Art of being normal by Williamson, Lisa 

Paperback(Square Fish, 2018)

BTSB #: 953124 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
AR: 4.8 UG Lexile: 770

Genres: General Fiction

Subjects: Transgender people - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Secrets - Fiction High schools - Fiction School stories

Summary: A teen who has always been an outsider forms an unlikely friendship with a new student, who wants only to be invisible, but things get messy for both when word gets out that one is transgender.

Born ready : the true story of a boy named Penelope by Patterson, Jodie 

BTSB Prebound(Crown Books for Young Readers, 2021)

BTSB #: 703592 In Bindery

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
F&P: P

Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Transgender people - Fiction Family life - Fiction African Americans - Fiction

Summary: Just before his fifth birthday, Penelope lets his mother know he is a boy and, with her support and his ninja powers, faces the rest of his family and his classmates. Drawn from the author's memoir, The bold world.

Deep & dark blue by Smith, Niki 

Paperback(Little, Brown, 2020)

BTSB #: 827092 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 8-12   


Genres:

Subjects: Magic - Fiction Twins - Fiction Brothers - Fiction Kings and rulers - Fiction Transgender people - Fiction Graphic novels

Summary: Royal sons Hawke and Grayson flee to stay alive. They take refuge disguised as girls with the Communion of Blue, an order of magical women who spin the threads of reality to their will. In graphic novel format.

Deep & dark blue by Smith, Niki 

BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2020)

BTSB #: 827246 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 8-12   


Genres:

Subjects: Magic - Fiction Twins - Fiction Brothers - Fiction Kings and rulers - Fiction Transgender people - Fiction Graphic novels

Summary: Royal sons Hawke and Grayson flee to stay alive. They take refuge disguised as girls with the Communion of Blue, an order of magical women who spin the threads of reality to their will. In graphic novel format.

Gracefully Grayson by Polonsky, Ami 

Paperback(Hyperion, 2014)

BTSB #: 725117 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 4.6 MG RC: 4.4 6-8

Genres:

Subjects: Transgender people - Fiction Middle schools - Fiction School stories Theater - Fiction Self-acceptance - Fiction Orphans - Fiction Family life - Fiction

Summary: Grayson, a transgender twelve-year-old, learns to accept her true identity and share it with the world.

I'm not a girl by Lyons, Maddox 

BTSB Prebound(Roaring Brook Press, 2020)

BTSB #: 591554 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Gender identity - Fiction Transgender people - Fiction Haircuts - Fiction

Summary: A story of a transboy coming out and getting the haircut he's always wanted.

If I was your girl by Russo, Meredith 

Paperback(Flatiron, 2018)

BTSB #: 771968 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
AR: 5.2 UG RC: 5.7 9-12

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Love - Fiction Secrets - Fiction Transgender people - Fiction Vulgarity in popular culture - Fiction High schools - Fiction

Summary: Amanda Hardy only wants to fit in at her new school, but she is keeping a big secret, so when she falls for Grant, guarded Amanda finds herself yearning to share with him everything about herself, including her previous life as Andrew.

Lily and Dunkin by Gephart, Donna 

BTSB Prebound(Delacorte Press, 2016)

BTSB #: 375339 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 4.3 MG+RC: 4.2 6-8 Lexile: 680 F&P: Z

Genres:

Subjects: Friendship - Fiction Transgender people - Fiction Manic-depressive illness - Fiction Mental illness - Fiction Middle schools - Fiction School stories Florida - Fiction

Summary: Lily Jo McGrother, born Timothy McGrother, is a girl. But being a girl is not so easy when you look like a boy. Especially when you're in the eighth-grade. Norbert Dorfman, nicknamed Dunkin Dorfman, is bipolar and has just moved from the New Jersey town he's called home for the past thirteen years. This would be hard enough, but the fact that he is also hiding from a painful secret makes it even worse. One summer morning, Lily Jo McGrother meets Dunkin Dorfman, and their lives forever change.

Moon within by Salazar, Aida 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic, 2019)

BTSB #: 774632 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.7 MG RC: 7.5 6-8 Lexile: 960

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Novels in verse Racially mixed people - Fiction Puberty - Fiction Mother-daughter relationship - Fiction Transgender people - Fiction Best friends - Fiction Friendship - Fiction

Summary: Eleven-year-old (nearly twelve) Celi Rivera, who is a mix of Black-Puerto Rican-Mexican Indian is uncomfortable about her approaching period, and the changes that are happening to her body; she is horrified that her mother wants to hold a traditional public moon ceremony to celebrate the occasion--until she finds out that her best friend Magda is contemplating an even more profound change of life.

My rainbow by Neal, Trinity 

BTSB Prebound(Kokila, 2020)

BTSB #: 669383 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Transgender people - Fiction Wigs - Fiction Family life - Fiction Autism - Fiction African Americans - Fiction

Summary: A dedicated mom puts love into action as she creates the perfect rainbow-colored wig for her transgender daughter, based on the real-life experience of mother-daughter advocate duo Trinity and DeShanna Neal.

Pants Project by Clarke, Cat 

BTSB Prebound(Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, 2017)

BTSB #: 218428 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-13   
AR: 4.8 MG Lexile: 710

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Transgender people - Fiction Middle schools - Fiction School stories Uniforms - Fiction Family life - Fiction Lesbian mothers - Fiction Gay parents - Fiction

Summary: Eleven-year-old Liv fights to change the middle school dress code requiring girls to wear a skirt and, along the way, finds the courage to tell family about switching genders.

When Aidan became a brother by Lukoff, Kyle 

BTSB Prebound(Lee & Low Books, 2019)

BTSB #: 590584 Available

Dewey: EAges: 5-8   
AR: 3.3 LG F&P: N

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Transgender people - Fiction Parent-child relationship - Fiction Brothers - Fiction

Summary: Aidan, a transgender boy, experiences complicated emotions as he and his parents prepare for the arrival of a new baby.

Zenobia July by Bunker, Lisa 

BTSB Prebound(Viking, 2019)

BTSB #: 171670 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.4 MG RC: 4.4 6-8 Lexile: 610 HL F&P: Z

Genres: Mystery Fiction

Subjects: Transgender people - Fiction Identity (Psychology) - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Moving - Fiction Aunts - Fiction Lesbians - Fiction Mystery fiction

Summary: Zenobia July, an excellent coder and hacker, investigates a mystery while wrestling with the challenges of a new school, a new family, and presenting her true gender for the first time.