Bill Konigsberg
1) The bridge
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Aaron is a gay misfit struggling with depression and loneliness. Tillie isn't sure what her problem is, only that she will never be good enough. They arrive at the George Washington Bridge at the same time. There are four things that could happen: Aaron jumps and Tillie doesn't. Tillie jumps and Aaron doesn't. They both jump. Neither of them jumps. Or maybe all four things happen...
2) Honestly Ben
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HL 660L
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Ben Carver returns for the spring semester at the exclusive Natick School in Massachusetts determined to put his relationship with Rafe Goldberg behind him and concentrate on his grades and the award that will mean a full scholarship--but Rafe is still there, there is a girl named Hannah whom he meets in the library, and behind it all is his relationship with his distant, but demanding father.
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It's 1987 in New York City, and Micah is at a dance club, trying to pretend he's more out and outgoing than he really is. C.J. isn't just out--he's complete out there, and Micah can't help but be both attracted to and afraid of someone who travels so loudly and proudly through the night. A connection occurs. Is it friendship? Romance? Is C.J. the one with all the answers... or does Micah bring more to the relationship that it first seems? As their...
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"It is summer in Phoenix, and seventeen-year-old Maximo offers to help Jordan, a fellow student in high school, with the food truck that belonged to Jordan's deceased father, and which may be the only thing standing between homelessness for Jordan and his mom; the boys are strongly attracted to each other, but as their romance develops, it is threatened by the secrets they are hiding--and by the racism and homophobia of those around them."--
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HL 670L
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"Carson Smith isn't thrilled to be spending the summer with her estranged dad in Billings, Montana. But then he beets Aisha Stinson, the most beautiful girl he's ever seen. And the smartest. And the funniest. They connect like he never has with anyone...Also she's a lesbian. So there's that. Carson's dad is still bitter about the disappearance of his dad more than thirty years earlier. When Carson and Aisha discover a box full of cards from his grandfather,...
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The award-winning novel about being out, being proud, and being ready for something else. Pre-order the companion novel Honestly Ben now (out 3/28/17)!
Rafe is a normal teenager from Boulder, Colorado. He plays soccer. He's won skiing prizes. He likes to write.
And, oh yeah, he's gay. He's been out since 8th grade, and he isn't teased, and he goes to other high schools and talks about tolerance and stuff. And while that's important, all Rafe really...
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SINCERAMENTE BEN, LA SECUELA DE ABIERTAMENTE HETERO.
Tras las vacaciones de Navidad, Ben regresa al internado Natick e intenta hacer vida normal. Todo parece ir bien: acaban de elegirlo capitán del equipo de béisbol, le han dado una beca, conoce a una chica interesante y, sobre todo, está convencido de que ha dejado atrás lo que sucedió con Rafe.
Sin embargo, la presión por ser perfecto empieza a hacer mella en él. Además, su familia tiene...
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PARA TODO EL QUE HAYA DESEADO QUE ALGUIEN TE VEA, TE COMPRENDA Y TE QUIERA TAL Y COMO ERES...
Rafe tiene pensado pasar las vacaciones de Navidad en su casa de Colorado, lamentándose por lo que casi ocurre pero no ocurrió con Ben; pero su mejor amiga, Claire Olivia, tiene planes para él. Mientras tanto, Ben está pasando las Navidades en la granja de su familia en Nuevo Hampshire, y no se siente precisamente feliz.
Un relato solo en formato digital...
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Rafe está harto. Desde que salió del armario con sus padres y en el instituto, para muchos no es más que "el chico gay" del pueblo. Quiere empezar de nuevo y la Academia Natick, un colegio privado masculino donde enseguida encaja con los más deportistas, parece el lugar perfecto para reinventarse sin mencionar ese detalle.
Pero todo tiene un precio y, cuanta más amistad hace Rafe con sus compañeros, más difícil le es ocultarse sin mentir....
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Max und Jordan haben nicht viel miteinander zu tun. Während Max Sport und Videospiele liebt und gern mit seinen Jungs abhängt, ist Jordan eher introvertiert, schreibt Gedichte und trifft sich mit seinen beiden besten Freundinnen in der Mall. Erst, als sie gemeinsam im alten Food-Truck von Jordans Vater arbeiten, lernen sie sich besser kennen. Und ganz langsam merken die beiden, dass zwischen ihnen vielleicht mehr ist als bloß Freundschaft ...
11) Together, apart
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Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 730L
Physical Desc
268 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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A collection of original contemporary love stories set during life in lockdown by some of today's most popular YA authors.
A collection of teenage love stories set during life in lockdown during the COVID-19 epidemic. There's flirting and romance through window signs and over Skype and Zoom. There's a determined girl with a mask-making business, and two boys who meet through socially distant dog-walks. It's about finding love in unexpected place...