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Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Aoki and Ida are hard at work studying so they can go to the same college. They pray for their exams to go well at their first shrine visit of the year, but will their bond hold strong when it's tested?! Meanwhile, Akkun and Hashimoto have taken different paths, but they still cheer each other on. Graduation is right around the corner!"--
Series
Sasaki and Miyano volume 1
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"It all started like a typical old-school boys' love plotline-- bad-boy senior meets adorably awkward underclassman, one of them falls in love, and so on and so forth. But although Miyano is a self-proclaimed boys' love expert, he hasn't quite realized . . . he's in one himself. Which means it's up to Sasaki to make sure their story has a happily ever after...!"--
23) Bloom
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Now that high school is over, Ari is dying to move to the big city with his ultra-hip band if he can just persuade his dad to let him quit his job at their struggling family bakery. Though he loved working there as a kid, Ari cannot fathom a life wasting away over rising dough and hot ovens. But while interviewing candidates for his replacement, Ari meets Hector, an easygoing guy who loves baking as much as Ari wants to escape it. As they become...
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
""I've dreamed about them ever since I was a child..." Pharm is a skittish but friendly young man who is excited to start his new life as a college student. He'll make friends, join a club... and maybe figure out why he's always sensed that there's a certain someone he's fated to meet. The moment he locks eyes with Dean, the captain of the swimming club, he's attracted to him in a way he's never experienced before. Is this who he's been looking for...
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Aoki has a crush on Ida, a boy in his class. Ida has learned from Akkun the story behind Hashimoto's eraser--that Aoki told Ida he liked him to protect Hashimoto's secret crush. The only trouble is that Aoki really does like Ida, so now Aoki has to confess his love to Ida all over again!"-- provided by publisher.
Series
Princess of convenient plot devices volume 1
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
27) Grease bats
Author
Publisher
BOOM! Box
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Andy and Scout are best buds, roommates, and gay disasters. Along with their friends and plenty of beer, they re just trying to make it through their 20s, survive late capitalism, and navigate the dating world. Tough and loving Andy is a genderqueer trans individual, who dates like there s no tomorrow, while Scout, an all-feelings-all-the-time mistake-maker, is still languishing over her ex-girlfriend&from like two years ago."-- cover page 4.
Author
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"Tougo Amase is a well-known photographer who focuses on night scenery--and the man Subaru Miyazawa not-so-secretly idolizes from afar. Subaru always assumed Tougo would be distant, just like the stars in his art, so he can't quite believe his luck when they meet at a trial screening of a new planetarium show. While Subaru is a totally awestruck mess of nerves, Tougo takes it all in stride. Not only that, but he's hopelessly sweet, carrying Subaru...
Author
Series
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Meet little Maurice Vellekoop, the youngest of five children raised by Dutch immigrants in the 1970s in a middle class suburb of Toronto. He loves watching Cher and Carol Burnett on TV, making clothes for his best friend's Barbie dolls, and helping his mum with her hair salon which she runs out of the basement of the house. In short: he is really, really gay. Which is a huge problem, because his family is part of the Christian Reformed Church, a...
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Parrish's emotionally loaded, painted graphic novel is a visual tour de force, always in the service of the author's themes: navigating queer desire, masculinity, fear, and the ever-in-flux state of friendships. -- Amazon.com summary.
31) Blackwater
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt Books and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Set in the haunted town of Blackwater, Maine, two boys fall for each other as they dig for clues to a paranormal mystery. Tony Price is a popular high school track star and occasional delinquent aching for his dad's attention and approval. Eli Hirsch is a quiet boy with a chronic autoimmune disorder that has ravaged his health and social life. What happens when these two become unlikely friends (and a whole lot more...) in the spooky town of Blackwater,...
Series
Summer of you volume 3
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A wistful summer blossoms between two high-school boys who find themselves and each other through a shared love of movies.
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Aoki has a crush on Hashimoto, the girl in the seat next to him in class. But he despairs when he borrows her eraser and sees she's written the name of another boy--Ida--on it. To make matters more confusing, Ida sees Aoki holding that very eraser and thinks Aoki has a crush on him! Aoki confesses his feelings to Ida and prepares for rejection, but in an unexpected turn of events, Ida asks him if they should try dating. Aoki wants to keep their...
Author
Publisher
Iron Circus Comics
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"In the span of a single tumultuous evening, Amal calls off his arranged marriage, comes out to his conservative parents, gets disowned, goes on a bender-- and wakes up next morning to find a lanky, dreadlocked vagrant named TJ in his kitchen. TJ claims that the two have made a drunken pact to travel from Berkeley, California to Providence, Rhode Island. As it happens, Amal promised his sister he'd be in Providence for her graduation the following...
Series
Check please! volume 1
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Eric Bittle may be a former junior figure skating champion, vlogger extraordinaire, and very talented amateur pâtissier, but being a freshman on the Samwell University hockey team is a whole new challenge. It is nothing like co-ed club hockey back in Georgia! First of all? There's checking (anything that hinders the player with possession of the puck, ranging from a stick check all the way to a physical sweep). And then, there is Jack-- his very...
Series
I hear the sunspot volume 1
Publisher
One Peace Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Because of a hearing disability, Kohei is often misunderstood and has trouble integrating into life on campus, so he learns to keep his distance. That is until he meets the outspoken and cheerful Taichi. He tells Kohei that his hearing loss is not his fault. Taichi's words cut through Kohei's usual defense mechanisms and open his heart. More than friends, less than lovers, their relationship changes Kohei forever.
Series
I hear the sunspot volume 2
Publisher
One Peace Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Kohei is a college student who, because of his hearing loss, tends to distance himself from others. His attitude starts to change after he crosses paths with an ever-optimistic classmate named Taichi. And over time, the two begin to develop feelings for each other. As the story continues, the pair tries to balance their budding relationship alongside Taichi's inspiring new career and Kohei's continued studies at school. But the harder they try to...
Author
Publisher
VR Editoras
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Formats
Description
"Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. Shy and softhearted Charlie Spring sits next to rugby player Nick Nelson in class one morning. A warm and intimate friendship follows, and that soon develops into something more for Charlie, who doesn't think he has a chance. But Nick is struggling with feelings of his own, and as the two grow closer and take on the ups and downs of high school, they come to understand the surprising and delightful...
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When Akira Minato inherits an old, run-down laundromat from his grandfather, he sees it as an opportunity to recover from his grueling corporate job and spend his days in laid-back leisure. But all that changes when a new customer comes knocking--one who's maybe a bit too good-looking. Despite their growing closer, Akira is determined not to let high school hottie Shintaro Katsuki find out he's gay...until a casual slip of the tongue gives away his...
Series
I hear the sunspot volume 1
Publisher
One Peace Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Kohei Sugihara, college student with hearing loss, and Taichi Sagawa, his ever-optimistic former classmate, met in a chance encounter that ignited an undeniable spark that would eventually blossom into love. Now it's spring and as Kohei nears graduation, his search for a job begins. Meanwhile, Taichi finds himself in charge of someone new at work. Life is busier than ever, but all in all, things seem to be looking up for the pair. That is, until...
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