num_pages: 288
description: Each of these stories is original, each is by a noted author for young adults, and each honestly portrays its subject and theme--growing up gay or lesbian, or with gay or lesbian parents or friends. Includes:"Michael's Little Sister" / C. S. Adler"Dancing Backwards" / Marion Dane Bauer"Winnie and Tommy" / Francesca Lia Block"Am I Blue" / Bruce Coville"Parents Night" / Nancy Garden"Three Mondays in July" / James Cross Giblin"Running" / Ellen Howard"We Might as Well Be Strangers" / M. E. Kerr"Hands" / Jonathan London"Holding" / Lois Lowry"The Honorary Shepherds" / Gregory Maguire"Supper" / Lesléa Newman"50% Chance of Lightning" / Cristina Salat"In the Tunnels" / William Sleator"Slipping Away" / Jacqueline Woodson"Blood Sister" / Jane Yolen
language: English
title: Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence
titlecomplete: Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence
genres: Young Adult, Queer, Coming Of Age, Teen, LGBT, Fiction, Short Stories, Anthologies, Gay, Romance
ratings_count: 5113
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Stonewall Book Award
category: Literature, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Children’s/Young Adult, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Minnesota Book Award
category: Older Children
publisher: HarperTeen