{"title":"Young Adult Fiction | LGBTQ+ YA Books | Paper Moon Bay","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection gathers every Young Adult Fiction title from Paper Moon Bay — character-driven LGBTQ+ stories across contemporary romance, political thriller, and everything in between. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eBrowse Young Adult Fiction\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\nWhere We Belong follows Blue and Harry on a found-family road trip in search of a father Blue never knew. The Boys Who Broke The Script wraps a slow-burn romance around a political thriller, as Elias and Tyler take on an entire political empire. If Tomorrow Does Not Wait tells the quiet, aching love story of Finn and Toby, and what it means to hold on to someone against the clock.\n\nEach book stands completely on its own, so there's no series to catch up on — just pick whichever story calls to you first. What ties this collection together isn't genre, but honesty: real characters, real emotional stakes, and LGBTQ+ leads written with care, whatever kind of story they happen to be telling.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"lgbtq-ya-romance-where-we-belong-step-one","title":"Where We Belong: Step One | LGBTQ YA Romance | Paper Moon Bay","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is a tender LGBTQ YA romance about the family you choose, not just the one you're born into.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSometimes the family you're looking for isn't waiting at the end of the road, it's riding right beside you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAt fifteen, Blue has learned to carry things quietly. A stutter that gets worse when he's scared. A mother he lost too soon. An adoptive home where he's never quite fit. And a secret he's barely admitted to himself, that the boy behind the coffee shop counter makes his chest feel strange in ways he doesn't have words for yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhen an argument pushes Blue past his limit, he makes a decision that changes everything. Armed with a motorcycle, two helmets, and an envelope full of hope, he sets off in the middle of the night to find the birth father who left him behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eHe doesn't plan on company. But Harry, charming, warm, impossibly easy to be around, ends up beside him anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhat follows is a summer of open roads, late nights, new friendships, and the terrifying, beautiful realisation that belonging isn't something you find at the end of a journey. Sometimes it finds you first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhere We Belong is a tender, emotional coming-of-age story about identity, found family, first love, and the courage it takes to let people in, even when everything in you is screaming not to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre \u0026amp; trope tags:\u003c\/strong\u003e YA coming-of-age · LGBTQ+ YA · gay YA romance · found family · road trip · slow burn\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePerfect For LGBTQ YA Romance Readers Who Also Love\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHeartstopper\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSimon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Music of What Happens\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eI Wish You All the Best\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eFelix Ever After\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Wholespire Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":55383295295817,"sku":null,"price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":55383295328585,"sku":null,"price":4.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/0236\/0649\/files\/where_we_belong_step_one_cover.webp?v=1790448937"},{"product_id":"gay-ya-romance-if-tomorrow-does-not-wait","title":"If Tomorrow Does Not Wait | Gay YA Romance | Paper Moon Bay","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePre-order now. Publication date: 11 December 2026.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is a gay YA romance about finding your voice, and holding on to someone while you still can.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFinn Cole knows exactly how his mornings are supposed to go, every step of his day mapped and predictable. It's the only way he can survive a world that stopped expecting him to speak years ago. Finn has selective mutism, and after years of being reduced to \"the mute kid,\" he's built his entire life around never being caught off guard again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThen Toby happens to him. Loud, warm, and utterly unbothered by Finn's silence, Toby doesn't wait for Finn to talk, he just talks to him. For the first time in years, Finn finds himself wanting to be seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBut Toby is carrying something Finn doesn't know yet: a diagnosis, a countdown, and a fierce determination to live every ordinary, beautiful moment he still has left.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIf Tomorrow Does Not Wait is a heart-wrenching, ultimately hopeful story about finding your voice, loving someone against the clock, and what it means to carry someone with you long after they're gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre \u0026amp; trope tags:\u003c\/strong\u003e YA romance · LGBTQ+ YA · gay YA romance · illness romance · grief · coming of age · selective mutism representation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePerfect For Gay YA Romance Readers Who Loved\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Fault in Our Stars by John Green and History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera. Cover art shown is unofficial artwork created ahead of the final published cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCover art shown is unofficial artwork created ahead of the final published cover.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Wholespire Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55351166566729,"sku":null,"price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/0236\/0649\/files\/if_tomorrow_does_not_wait_book_cover.webp?v=1790805924"},{"product_id":"ya-political-thriller-the-boys-who-broke-the-script","title":"The Boys Who Broke The Script | YA Political Thriller | Paper Moon Bay","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePre-order now. Publication date: 19 February 2027.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is a YA political thriller about what it costs to stop performing the life other people expect of you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eElias Vance has never had a life that belonged to him. As the son of a rising political figure, every part of his life has been part of a script written for him long before he had a say in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTyler Hayes doesn't smile for anyone. Written off by half the town because of a father everyone assumes is guilty, Tyler has learned to expect nothing and trust no one, least of all a politician's son.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhen a school assignment forces them into an unlikely partnership, restoring a derelict community centre, neither of them expects to find anything real underneath all that performance and armour. But the summer that starts as an assignment quietly turns into something neither of them is prepared to lose, and a fight for the truth that could take down an entire political empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe Boys Who Broke The Script is a YA political thriller wrapped around a slow-burn romance, about class, corruption, and what it costs to stop performing the life other people expect of you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre \u0026amp; trope tags:\u003c\/strong\u003e YA political thriller · gay YA romance · LGBTQ+ YA · opposites attract · class divide romance · found family · slow burn\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePerfect For YA Political Thriller Readers Who Loved\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Fixer by Jennifer Lynn Barnes and Anger Is a Gift by Mark Oshiro. Cover art shown is unofficial artwork created ahead of the final published cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCover art shown is unofficial artwork created ahead of the final published cover.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Wholespire Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55351169122633,"sku":null,"price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/0236\/0649\/files\/the_boys_who_broke_the_script_store_cover.webp?v=1790769076"}],"url":"https:\/\/papermoonbay.com\/collections\/young-adult-fiction.oembed","provider":"Paper Moon Bay","version":"1.0","type":"link"}