ALA Rainbow Book ListYoung Adult Nonfiction

Given by American Library Association (ALA)

Other Names: ALA Rainbow Book List Top Ten
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"The annual Rainbow List presents current well-written and/or well-illustrated books, with significant and authentic GLBTQ content, which are recommended for people from birth through eighteen show more years of age."

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All, 2016 (1), 2012 (5), 2009 (5), 2008 (10)
Announced:
February 1: Selection2024 Recent
February 1: Top Ten for Teen Readers2024 Recent
February 1: Top Ten for Young Readers2024 Recent

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Breakthrough: How One Teen Innovator Is Changing the World by Jack Andraka2016

Selection 21

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Breakthrough: How One Teen Innovator Is Changing the World by Jack Andraka2016
Queer: The Ultimate LGBT Guide for Teens by Kathy Belge2012
Dear Bully: Seventy Authors Tell Their Stories by Megan Kelley Hall2012
Happy Accidents by Jane Lynch2012
Gay in America by Scott Pasfield2012
It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living by Dan Savage2012
Gay America : Struggle for equality by Linas Alsenas2009
The Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy by Robert Leleux2009
Sex Variant Woman: The Life of Jeanette Howard Foster by Joanne Passet2009
Two Truths and a Lie by Scott Turner Schofield2009
Awkward and Definition: The High School Comic Chronicles of Ariel Schrag by Ariel Schrag2009
Transparent: Love, Family, and Living the T with Transgender Teenagers by Cris Beam2008
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel2008
Queen of the Oddballs: And Other True Stories from a Life Unaccording to Plan by Hillary Carlip2008
Out Law: What LGBT Youth Should Know about Their Legal Rights by Lisa Keen2008
The Full Spectrum: A New Generation of Writing About Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Other Identities by David Levithan2008
The Heart Has Its Reasons: Young Adult Literature with Gay/Lesbian/Queer Content, 1969-2004 (Scarecrow Studies in Young Adult Literature) by Cart Michael2008
The Whole World Was Watching: Living in the Light of Matthew Shepard by Romaine Patterson2008
The Gay and Lesbian Guide to College Life (College Admissions Guides) by Princeton Review2008
America's Boy: A Memoir by Wade Rouse2008
Hear Me Out: True Stories of Teens Educating and Confronting Homophobia by Planned Parenthood of Toronto2008

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Breakthrough: How One Teen Innovator Is Changing the World by Jack Andraka2016

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