The Year of the Book: Anna Wang

Genesis Begins Again

The Sweet, Terrible, Glorious Year I Truly, Completely Lost It

Nubby's Story (The Dodo)

Love’S Complete: A Russian Adoption Journey

Bass Ackwards and Belly Up

Part of Me: Stories of a Louisiana Family

Sing a Song of Tuna Fish: Hard-to-Swallow Stories from Fifth Grade

It's 1989 in New York City, and for three teens, the world is changing.

Reza is an Iranian boy who has just moved to the city with his mother to live with his stepfather and stepbrother. He's terrified that someone will guess the truth he can barely acknowledge about himself. Reza knows he's gay, but all he knows of gay life are the media's images of men dying of AIDS.

Judy is an aspiring fashion designer who worships her uncle Stephen, a gay man with AIDS who devotes his time to activism as a member of ACT UP. Judy has never imagined finding romance...until she falls for Reza and they start dating.

Art is Judy's best friend, their school's only out and proud teen. He'll never be who his conservative parents want him to be, so he rebels by documenting the AIDS crisis through his photographs.

As Reza and Art grow closer, Reza struggles to find a way out of his deception that won't break Judy's heart--and destroy the most meaningful friendship he's ever known.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

The Year of the Book: Anna Wang

Abigail Halpin, Andrea Cheng, 2012

Genesis Begins Again

Alicia D. Williams, 2019

The Sweet, Terrible, Glorious Year I Truly, Completely Lost It

Lisa Shanahan, 2006

Nubby's Story (The Dodo)

Aubre, rus, Aubre Andrus, 2020

Love’S Complete: A Russian Adoption Journey

Teresa Travous Hull, 2012

Bass Ackwards and Belly Up

Elizabeth Craft, Sarah Fain, 2006

Part of Me: Stories of a Louisiana Family

Kimberly Willis Holt, Kate Reading, 2006

Sing a Song of Tuna Fish: Hard-to-Swallow Stories from Fifth Grade

Esmé Raji Codell, Leuyen Pham, 2004