for quite awhile about how excited I am for this book, but I think you'll experience the excitement yourself, as you learn more about this book, without any prompting. First, here is the newly released blurb! FEAST YOUR EYES. Lizard Radio by Pat Schmatz: Fifteen-year-old bender Kivali has had a rough time in a gender-rigid culture. Abandoned as a baby and raised by Sheila, an ardent nonconformist, Kivali has always been surrounded by uncertainty. Where [...]

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Cover Reveal Exclusive: The Tear Collectors by Billy Jolie

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:42:24-05:00November 16th, 2014|Categories: Archive, Author Interview, Cover Reveal|Tags: gay, Realistic|

We have the great happiness of hosting our first ever exclusive cover reveal for The Tear Collectors by Billy Jolie. The Tear Collectors is a self published YA novel featuring a gay teen! THE TEAR COLLECTORS is the story of three teenage misfits whose lives entangle over the course of one summer; where secrets revealed give way to an explosive finale of love, angst, and casualty. Changes that accompany divorce can be hard. For Farrah, she’s forced to spend the summer at Crystal Lake with her alcoholic mother, but this is just the beginning of her problems. As her new [...]

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