When lonely fifteen-year-old Nicola Lancaster arrives at a gifted youth summer program, she hopes to make friends and meet the boy of her dreams. Much to her delight, she immediately falls in with an eccentric group of kids—and, much to her surprise, she falls in love with the girl of her dreams, fellow student Battle Hall Davies. When the two start dating, Nic is overwhelmed by the realization that she's not who she always assumed she was. Is she straight, bisexual or a lesbian? While the dialogue is a little clunky and the characters are not well fleshed out, Ryan does a nice job of tapping into the questions a teenage girl might have about her budding sexuality.
—Kristin Kloberdanz
September 23 marks Bi Visibility Day, aka Bisexual Pride Day, and in its honor, we’re talking about our favorite “bi-proud” YAs. These are books with bisexual main characters and/or love interests, some of which actively use the word on the page, others of which show characters having feelings for or relationships with both guys and […]
Young adult fiction is constantly evolving, but when it comes to including more diversity, sometimes it feels like it’s moving at a glacial pace. Authors like David Levithan (Boy Meets Boy, Two Boys Kissing) and Malinda Lo (Ash, Huntress) are always reliable sources of diversity in YA characters, and here are 8 other lesbian, gay, […]