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In 1969, when thirteen-year-old transgender runaway Flor and her new trans friend Tami try to make their way into the queer and trans community of New York City, they find themselves at the Stonewall Inn on a night that leads to a police raid and violence.
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Introduces readers to the pride movement, from its beginnings at the Stonewall Riots to the LGBTQ rights movement, the first pride parade, the creation of the rainbow flag, and legislation such as the Matthew Shephard Act and the 2015 Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage.
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Bedford Library: 2024-2025 MCBA Nominees
Massachusetts Children's Book Award Nominees 2024-2025 (4th-6th Grade)
Watertown Tween Pride Reading List 2024
Massachusetts Children's Book Award Nominees 2024-2025 (4th-6th Grade)
Watertown Tween Pride Reading List 2024
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"From the acclaimed actor and Stonewall Honor-winning author of The Best at It, Maulik Pancholy, comes a new middle grade novel about a gay Indian American boy who learns the power of using his voice. Thirteen-year-old Nikhil Shah is the beloved voice actor for Raj Reddy on the hit animated series Raj Reddy in Outer Space. But being a star on TV doesn't mean you have everything figured out behind the scenes. . . . When his mom temporarily moves them...
10) The best at it
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"Rahul Kapoor is heading into seventh grade in a small town in Indiana. The start of middle school is making him feel increasingly anxious, so his favorite person in the whole world, his grandfather Bhai, gives him some well-meaning advice: Find one thing you're really good at. And become the BEST at it. Those four little words sear themselves into Rahul's brain. While he's not quite sure what that special thing is, he is convinced that once he finds...
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Bedford Library: Pride Juvenile Fiction
Stonewall Book Awards - Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award
Watertown Children's Pride Reading List 2024
Stonewall Book Awards - Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award
Watertown Children's Pride Reading List 2024
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In the summer before middle school, eleven-year-old Bug must contend with best friend Moira suddenly caring about clothes, makeup, and boys; a ghost haunting; and the truth about Bug's gender identity.
It's the summer before middle school and eleven-year-old Bug's best friend Moira has decided the two of them need to use the next few months to prepare. For Moira, this means figuring out the right clothes to wear, learning how to put on makeup, and...
12) Hurricane child
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Bedford Library: Pride Juvenile Fiction
Framingham - Children's Black History Month
Grades 4-5
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Framingham - Children's Black History Month
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Born on Water Island in the Virgin Islands during a hurricane, which is considered bad luck, twelve-year-old Caroline falls in love with another girl--and together they set out in a hurricane to find Caroline's missing mother.
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A lot has changed throughout the history of the gay rights movement. In 1969, the Stonewall Riots brought light to a movement that would later establish gay pride parades and persist in the fight for same-sex marriage. But allies and LGBTQ+ community members are still fighting for progress today. What are the gay rights movement's main concerns today? And what challenges has the movement faced? Learn about the key people and events that have paved...
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A growing number of today's kids have two moms or two dads. The bullying of LGBT youth is an issue that has become a fixture in the news. This book uses age-appropriate text to describe the struggles faced by the LGBT community in America, to introduce people from all walks of life that belong to the LGBT community, and to describe important events that affect all Americans, such as the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
15) Pride month
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"Pride Month is about celebrating the lives and activism of LGBTQ+ people around the world. It started as a way of remembering the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in New York City. During Pride Month, communities have festivals, parades, and marches. Some organize events in places where LGBTQ+ people face discrimination to help fight for equal rights. Readers will discover how a shared holiday can have multiple traditions and be celebrated in all sorts of...
17) The otherwoods
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2023.
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Bedford Library: Pride Juvenile Fiction
Dedham's Pride Month List (Children's Titles)
Watertown Tween Pride Reading List 2024
Dedham's Pride Month List (Children's Titles)
Watertown Tween Pride Reading List 2024
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When twelve-year-old River's only friend is kidnapped and dragged to the terrifying spirit world of The Otherwoods, they have no choice but to face the world's monsters and their own fears to become the hero they were destined to be.
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Bedford Library: Pride Juvenile Fiction
Children's LGBTQIA Pride
Watertown Children's Pride Reading List 2024
Children's LGBTQIA Pride
Watertown Children's Pride Reading List 2024
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"Sam is very in touch with their own queer identity. They're nonbinary, and their best friend, TJ, is nonbinary too. Sam's family is very cool with it--as long as Sam remembers that nonbinary kids are also required to clean their rooms, do their home-work, and try not to argue with their teachers too much. The non-arguing thing is hard when it comes to Sam's history class, because their teacher seems to believe that only Dead Straight Cisgender White...
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2019
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* 2019 EUREKA! Honor Award
This beautiful, bold book celebrates the achievements of LGBTQ+ people through history and from around the world—featuring dynamic full-color portraits of a diverse selection of 53 inspirational role models accompanied by short biographies that focus on their incredible successes.
From Freddie Mercury's contribution to music and Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa to James Baldwin's best-selling
20) Almost flying
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"Would-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. With Dalia'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...
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