The Meaning of Birds They Both Die at the End by Jaye Robin Brown by Adam Silvera YA FIC BRO YA FIC SIL YA During her sophomore year, Jessica develops a rela- In a near-future New York City where a service alerts tionship with Vivi which helps her deal with the anger people on the day they will die, teenagers Mateo Torrez she has felt since her father's death, only to be over- and Rufus Emeterio meet using the Last Friend app and whelmed again when Vivi dies during their senior year. are faced with the challenge of living a lifetime on their LGBTQ+ End Day. The Music of What Happens by Bill Konigsberg We Contain Multitudes YA FIC KON by Sarah Henstra It is summer in Phoenix, and seventeen-year-old Maxi- YA FIC HEN mo offers to help a Jordan, a fellow student in high As penpals for a high school English assignment, poetry- school, with the food truck that belonged to Jordan's loving sophomore Jonathan and popular-athlete senior deceased father, and which may be the only thing Adam explore their growing relationship through a series standing between homelessness for Jordan and his of letters. mom; the boys are strongly attracted to each other, but as their romance develops it is threatened by the What If It’s Us secrets they are hiding—and by the racism and homo- by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera phobia of those around them. YA FIC ALB

Only Mostly Devastated Told in two voices, when Arthur, a summer intern from by S. Gonzales Georgia, and Ben, a native New Yorker, meet it seems YA FIC GON like fate, but after three attempts at dating fail they won- When his aunt's illness keeps Ollie in North Carolina, he der if the universe is pushing them together or apart. hopes his summer fling with Will can grow into some- thing more, but at school Will proves to be a complete- ly different—and firmly closeted—man.

Something Like Gravity by Amber Smith YA FIC SMI After coming out as transgender, Chris is still processing a frightening assault he survived the year before, while Maia, grieving the loss of her older sister, is trying to find her place in the world, which makes falling in love the furthest thing on their minds—until it is not.

The State of Us by Shaun David Hutchinson YA FIC HUT Dean and Dre, the seventeen-year-old sons of the Re- publican and Democratic candidates for president of Springfield Free Public Library 66 Mountain Avenue the United States, fall in love on the sidelines of their Springfield, NJ 07081 parents' presidential campaigns SFPLNJ.ORG And She Was The Falling in Love Montage If I Was Your Girl by Jessica Verdi by Ciara Smyth by Meredith Russo YA FIC VER YA FIC SMY YA FIC RUS When Dara finds her birth certificate, she is puzzled to Saoirse doesn’t believe in love at first sight Amanda only wants to fit in at her new school, but she is find two strange names on it. When her mother reveals or happy endings. If they were real, her keeping a big secret, so when she falls for Grant, guarded that she is transgender and transitioned when Dara's mother would remember her name and Amanda finds herself yearning to share with him every- biological mother died, Dara is stunned and angry. She not be in a care home with early onset thing about herself, including her previous life as Andrew. sets off with her friend in search of the grandparents dementia. A condition that Saoirse may she never knew existed. one day turn out to have inherited. So I Wish You All the Best she’s not looking for a relationship. But by Mason Deaver As Far As You’ll Take Me after a chance encounter at a house party, Saoirse is about YA FIC DEA by Phil Stamper to break her own rules. For a girl with one blue freckle, an When Ben comes out to their parents YA FIC STA irresistible sense of mischief, and a passion for rom-coms. as nonbinary, they're thrown out and Marty Pierce leaves small-town Ken- forced to move in with their estranged tucky for London, hoping to explore Felix Ever After sister. Struggling with an anxiety disor- his sexuality and find work playing By Kacen Callender der compounded by their parents' re- oboe, but homesickness, anxiety, jection, Ben's attempts to survive senior and his dwindling savings worsen YA FIC CAL year unnoticed are thwarted when Na- even as his dreams are coming true. Felix Love, a transgender 17-year-old, attempts to get re- than decides to take Ben under his wing. venge by catfishing his anonymous bully, but lands in a qua- si-love triangle with his former enemy and his best friend. Be Dazzled Kings, Queens, and In-betweens by Ryan La Sala Georgia Peaches and Other Forbid- by Tanya Boteju YA FIC SAL YA FIC BOT Raffy is determined to win a cosplay competition that den Fruit After a bewildering encounter at her small town's sum- could lead to art school admission and respect for his by Jaye Robin Brown mer festival, biracial, queer Nima plunges into the world talent, but being paired with his main competitor, ex- YA FIC BRO of drag, where she has the chance to explore questions of boyfriend Luca, complicates things. When Jo Gordon and her evangelist fa- identity, acceptance, self-expression, and love. ther move to small-town Rome, Georgia, she hides her sexuality to fit in with her Camp new stepfamily until she falls for popular Last Night at the Telegraph Club by L.C. Rosen girl Mary Carlson, who proves to be the by Malinda Lo YA FIC ROS ultimate temptation. YA FIC LO Randy loves spending summer at When Lily realizes she has feelings for Camp Outland. It's where he fell How (Not) to Ask a Boy to Prom a girl in her math class, it threatens for Hudson—who's only into by S.J. Goslee Lily's oldest friendships and even her straight-acting guys. This year, YA FIC GOS father's citizenship status and eventu- Randy has reinvented himself as Nolan Grant has never had a boyfriend, or even been kissed. ally, Lily must decide if owning her 'Del'—buff, masculine—and is de- It's not like Penn Valley is brimming with prospects. And truth is worth everything she has ever termined to get Hudson to fall for when his big sister stages an elaborate “prom-posal” so No- known. him. But as he and Hudson grow closer, Randy has to lan can ask out his not-so-secret crush, Nolan freezes. He's ask himself how much is he willing to change for love. saved from further embarrassment by bad boy Bern, who, The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali for his own reasons, offers to fake-date Nolan. by Sabina Khan Cemetery Boys YA FIC KHA by Aiden Thomas Hot Dog Girl Rukhsana is looking forward to getting away from her YA FIC THO by Jennifer Dugan conservative Muslim parents' expectation that she will Yadriel, a trans boy, summons the angry spirit of his YA FIC DUG marry, especially since she is in love with her girlfriend high school's bad boy, and agrees to help him learn A lovesick Elouise Parker enlists the help of her best friend Ariana—but when her parents catch her kissing Ariana, how he died, thereby proving himself a brujo, not a and schemes to win the heart of her crush at their amuse- they whisk Rukhsana off to Bangladesh and a world of bruja, to his conservative family. ment park summer job, all while dressed as a hot dog. tradition and arranged marriages.