KISSING THE WITCH: OLD TALES IN NEW SKINS
by Emma Donoghue
HarperCollins;ISBN: 0060275758;$14.95;1997

Each female narrator of these stories inhabits the place and events of a familiar fairy tale. But here the tales become lyrical, strange stories of love and friendship between women.

Suggested for ages 14 - 16
Subjects: Fairy Tales | Feminism | Homosexuality | Lesbians

TOTALLY JOE
by James Howe
Atheneum;ISBN: 068983957X;$15.95;2005

In an alphabetical journal for his teacher, seventh-grader Joe Bunch records how he comes out to his family and friends, has his first boyfriend, and discovers he can be a writer. Gently funny and optimistic — a welcome companion to The Misfits (2001).

Suggested for ages 10 - 14
Subjects: Homosexuality | Self-concept

BOY MEETS BOY
by David Levithan
Knopf;ISBN: 0375924000;$15.95;2003

A contemporary teen romance with a twist. Paul and Noah meet in a gay utopia where the star quarterback is also homecoming queen. An atypical tale about the confusion and angst of young love, told with ample humor and heart.

Suggested for ages 14 and up
Subjects: Homosexuality

TRUE BELIEVER
by Virginia Euwer Wolff
Atheneum;ISBN: 0689828276;$17;2001

LaVaughn is single-mindedly pursuing college and brimming with questions about the complexities of friends, a first kiss, God, and good grammar. When a boy suddenly turns her life upside-down, her eloquent response is an affirmation of the power of hope and the goodness of youth. Part two of the Make Lemonade trilogy.

Suggested for ages 12 - 16
Subjects: Daughters | Friendship | Homosexuality | Mothers | Printz Honor

THE HOUSE YOU PASS ON THE WAY
by Jacqueline Woodson
Delacorte;ISBN: 0385321899;$14.95;1997

Stagerlee's coming-of-age story deals with both racism and sexuality. The daughter of a black father and a white mother, Stagerlee discovers much about herself during a summer she spends with her cousin Tyler.

Suggested for ages 13 - 16
Subjects: Biracial | Cousins | Homosexuality | Interracial Marriage | Lesbians