High school friends Chauncey and Theo are very different. Starting a band brings them together in ways neither one ever expected, until a horrible event at their first show almost tears them apart.
Reading Level: 3.7
Interest Level: High School
Common Sense
by Jamie Todd
Everyone deserves a place to feel welcome and safe—it’s common sense. Perry, Gael, Dawson, Marina, and Valentina fight for the creation of a Gay-Straight Alliance club.
Reading Level: 4.3
Interest Level: High School
Different
by Jennie Ford
Caleb knows that he is "different" and that different can be many things: hurtful, lonely... and sometimes even dangerous. Will things get better? Is it worth it to be honest about who he is?
Reading Level: 2.4
Interest Level: High School
Harvey Milk: Hope Will Never Be Silent
by Jennie Ford
Meet Harvey Bernard Milk: American politician, civil and human rights activist, and one of the first openly gay officials in the United States.
Reading Level: 9
Interest Level: High School
Math = Silence
by Julian Siminski
What begins as a math assignment quickly becomes something so much more personal and important for one student.
Reading Level: 5.2
Interest Level: High School
My Dad's Secret
by Mary Francis
Abby's classmates have great topics for their family history projects. Their families are so much more interesting than hers, or so she thinks, until she begins asking the right questions.
Reading Level: 2.5
Interest Level: High School
Sparkle in the Sea
by Natasa Glisic First
Ana is sure that a special blue-green pigment will make her painting a success. When she sneaks out to another planet to buy it, she finds a friend who helps her see the beauty in her own landscape.
Reading Level: 3.8
Interest Level: High School
The Game
by Tiffany Jones
Everyone is obsessed with Warimono, the newest gaming trend. But friends Jessie and Max find out that the game's imaginary creatures are causing real-life danger.
Reading Level: 2.9
Interest Level: High School
Thursday
by Simone Chu
Caught in a time loop that repeats the same day over and over, Ella and a new friend, Jen, have to figure out why they are repeating the worst day of the week—and how to finally wake up on Friday.
Reading Level: 3.2
Interest Level: High School
Transitioning
by Dean Gessie
A teacher returns to school following their gender reassignment with a short tale from the ocean that they've written to help explain their new identity to their students.
