The 2013 Rainbow list selects books for youth, aged birth through 18 years old, that speak to the GLBTQ rights and lives. Sponsored by ALA’s GLBT Round Table and Social Responsibilities Round Table, the list includes a top ten (which I have listed first) and has a total of 49 books from 31 publishers. All of the books were published between July 2011 and December 2012.
This is a marvelous list for librarians to ensure that they are forming an inclusive collection for their communities:
TOP TEN
Adaptation by Malinda Lo
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Ask the Passengers by A. S. King
Beautiful Music for Ugly Children by Kristin Cronn-Mills
Chulito by Charles Rice-Gonzalez
Drama by Raina Telgemeier
The Letter Q: Queer Writers’ Notes to Their Younger Selves edited by Sarah Moon
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Starting from Here by Lisa Jenn Bigelow
RAINBOW LIST
37 Things I Love (in No Particular Order) by Kekla Magoon
Avengers: the Children’s Crusade by Allan Heinberg
Batwoman, vol. 1: Hydrology by J. H. Williams III and W. Haden Blackman
Between You & Me by Marissa Calin
Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore
Boys of Summer by Steve Berman
The Difference Between You and Me by Madeleine George
Dirty One by Michael Graves
Don’t Let Me Go by J. H. Trumble
Gone, Gone, Gone by Hannah Moskowitz
Happy Families by Tanita S. Davis
If I Told You So by Timothy Woodward
It’s Our Prom (So Deal with It) by Julie Ann Peters
Kevin Keller by Dan Parent
Kiss the Morning Star by Elissa Janine Hoole
Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
Mariposa Gown by Rigoberto Gonzalez
My Mixed-Up Berry Blue Summer by Jennifer Gennari
My Two Moms: Lessons of Love, Strength and What makes a Family by Zach Walls with Bruce Littlefield
October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard by Leslea Newman
OMG Queer edited by Kathleen Radclyffe
One in Every Crowd by Ivan E. Coyote
Personal Effects by E. M. Kokie
Roving Pack by Sassafras Lowrey
See You at Harry’s by Jo Knowles
Silhouette of a Sparrow by Molly Beth Griffin
Sparks: the Epic, Completely True Blue, (Almost) Holy Quest of Debbie by S. J. Adams
Street Dreams by Tama Wise
Tessa Masterson Will Go to Prom by Emily Franklin and Brendan Halpin
The Thunder in His Head by Gene Gant
Tilt by Ellen Hopkins
Wandering Son, Volume 2 by Shimura Takako
Wandering Son, Volume 3 by Shimura Takako
Way to Go by Tom Ryan
When We Were Outlaws: A Memoir of Love & Revolution by Jeanne Cordova
Willie and Uncle Bill by Amy Schwartz
The Winter Garden and Other Stories by Hayden Thorne