Item category 1: LGBTQ+

After he outlawed jelly beans, the duke decides to make sure that all children have exactly one mother and one father - if they don't, then they get thrown into the dungeon. This book also contains four other original fairy stories, depicting children with gay and lesbian parents.

When her best friend dies, Girl, a 17-year-old street-punk, leaves San Francisco for the heartland in search of a place where she can breathe again. Torn between her restlessness, a longing for a sense of home & a fear of impending death, Girl seeks to link herself to almost anyone she crosses pa...

Based on true-life events during the Second World War, this novel is a funny and gripping account of a childhood spent under occupation and a daring rescue.

'Untold Stories' is a collection of Alan Bennett's prose. The title piece is a poignant family memoir with an account of the marriage of his parents, the lives and deaths of his aunts and the uncovering of a long-held family secret. Also included are essays, reviews, lectures and reminiscences.

'The Boys and the Bees' follows the teen love triangle of three gay seventh-grade boys at Saint Mark's Catholic school. From James, whose obvious homosexuality threatens to reveal Andy's orientation, to Andy, who longs to win the affections of Mark, to Mark, whose awareness of his homosexuality i...

An insightful take on the search for love, tolerance and faith in a tightly-knit Jewish community in London, 'Disobedience' follows the story of Ronit, who is returing to the capital on the occasion of the funeral of her estranged father.

Christopher Isherwood is the narrator of Goodbye to Berlin. His story evokes the gathering storm in Berlin before and just after the rise to power of the Nazis, as seen through the eyes of a series of individuals.

Based on true-life events during the Second World War, this novel is a funny and gripping account of a childhood spent under occupation and a daring rescue.