Activism

• Joy, to the World by Lisa Bunker and Kai Shappley

Ailing Parents

• Starring Kitty by Keris Stainton

Boarding School

• Saddlehill Academy by Jessica Burkhart

Chronic Illness

• The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet by Jake Maia Arlow (Crohn’s)
• Will on the Inside by Nick Eliopulos (Crohn’s)

Coming Out

• In the Role of Brie Hutchens… by Nicole Melleby

Covid and its Aftermath

• Just Shy of Ordinary by A.J. Sass – NB

Divorce and Coping

• Drum Roll, Please by Lisa Jenn Bigelow – B

Film and/or Theatre

• Star Crossed by Barbara Dee – B
• Starring Kitty by Keris Stainton
• Meow or Never by Jazz Taylor

First Crushes

• Almost Flying by Jake Maia Arlow
• *Crushing It by Erin Becker
• Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender
• Cross My Heart and Never Lie by Nora Dåsnes, trans. by Matt Bagguley

Grief and Mourning

• Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea by Ashley Herring Blake (Mother)
• King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender (Brother)
• Dear Mothman by Robin Gow (Best Friend)
• Skating on Mars by Caroline Huntoon (Father)
• In the Key of Us by Mariama J. Lockington (Mother)
• Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff – T (Uncle)
• Eli Over Easy by Phil Stamper (Mother)

Making Friends

• Asking for a Friend by Ronnie Riley

Mental Health and Neurodiversity

• Moonflower by Kacen Callender
• Hurricane Season by Nicole Melleby
• The Trouble with Robots by Michelle Mohrweis
• The Best At It by Maulik Pancholy
• P.S. I Miss You by Jen Petro-Roy
• Ellen Outside the Lines by AJ Sass

Music

• Candidly Cline by Kathryn Ormsbee
• Camp Prodigy by Caroline Palmer

Pride/Queer Spaces

• Different Kinds of Fruit by Kyle Lukoff
• Jude Saves the World by Ronnie Riley
• Small Town Pride by Phil Stamper

Questioning (Gender)

• Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff
• Both Can Be True by Jules Machias
• Ana on the Edge by A.J. Sass
• *Murray Out of Water by Taylor Tracy
• The Beautiful Something Else by Ash Van Otterloo

Questioning (Sexuality)

• The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James by Ashley Herring Blake
• Star Crossed by Barbara Dee
• Rick by Alex Gino – A
• The Deepest Breath by Meg Grehan

Religion

• P.S. I Miss You by Jen Petro-Roy
• Just Shy of Ordinary by A.J. Sass

Sports

• Obie is Man Enough by Schuyler Bailar (Swimming)
• *Crushing It by Erin Becker (Soccer)
• A High Five for Glenn Burke by Phil Bildner (Baseball)
• Saddlehill Academy by Jessica Burkhart (Horseback Riding)
• Skating on Mars by Caroline Huntoon (Ice Skating)
• *Five Second Violation by George M. Johnson (Basketball)
• The Derby Daredevils series by Kit Rosewater (text) and Sophie Escabasse (illustration) (Roller Derby)
• Ana on the Edge by A.J. Sass (Ice Skating)

Summer Camp

• Drum Roll, Please by Lisa Jenn Bigelow – B
• In the Key of Us by Mariama J. Lockington
• Camp QUILTBAG by Nicole Melleby and AJ Sass
• Camp Prodigy by Caroline Palmer

Trans Parents

• Different Kinds of Fruit by Kyle Lukoff