The Lambda Literary Awards celebrate the best of LGBT books.  Winners will be announced in May.  Here is their shortlist for Best LGBT Children’s/Young Adult:

  

Christian the Hugging Lion by Justin Richardson & Peter Parnell, illustrated by Amy June Bates

God Loves Hair by Vivek Shraya, illustrated by Juliana Neufeld

Jumpstart the World by Catherine Ryan Hyde

 

Love Drugged by James Klise

Wildthorn by Jane Eagland