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New Releases: April 2015

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:42:01-05:00April 5th, 2015|Categories: Archive, New Releases|Tags: Bisexual, Fantasy, gay, graphic novel, New Adult, New Releases, Queer Girls, Queer Guys, Realistic, Representation, Trans|

April 2nd (USA) Weathering the Storm (Harmony Ink Press, 2015) Weathering the Storm by Caitlin Ricci -- (GAY) Goodreads Summary: "Robbie’s dad has always been hard on Robbie and his brothers, but when their mom dies on Robbie’s sixteenth birthday, he becomes downright abusive. Robbie doesn't understand why his dad is so mean to him or why his brothers resent him for their mom's accident, but he desperately tries to hide the bruises. On top of that, after his dad's horse training jobs run out, he moves them to Colorado to their uncle's ranch in the [...]

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Excerpt Tour: Simon VS the Homo Sapiens Agenda.

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:42:02-05:00March 26th, 2015|Categories: Archive, New Releases|Tags: gay, LGBTQIA, New Releases, Queer Guys, Realistic, Romance|

Here at GAY YA we are extremely excited about the upcoming SIMON VS. THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA by Becky Albertalli, and today we have the pleasure of featuring an excerpt from the book! Get excited because SIMON it's an amazing debut, and you do not want to miss it. No seriously, all that praise it has been getting online? Completely worth it and you need to check it ouuuut. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Balzer + Bray, 2015) But first, what is it about? Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the [...]

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New Releases: March 2015.

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:42:06-05:00March 9th, 2015|Categories: Archive, New Releases|Tags: Bisexual, gay, lesbian, LGBTQIA, New Adult, New Releases, PoC, Queer Girls, Queer Guys|

March 2nd (USA) Top 250 LGBTQ Books for Teens (Huron Street Press, 2015) Top 250 LGBTQ Books for Teens: Coming Out, Being Out, and the Search for Community by Michael Cart — (LGBTQAI+) Goodreads Summary: "A summary of the 250 best books for LGBTQ teens, written by experts on the subject and addressed to teen book buyers. Identifying titles that address the sensitive and important topics of coming out, being out, and the search for community, this catalog spotlights the best gay, lesbian, bi, transgender, and questioning books written for teens. The authors cover fiction of all [...]

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Author Interview: Steven Dos Santos

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:42:07-05:00February 19th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Interview|Tags: Dystopia, LGBTQIA, Queer Guys|

The Culling (Flux, 2013) Vee: Hello there Steven! Thank you so much for taking the time to talk with us. It's a pleasure to have you on the blog. To start off, can you tell us a little bit about yourself? Steven: Thanks for having me, Vee! I was born in the Big Apple to Portuguese & Dominican parents, but grew up in sunny South Florida, which I still currently call home (when I’m not calling it some not-so-nice words in the height of our steamy summers). I have a Journalism/Communications degree and also studied Motion Picture [...]

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New Releases: February 2015.

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:42:07-05:00February 4th, 2015|Categories: Archive, New Releases|Tags: Bisexual, gay, lesbian, Queer Girls, Queer Guys, Realistic|

February 5th (USA) Unspeakable (Atom, 2015) Unspeakable by Abbie Rushton -- (LESBIAN) Goodreads Summary: "Megan doesn't speak. She hasn't spoken in months. Pushing away the people she cares about is just a small price to pay. Because there are things locked inside Megan's head - things that are screaming to be heard - that she cannot, must not, let out. Then Jasmine starts at school: bubbly, beautiful, talkative Jasmine. And for reasons Megan can't quite understand, life starts to look a bit brighter. Megan would love to speak again, and it seems like Jasmine might be the answer. [...]

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Stonewall Book Award – 2015 Winners

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:42:07-05:00February 3rd, 2015|Categories: Archive|Tags: Middle Grade, Queer Girls, Queer Guys, Trans|

Each year the American Library Association (ALA) announces the Youth Media Awards given to outstanding children and young adult books (including audiobooks, videos and graphic novels). This year the awards were presented on Monday Feb 1st, in a ceremony in Chicago, USA. One of the awards presented was the Stonewall Book Award, which is granted to "English language books that have exceptional merit relating to the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender experience" (via ALA's website). This year the books recognized were: Stonewall Book Award -Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award WINNER This Day in June (Magination Press, 2014) “This [...]

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Author Interview: Danny M. Cohen

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:42:08-05:00January 27th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Interview|Tags: gay, Historical, New Releases, Queer Guys, Realistic|

Today we are talking with author Danny M. Cohen about his debut novel, TRAIN, which comes out today! Happy release day Danny! Train by Danny M. Cohen (Unsilence Project , 2015) About the book: TRAIN is a YA historical thriller with a particular focus on the Nazis’ persecution of homosexuals. This novel is self-published in partnership with Unsilence Project. “This thriller gives voice to the unheard victims of Nazism — the Roma, the disabled, homosexuals, intermarried Jews, and political enemies of the regime.” (via Danny Cohen's website) Over ten days in 1943 Berlin, six teenagers witness [...]

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New Releases: January 2015

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:42:19-05:00January 12th, 2015|Categories: Archive, New Releases|Tags: asexual, Bisexual, gay, lesbian, New Releases, Queer Girls, Queer Guys, Trans|

JANUARY 1ST (UK) The Art of Being Normal (David Fickling Books, 2015) The Art of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson -- (TRANS) Goodreads Summary: "Two boys. Two secrets. David Piper has always been an outsider. His parents think he’s gay. The school bully thinks he’s a freak. Only his two best friends know the real truth – David wants to be a girl. On the first day at his new school Leo Denton has one goal – to be invisible. Attracting the attention of the most beautiful girl in year eleven is definitely not part of that plan. When [...]

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Women In Love

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:42:20-05:00December 24th, 2014|Categories: Archive, Guest Blogs|Tags: Bisexual, lesbian, Queer Girls, Representation, Romance|

Make sure to check out the Twinja Book Reviews Diversity Month, where they feature interviews and guest posts from all sorts of great bloggers and authors-- it's happening now! I’m catching up on Orange Is the New Black as we speak. As a long-time Netflix basher, I finally caved in and became a subscriber. Even though I'd bought the first season on DVD, I couldn't wait to finally watch season two, to see all these interesting stories about women unfold. Orange is the New Black (Netflix series created by Jenji Kohan) I saw relationships end and start. [...]

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Orphan Blade by M. Nicholas Almand & Jake Myler: Review

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:42:20-05:00December 23rd, 2014|Categories: Archive, Book Review|Tags: Fantasy, gay, graphic novel, Horror, New Releases, Other Media, Queer Guys, Speculative|

“Orphan Blade is pretty gruesome,” the email warned. “You don’t have to review it if you’re not a fan of blood, gore, guts and monsters.” Nonsense! I thought blithely, cheerful and ready to accept whatever queer YA literature might grace my inbox for review. It’s a graphic novel. How gross can it be? As it turns out, gross enough to make me wince, flip through pages, and shiver with the kind of deep, primal disgust that comes with Jake Myler’s illustrations. Myler explore all the textural unpleasantries of skin – boils, scales, slime, and of course, what skin flaps in jagged shards [...]

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