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The Boy from the Mish by Gary Lonesborough

The Boy from the Mish by Gary Lonesborough

It’s a hot summer, and life’s going all right for Jackson and his family on the Mish. It’s almost Christmas, school’s out, and he’s hanging with his mates, teasing the visiting tourists, avoiding the racist boys in town. Just like every year, Jackson’s Aunty and annoying little cousins visit from the city – but this time a mysterious boy with a troubled past comes with them… As their friendship evolves, Jackson must confront the changing shapes of his relationships with his friends, family and community. And he must face his darkest secret – a secret he thought he’d locked away for good

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Racism & racial slurs
Homomisia, internalised homomisia & homomisic slurs
Coming out themes
Outing
Parental abandonment
Physical child abuse recounted
Domestic violence recounted
Alcohol consumption
Recreational drug use
Emesis
Minor physical injuries, including broken bones & snake bite
Police violence & racial profiling
Incarceration

Fin and Rye and Fireflies by Harry Cook

Fin & Rye & Fireflies by Harry Cook

Then, only a few days later, Fin’s world is turned upside down – and not in a good head-over-heels-in-love way – when Jesse cruelly outs him. An event which ultimately leads to his family leaving town.

But a fresh start isn’t going to change the truth of who Fin is. And it’s not going to stop his sexuality causing everyone all sorts of problems. Everyone, that is, apart from his new best friend Poppy, her girlfriend-in-waiting June, and his new crush Rye… So, while Fin and Rye are enjoying some seriously intimate moonlit moments together, Fin’s parents decide to pack him off to the local ReSouled ‘therapy camp’.

It’s a nightmare – and there’s no easy way out.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Homomisia
Transmisia
Conversion therapy
Anxiety & anxiety attacks
Alcohol consumption

Boy Queen by George Lester

Boy Queen by George Lester

While his friends prepare to head off to university, Robin is looking at a pile of rejection letters from drama schools up and down the country, and facing a future without the people he loves the most. Everything seems like it’s ending, and Robin is scrabbling to find his feet.

Unsure about what to do next and whether he has the talent to follow his dreams, he and his best friends go and drown their sorrows at a local drag show, where Robin realises there might be a different, more sequinned path for him . . .

With a mother who won’t stop talking, a boyfriend who won’t acknowledge him and a best friend who is dying to cover him in glitter make up, there’s only one thing for Robin to do: bring it to the runway.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Homomisia & homomisic slurs
Hate crimes
Physical assault

The Sky Blues by Robbie Couch

The Sky Blues by Robbie Couch

Sky Baker may be openly gay, but in his small, insular town, making sure he was invisible has always been easier than being himself. Determined not to let anything ruin his senior year, Sky decides to make a splash at his high school’s annual beach bum party by asking his crush, Ali, to prom—and he has thirty days to do it.

What better way to start living loud and proud than by pulling off the gayest promposal Rock Ledge, Michigan, has ever seen?

Then, Sky’s plans are leaked by an anonymous hacker in a deeply homophobic e-blast that quickly goes viral. He’s fully prepared to drop out and skip town altogether… Read more

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Homomisia & homomisic slurs
Racism & racial slurs
Emesis
Death of a parent recounted
Car accident
Bullying

Yesterday Is History by Kosoko Jackson

Yesterday Is History by Kosoko Jackson

Weeks ago, Andre Cobb received a much-needed liver transplant.

He’s ready for his life to finally begin, until one night, when he passes out and wakes up somewhere totally unexpected…in 1969, where he connects with a magnetic boy named Michael.

And then, just as suddenly as he arrived, he slips back to present-day Boston, where the family of his donor is waiting to explain that his new liver came with a side effect—the ability to time travel. And they’ve tasked their youngest son, Blake, with teaching Andre how to use his unexpected new gift… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Homomisia
Racism discussed
Familial estrangement
Alcohol consumption
Physical injury
Hospitalisation
Organ transplants & surgery mentioned
Terminal cancer

Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano

Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano

One summer morning, twelve-year-old Edward Adler, his beloved older brother, his parents, and 183 other passengers board a flight in Newark headed for Los Angeles. Among them is a Wall Street wunderkind, a young woman coming to terms with an unexpected pregnancy, an injured vet returning from Afghanistan, a septuagenarian business tycoon, and a free-spirited woman running away from her controlling husband. And then, tragically, the plane crashes. Edward is the sole survivor.

Edward’s story captures the attention of the nation, but he struggles to find a place for himself in a world without his family. He continues to feel that a piece of him has been left in the sky, forever tied to the plane and… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Homomisic slurs
Miscarriage
Grief & loss depiction
Plane crash

The Lamentation of Their Women by Kai Ashante Wilson

The Lamentation of Their Women by Kai Ashante Wilson

In Kai Ashante Wilson’s The Lamentation of Their Women, the Prince of Darkness selects a young woman from the Bronx as his chief lieutenant.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Homomisia & homomisic language
Blood & gore depiction

The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Ashante Wilson

The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Ashante Wilson

Since leaving his homeland, the earthbound demigod Demane has been labeled a sorcerer. With his ancestors’ artifacts in hand, the Sorcerer follows the Captain, a beautiful man with song for a voice and hair that drinks the sunlight.

The two of them are the descendants of the gods who abandoned the Earth for Heaven, and they will need all the gifts those divine ancestors left to them to keep their caravan brothers alive.

The one safe road between the northern oasis and southern kingdom is stalked by a necromantic terror. Demane may have to master his wild powers and trade humanity for godhood if he is to keep his brothers and his beloved captain alive.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Slavery
Homomisia
Child abuse
Blood & gore depiction
Body horror

What They Always Tell Us by Martin Wilson

What They Always Tell Us by Martin Wilson

James and Alex have barely anything in common anymore—least of all their experiences in high school, where James is a popular senior and Alex is suddenly an outcast. But at home, there is Henry, the precocious 10-year-old across the street, who eagerly befriends them both. And when Alex takes up running, there is James’s friend Nathen, who unites the brothers in moving and unexpected ways.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Racism
Homomisia & homomisic slurs
Attempted suicide
Car accident

We Now Return to Regular Life by Martin Wilson

We Now Return to Regular Life by Martin Wilson

Sam Walsh had been missing for three years. His older sister, Beth, thought he was dead. His childhood friend Josh thought it was all his fault. They were the last two people to see him alive.

Until now. Because Sam has been found, and he’s coming home. Beth desperately wants to understand what happened to her brother, but her family refuses to talk about it—even though Sam is clearly still affected by the abuse he faced at the hands of his captor.

And as Sam starts to confide in Josh about his past, Josh can’t admit the truths he’s hidden deep within himself: that he’s gay…. Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Homomisia & homomisic slurs
Child sexual abuse recounted
Kidnapping
Disappearance of a child