Author
Malinda Lo
2 books here
Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Middle grade · ages 12–16 · 760L · 2021
A serious, beautifully written entry point to both LGBTQ+ identity and immigrant experience; the historical setting (1954 San Francisco, pre-Stonewall) makes the stakes clear without feeling didactic.
Ash
Young adult · ages 14–18 · 800L · 2009
A serious, atmospheric Cinderella retelling that uses fairy-tale mechanics to explore queer identity and the courage it takes to choose yourself — spare but luminous prose and no sentimentality.