BEACH DAY?
Need a book for a lazy day? How about one of these summer reads?
Into the Blue by Pene Henson: Tai Talagi and Ollie Birkstrom have been inseparable since they met as kids surfing the North Shore. Tai’s spent years setting aside his feelings for Ollie, but when Ollie’s pro surfing dreams come to life, their steady world shifts. Is the relationship worth risking everything for a chance at something terrifying and beautiful and altogether new?
Seven Tears at High Tide by C.B. Lee: Kevin Luong walks to the ocean’s edge with a broken heart. Remembering a legend his mother told him, he lets seven tears fall into the sea. “I just want one summer—one summer to be happy and in love.”Instead, he finds himself saving a mysterious boy from the Pacific—a boy who later shows up on his doorstep professing his love. What he doesn’t know is that Morgan is a selkie, drawn to answer Kevin’s wish.As they grow close, Morgan is caught between the dangers of the human world and his legacy in the selkie community to which he must return at summer’s end.
Set Me Free by Kitty Stephens: Aaron Ledbetter’s future has been planned out for him since before he was born. Each year, the Ledbetter family vacation on Tybee Island gives Aaron a chance to briefly free himself from his family’s expectations. When he meets Jonas “Lucky” Luckett, a caricature artist in town with the traveling carnival, he must choose between the life that’s been mapped out for him and the chance at true love. (Duet Books for YA)
Summer Love (anthology): Nine stories from debut authors make up this collection of stories where love serves as a catalyst for an awakening to new ideas, new possibilities and new confidence. The stories in the Summer Love collection feature characters from across the LGBTGQ spectrum. They are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, asexual, queer/questioning and pansexual. (Duet Books for YA)
The Luckiest by Mila McWarren: When New York-based memoirist Aaron Wilkinson gathers with his high school friends to marry off two of their own, he is forced to spend a week with Nik, the boy who broke his heart.As they settle into the Texas beach house where the nuptials will be performed, Nik quickly makes his intentions clear: he wants Aaron back. “He’s coming hard, baby,” a friend warns, setting the tone for a week of transition where Aaron and Nik must decide if they are playing for keeps.
Lodestones by Naomi MacKenzie: On the eve of a new school year, several groups of college students cross paths as they seek out a secret end-of-summer lake party—including Robin and Charlie, two inseparable friends who discover of the course of the twenty-four hours that their relationship is something much deeper than simple friendship. (Duet Books for YA)
