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Alex Sanchez should already be familiar to those who read YA LGBTQ-themed work for his other outstanding books, such as Getting It (Simon, 2006) and his trilogy about three gay teen friends: Rainbow Boys (Simon, 2001), Rainboii1 High (Simon, 2003), and Rainbow Road (Simon, 2005). Sanchez wrote his trilogy from the rotating perspectives of his main characters, so readers can be taken deeper into their personal conflicts and decision-making. Sanchez is, thankfully, not the only YA author who regularly weaves LGBTQ themes into books. Brent Hartinger has also written books that follow gay characters across titles. In Geography Club (Harper, 2003), The Order of the Poison Oak (Harper, 2005), Sanchez wrote his trilogy from the rotating perspectives of his main characters, so readers can be taken deeper into their personal MBT Shoes conflicts and decision-making. and Split Screen: Attack of the Soul-Sucking Brain Zombies/Bride of the Soul-Sucking Brain Zombies (Harper, 2007), he details the evolution of Russel Middlebrook, a gay teen who narrates with an authentic, funny, and honest voice. Sara Ryan has written two exquisite novels about the exploits of Battle Hall Davies. In Empress of the World (Viking, 2001), Battle becomes an object of affection and confusion for Nicola, a classmate at a summer program for teens with whom she forges a short, fledgling relationship. Unable to decide if she is lesbian or bisexual, Nicola eventually decides that she can be comfortable without a label. Ryan follows Battle to college (or rather, the summer before college) in The Rules for Hearts (Viking, 2007), when Battle moves into a theater group's house in Portland. Ryan captures a teen's tumultuous first stab at independence and describes both gay and straight relationships and the complications of romance at that age. Another prominent YA author who highlights the development of lesbian sexual identities is Ellen Wittlinger. In Hard Love (Simon, 1999), she describes the relationship between John and Marisol; while John wants to be more than just friends with Marisol, Marisol realizes that her interests lie elsewhere, and she has to find a way to let John down gently without risking the loss of her best Clearance MBT Shoes friend. This book presents the awkwardness of unrequited love in all its melodramatic hues. In Wittlinger's follow-up to this novel, Love and Lies: Marisol's Story (Simon, 2008), Marisol has moved on to Stanford, where she begins a romance with her writing instructor. While it does not share characters with the previous two titles, Wittlinger's Parrotfish (Simon, 2007) must also be mentioned in this column, for it is one of the only YA novels I have read that deals directly with transgender teens. The book's main character, Angela, hopes to transition into Grady, the boy she knows herself to truly be. I found this novel enlightening for its depiction of one teen's attempt to redefine what "normal" means.
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