Independent Reading Suggested Books for Claiming Our Place: LGBTQ+ Experiences in the United States (2021)
Fiction Texts with Aligned Themes and Topics
- Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher (620L) **
- Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence by Marion Dane Bauer (760L)
- Between Mom and Jo by Julie Anne Peters
- Ciel by Sophie LaBelle (720L)
- Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender **
- From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun by Jacqueline Woodson
- Growing Up Gay/Growing Up Lesbian: A Literary Anthology by Bennett L. Singer
- King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender (830L)
- Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian
- The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta **
- The House You Pass on the Way by Jacqueline Woodson (690L)
- The Moon Within by Aida Salazar
- The Other Boy by M. G. Hennessey
- You Should See Me In a Crown by Leah Johnson (880L)
Non-Fiction Texts with Aligned Themes and Topics
- A Queer History of the United States for Young People by Michael Bronski (1140L)
- All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir - Manifesto by George M. Johnson (890L)
- Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin (600L)
- Gender Queer: A Memoir by Mai Kobabe
- Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned by Judd Winick (520L)
- The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle by Lillian Faderman
- Troublemaker for Justice: The Story of Bayard Rustin the Man Behind the March on Washington by Jacqueline Houtman, Walter Naegle, and Micheal G. Long (1170L)
* lower Lexile or qualitative measures than core text.
** higher Lexile or qualitative measures than core text.
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