Consultation & Resource Development

If you're looking for ideas for including LGBTQ books into your classroom or some other environment, or if you want help building up resources around a book or theme, I'm here to help! I've developed discussion guides for a few YA novels, and I've also worked with SOGI 123 on building a vetted and annotated Book List for educators who are working to incorporate more LGBTQ topics and literature into their work and their classrooms.

Discussion and Educator Guides

Discussion Guide for Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card (Sara Saedi)

Discussion Guide for Hope and Other Punch Lines (Julie Buxbaum)

Discussion Guide for The Best At It (Maulik Pancholy)

Discussion Guide for Dear Haiti, Love Alaine (Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite)

Discussion Guide for Burn (Patrick Ness)

Discussion Guide for Kate in Waiting (Becky Albertalli)

Discussion Guide for The Initial Insult (Mindy McGinnis)

Discussion Guide for Game Changer (Neal Shusterman)

Discussion Guide for The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. (as Told by His Brother) (David Levithan)

Discussion Guide for How to Become a Planet (Nicole Melleby)

Discussion Guide for Beasts and Beauty (Soman Chainani)

Discussion Guide for A-Okay (Jarad Greene)

Discussion Guide for Different for Boys (Patrick Ness)

Discussion Guide for The City Beautiful and Bone Weaver (Aden Polydoros)

Author Guide for Camryn Garrett 

Educator Guide for You Need to Chill (Juno Dawson)

Pride in Our Pages (Penguin Random House)

Discussion Guide for Wrath Becomes Her (Aden Polydoros)

Beta Reading


"Rob Bittner was a lifesaver while I was working on the manuscript for my second book. Not only did he arm me with strategies to help me overcome my writer’s block, he is also an incredibly keen reader and sounding board whose feedback helped me hone and revise a first draft I was confident enough to submit to my publisher." 

-Christine Baldacchino, author of Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress (2014)

"I hired Rob to do a sensitivity read on a middle grade novel. His thoughtful and thorough advice was invaluable, and I highly recommend his services. He was extremely flexible with timing and quick to deliver, which was a life-saver on a pending deadline!"

-Karen Rivers, author of love, ish (2017), and other novels for young readers

"Rob Bittner’s work as a sensitivity reader for my ... novel Jaya and Rasa: A Love Story was invaluable. He offered constructive, expert comments that helped me shape the character of Jaya." 

-Sonia Patel, author of Morris Award Finalist Rani Patel in Full Effect (2016)