STONEWALL

Not that long ago, being gay meant living a closeted life or existing on the fringes of society. Laws throughout the country criminalized homosexual behavior, the medical community viewed being gay as a sign of mental illness, and coming out could lead to being fired, shunned, and disowned. Then came Stonewall. And things began to change. In her dramatic retelling of the Stonewall riots of 1969, award-winning nonfiction author Ann Bausum introduces teen readers to the decades-long struggle for gay rights. Vividly narrated and illustrated with archival photographs, Stonewall: Breaking Out in the Fight for Gay Rights demonstrates how far the battle has come in the past four decades and yet how universal the struggles remain as young people of any era grow into their sexualities.