Icebreaker, by A.L. Graziadei

Holt / Macmillan

Mickey knows exactly who he’s supposed to be: hockey star, #1 draft pick, 100% straight in a homophobic sport. With five overachieving older sisters and larger than life parents, Mickey hides his anxiety, depression, and bisexuality, and struggles to find his place in his world and with his mental health.

Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality, by Eliot Schrefer

Katherine Tegen / HarperCollins

Penguins are queer. So are dolphins, bonobos, fish, birds, and even deer. Queer Ducks sets the record straight–or queer, by highlighting the wonders of same-sex animal behavior to prove that queerness is not, and has never been, “unnatural” -- and is instead the most common thing under the sun.

Scout's Honor, by Lily Anderson

Holt / Macmillan

The Ladybird Scouts are knitting-needle-wielding-huntresses of beasts who feed on human emotions. After a traumatic event, Prue quits the scouts, but is tasked with training a new crop of junior scouts when a monster starts terrorizing the area. Prue agrees, if only to acquire The Tea of Forgetting.

When the Angels Left the Old Country, by Sacha Lamb

Levine Querido

From Warsaw to America, an angel, a demon, and a rejected teenager figure out who they are, their place in the world, and how to care for the people they love. Brilliantly queer, with authentic Jewish representation, this book validates the truth and horror of the immigrant experience before, during, and after Ellis Island.