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By Zevin Gabrielle
Simplified Chinese edition of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
By Tegan Quin, Sara Quin
From indie-pop twin-sister duo Tegan and Sara comes their bestselling contemporary middle grade graphic novel about growing up, coming out, and finding yourself through music and sisterhood―perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier's Sisters and Sweet Valley Twins.Before Tegan and Sara took the music world by storm, the Quins were just two identical twins trying to find their place in a new home and new school. From first crushes to the perils of puberty, surviving junior high is something the sisters plan to face side by side, just like they've always faced things. But growing up also means growing apart, as Tegan and Sara make different friends and take separate paths to understanding their queerness. For the first time ever, they ask who one sister is without the other.Set in the present day, this effervescent blend of fiction and autobiography, with artwork from Eisner Award–winner Tillie Walden, offers a glimpse at the twin sisters before they became indie-pop icons, exploring their shifting relationship, their own experiences coming out, and the first steps of their musical journey.A prequel of sorts to the authors' bestselling adult memoir High School, now an 8-episode Freevee television series!
By Laurence O'Keefe, Kevin Murphy
2014 Lucille Lortel Award NominationsOutstanding Choreographer Marguerite DerricksOutstanding Lead Actress in a Musical Barrett Wilbert Weed2014 Drama Desk Awards NominationsOutstanding Actress in a Musical Barrett Wilbert WeedOutstanding Music Kevin Murphy and Laurence O'Keefe2014 Off Broadway Alliance Awards NominationBest New MusicalHeathers The Musical is the darkly delicious story of Veronica Sawyer a brainy beautiful teenage misfit who hustles her way into the most powerful and ruthless clique at Westerberg High: the Heathers. But before she can get comfortable atop the high school food chain Veronica falls in love with the dangerously sexy new kid J.D. When Heather Chandler the Almighty kicks her out of the group Veronica decides to bite the bullet and kiss Heather's aerobicized ass... but J.D. has another plan for that bullet.Brought to you by the award-winning creative team of Kevin Murphy (Reefer Madness "Desperate Housewives") Laurence O'Keefe (Bat Boy Legally Blonde) and Andy Fickman (Reefer Madness She's the Man). Heathers The Musical is a hilarious heartfelt and homicidal new show based on the greatest teen comedy of all time. With its moving love story laugh-out-loud comedy and unflinching look at the joys and anguish of high school Heathers will be New York's most popular new musical. Are you in or are you out?
By One Direction
Shares the story of five boys who entered X Factor as solo acts, became friends and formed a boy band, eventually winning the recording contract, in a book with unseen photographs, backstage footage, and personal memories.
By Tegan Quin, Sara Quin
High School is the revelatory and unique coming-of-age story of Sara and Tegan Quin, identical twins from Calgary, Alberta, growing up in the height of grunge and rave culture in the 90s, well before they became the celebrated musicians and global LGBTQ icons we know today. While grappling with their identity and sexuality, often alone, they also faced academic meltdown, their parents' divorce, and the looming pressure of what might come after high school. Written in alternating chapters from both Tegan's point of view and Sara's, the book is a raw account of the drugs, alcohol, love, music and friendship they explored in their formative years. A transcendent story of first loves and first songs, it captures the tangle of discordant and parallel memories of two sisters who grew up in distinct ways even as they lived just down the hall from one another. This is the origin story of Tegan and Sara.
By David Levithan
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • STONEWALL HONOR BOOK • LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST"You have to read this.” —Rainbow Rowell, bestselling author of Eleanor & Park and Carry OnFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Every Day, this love story of shared humanity and history Hypable calls "an interconnecting web that will leave you emotionally exhausted and absolutely thrilled to have read something so beautiful and unique."Based on true events—and narrated by a Greek Chorus of the generation of gay men lost to AIDS—Two Boys Kissing follows Harry and Craig, two seventeen-year-olds who are about to take part in a 32-hour marathon of kissing to set a new Guinness World Record. While the two increasingly dehydrated and sleep-deprived boys are locking lips, they become a focal point in the lives of other teens dealing with universal questions of love, identity, and belonging.
By Lyla Lee
Diverse book recommended by The Today Show * A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year * Bank Street Best Book of the Year * YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults * ALA’s Rainbow Book List Top 10 for Teen ReadersThe world of K-Pop has never met a star like this. Debut author Lyla Lee delivers a deliciously fun, thoughtful rom-com celebrating confidence and body positivity—perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Julie Murphy.Skye Shin has heard it all. Fat girls shouldn’t dance. Wear bright colors. Shouldn’t call attention to themselves. But Skye dreams of joining the glittering world of K-Pop, and to do that, she’s about to break all the rules that society, the media, and even her own mother, have set for girls like her.She’ll challenge thousands of other performers in an internationally televised competition looking for the next K-pop star, and she’ll do it better than anyone else.When Skye nails her audition, she’s immediately swept into a whirlwind of countless practices, shocking performances, and the drama that comes with reality TV. What she doesn’t count on are the highly fat-phobic beauty standards of the Korean pop entertainment industry, her sudden media fame and scrutiny, or the sparks that soon fly with her fellow competitor, Henry Cho.But Skye has her sights on becoming the world’s first plus-sized K-pop star, and that means winning the competition—without losing herself.
By illustraice
As A Janitor Working At One Of Silicon Valley's Most Prestigious Health Tech Companies, Alfie Is Used To-and Prefers-cleaning The Stage Before The Real Stars Come Out. Such Is The Life Of A Trusty Background Character Amongst The Main Leads, Jasmine Liu And Dean Tran, The Elusive Pair Of Young Ceos Running Helios. Jasmine And Dean Lead Seemingly Perfect Lives; Stanford Graduates, Valedictorians, Ceos, Forbes 30-under-30 Types And Of Course, Long-time Lovers.but A Perk Of Fading Into The Background Allows Him All The Time In The World To See How Everything Truly Runs Backstage. Which Is Why He's Shocked To Accidentally Overhear The One Apparent Flaw In Jasmine And Dean's Lives: That They're Struggling To Get Their 'third In Their Life', Their 'baby'. Certain About Their Struggle To Create A Proverbial Hatchling In The Family Nest, A Sympathetic Alfie Boldly Offers Help In Any Way He Can. After All, His Mom Is A Nurse And He's Happy To Pass Any Advice Along.to His Surprise, The Pair Agree To His Help. Suddenly, Jasmine And Dean Are Everywhere, Inviting Him To Their Offices, Sending Small Gifts His Way (in Gratitude?) And Alfie Is Running Around Compiling Fertility Tips In A Binder Like It's Nobody's Business.if Only He Could Actually Properly Share Them With The Pair, Considering Dean And Jasmine Seem Intent On Having These Advice Meetings With Him During Distracting Candlelit Dinners, Sunset Strolls And Truly Tender Homecooking Sessions. Wait, Is This What Normally Happens When A Background Character Gets Dragged Onto The Center Stage?
By Julie Murphy
Return to the beloved world of Julie Murphy’s #1 New York Times bestselling Dumplin’—now a popular Netflix feature film starring Jennifer Aniston—in this fabulously joyful, final companion novel about drag, prom, and embracing your inner Queen.Waylon Russell Brewer is a fat, openly gay boy stuck in the small West Texas town of Clover City. His plan is to bide his time until he can graduate, move to Austin with his twin sister, Clementine, and finally go Full Waylon so that he can live his Julie-the-hills-are-alive-with-the-sound-of-music-Andrews truth.So when Clementine deviates from their master plan right after Waylon gets dumped, he throws caution to the wind and creates an audition tape for his favorite TV drag show, Fiercest of Them All. What he doesn’t count on is the tape getting accidentally shared with the entire school. . . . As a result, Waylon is nominated for prom queen as a joke. Clem’s girlfriend, Hannah Perez, also receives a joke nomination for prom king.Waylon and Hannah decide there’s only one thing to do: run—and leave high school with a bang. A very glittery bang. Along the way, Waylon discovers that there is a lot more to running for prom court than campaign posters and plastic crowns, especially when he has to spend so much time with the very cute and infuriating prom king nominee Tucker Watson.Waylon will need to learn that the best plan for tomorrow is living for today . . . especially with the help of some fellow queens. . . .
By Jake Maia Arlow
In this Stonewall Honor book, a week-long amusement park road trip becomes a true roller coaster of emotion when Dalia realizes she has more-than-friend feelings for her new bestie.A Stonewall Honor BookCover may vary."Dalia’s journey to self-discovery is refreshingly honest, and this entire cast of characters will steal your heart.” – Maulik Pancholy, actor and Stonewall Honor-winning author of The Best At ItWould-be amusement park aficionado Dalia only has two items on her summer bucket list: (1) finally ride a roller coaster and (2) figure out how to make a new best friend. But when her dad suddenly announces that he's engaged, Dalia's schemes come to a screeching halt. WithDalia's future stepsister Alexa heading back to college soon, the grown-ups want the girls to spend the last weeks of summer bonding--meaning Alexa has to cancel the amusement park road trip she's been planning for months. Luckily Dalia comes up with a new plan: If she joins Alexa on her trip and brings Rani, the new girl from her swim team, along maybe she can have the perfect summer after all. But what starts out as a week of funnel cakes and Lazy River rides goes off the rails when Dalia discovers that Alexa's girlfriend is joining the trip. And keeping Alexa's secret makes Dalia realize one of her own: She might have more-than-friend feelings for Rani.