In 2010, the American Library Association inaugurated the Stonewall Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award, honoring books with exceptional merit relating to the GLBT experience. Creating acceptance of diversity is a global awareness 21st century skill. Literature provides the understanding upon which acceptance is built. This skill of engendering understanding is crucial for gifted learners, both gay and straight, because of heightened sensitivities. By investigating, informing, and introducing The Stonewall Books, students and teachers possess a resource and tool that directs them in making a difference. In this session, the 2010 and 2011 Award and Honor Books are reviewed.