Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Teen Literature

This slim volume will be a welcome guide for librarians who want to diversify their collections with current materials or who need readers' advisory assistance for their patrons. The titles are divided into six broad categories, and then subdivided into themes. For example, "Coming of Age" includes "GLBTQ Identity"; "Coming Out"; "First Love"; and "Collections and Anthologies." Each entry is annotated, with notations for awards, reading level, and sexual-identity appropriateness. The final chapter includes a discussion of collection development and the author's core list of fiction and nonfiction. An appendix lists an eclectic assortment of organizations, blogs, booklists, awards, and books. There's one problem with the overall thematic approach: while the author explains why she includes titles in a particular section, many of these distinctions are quite nuanced, and many of the books could have been included in several different themes. Overall, though, this is a useful addition.—Betty S. Evans, Missouri State University, Springfield