by Anthony Martinez | Apr 1, 2024 | Book Review, Media
If I Can Give You That written by Michael Gray Bulla,Published by Quill Tree Books, 2023 Seventeen-year-old Gael (he/him) is used to avoiding people and keeping to himself. Between supporting his mother through her bouts of severe depression, dealing with his...
by Anthony Martinez | Mar 4, 2024 | Book Review
Always the Almost written by Edward Underhill,Published by Wednesday Books, 2023 Sixteen-year-old trans boy Miles Jacobson makes two New Year’s resolutions on a frozen Wisconsin night: to win back his ex-boyfriend (and star of the football team) Shane McIntyre, and to...
by StandwithTrans7821 | Dec 19, 2023 | Book Review
Dear Mothman written by Robin Gow, Published by Harry N. Abrams, 2023 As this story begins, sixth grader Noah is grieving the death of his very best friend Lewis, the only other trans boy in his class, who has been tragically killed in a car accident. Adventurous and...
by StandwithTrans7821 | Dec 1, 2023 | Book Review
Almond, Quartz, and Finch, written by Lisa Bunker, New Wind Publishing, 2023 In this adventure-fantasy novel, we are introduced to two young Nezel friends, Almond and Quartz. They and their families are refugee servants in the land of Irzem, where their...
by StandwithTrans7821 | Nov 5, 2023 | Book Review
Beyond Pronouns, The Essential Guide for Parents of Trans Children, written by Tammy Plunkett, Published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2022 In the introduction, author Tammy Plunket writes, “Welcome to your safe space. If you’re the parent of a child who just came...
by StandwithTrans7821 | Sep 29, 2023 | Book Review
She Persisted: Rachel Levineby Lisa Bunker (with Chelsea Clinton & Alexandra Bioger),published by Philomel Books, 2023. Rachel Levine became the United States assistant secretary for health in 2021, the first openly trans person to be confirmed by the senate for...