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Originally Posted by primetime34
There was a mention of Christian novels, which I'm not opposed to reading per se. I'm Mormon so Christian novels might be of some interest.
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In that case, you might want to download the free Kindle/Nook/Sony Reader Library apps if you haven't already, and stock up on the Christian Fiction freebies which are offered in quantity (pop up to the Deals, Freebies, and Resources forum; a bunch of YA ones showed up in the past couple of days, and the publishers generally give away half-dozen new ones per month).
As for alternative sexuality depictions, just how strict are your reading tastes regarding this? Would some secondary/background characters in a relationship/having issues which get mentioned from time to time, but not a major part of any sub/plot, be okay for you? Be nice to know how much of my personal bookshelf I could expect to filter out when checking for possible recs.
Speaking of which, two other great YA fantasy series are Diana Wynne Jones' "Chrestomanci" and "Moving Castle". The former is about a line of nine-lifed enchanters who are guardians of a parallel world set, and the rare eligible boys who are technically qualified for the position, but are reluctant and rebel against filling it. The latter was made into an anime movie by Hayao Miyazaki.
Like Wrede's Enchanted Forest Chronicles, these were written a couple of decades ago when YA titles were less inclined to use stronger language, and a quick flipthrough of my own copies revealed no H or D words which popped out strongly or often enough for me to notice, and it's not the sort of vocabulary most of their main characters would be using anyway.
Although if you're really set on not encountering them at all, you'll probably want to double-check by using Google Books' or Amazon's Search Inside feature on these and any other recommendations, and see if the undesired terms show up at all.