This year GLAAD and BiNet's celebration of Bisexual Awareness Week (#BiWeek) is September 17-24. This week aims "to accelerate acceptance of the bi+ (pansexual, fluid, no label, queer, etc.) community. #BiWeek draws attention to the experiences, while also celebrating the resiliency of, the bisexual+ community." In this spirit, we've compiled a list of ten recent novels featuring bisexual characters.
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In other lands : a novel
by Sarah Rees Brennan Despite his aversion to war, work, and most people (human or otherwise), teenaged Elliott, a human transported to a fantasy world where he attends a school for warriors and diplomatic advisers, finds that two unlikely ideas, friendship and world peace, may actually be possible. |
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Labyrinth lost
by Zoraida Córdova Alex is a bruja and the most powerful witch in her family. But she's hated magic ever since it made her father disappear into thin air. When a curse she performs to rid herself of magic backfires and her family vanishes, she must travel to Los Lagos, a land in-between as dark as Limbo and as strange as Wonderland, to get her family back. |
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Little & Lion
by Brandy Colbert Returning home to Los Angeles from her New England boarding school, Suzette considers staying home for good so that she can be near her friends, her crush, and her recently diagnosed bipolar brother, a situation that is complicated by her growing feelings for the girl her brother loves. By the award-winning author of Pointe. |
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Not Your Sidekick
by C. B. Lee Welcome to Andover... where superpowers are common, but internships are complicated. Just ask high school nobody, Jessica Tran. Despite her heroic lineage, Jess is resigned to a life without superpowers and is merely looking to beef-up her college applications when she stumbles upon the perfect (paid!) internship--only it turns out to be for the town's most heinous supervillain. |
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The gentleman's guide to vice and virtue
by Mackenzi Lee Two friends on a Grand Tour of 18th-century Europe stumble across a magical artifact that leads them from Paris to Venice in a dangerous manhunt shaped by pirates, highwaymen and their growing attraction to one another. |
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by Hannah Moskowitz A misfit whose place on the fringe of every group causes her to struggle with her sense of identity in relation to the cliques that dominate her complicated small town ends up befriending a white, Christian girl who is succumbing to illness. By the award-winning author of Break. |
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Noteworthy
by Riley Redgate Feeling undervalued because of musical talents that place her outside the spotlight, Jordan disguises herself as a boy to gain entry into a competitive, all-male a cappella group that is looking for a singer with her vocal range. |
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Far from you
by Tess Sharpe Wrongly blamed for a friend's death because of her past addiction to painkillers, 17-year-old Sophie endures a forced stint in rehab while struggling with peer animosity and trying to figure out who is really responsible for what happened. |
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Our own private universe
by Robin Talley When Aki and her best friend Lori set off on a youth-group trip to a small Mexican town for the summer, Aki meets Christa, who helps awaken her sexual and emotional feelings towards other women. |
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Queens of geek
by Jen Wilde When BFFs Charlie, Taylor and Jamie go to SupaCon, they know it’s going to be a blast. What they don’t expect is for it to change their lives forever. |