Alex Gino
1) George
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English
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Knowing herself to be a girl despite her outwardly male appearance, George is denied a female role in the class play before teaming up with a friend to reveal her true self.
2) Rick
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Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Eleven-year-old Rick Ramsey has generally gone along with everybody, just not making waves, even though he is increasingly uncomfortable with his father's jokes about girls, and his best friend's explicit talk about sex; but now in middle school he discovers the Rainbow Spectrum club, where kids of many genders and identities can express themselves--and maybe among them he can find new friends and discover his own identity, which may just be to opt...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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When her baby sister is born deaf, Jilly makes an online connection with a fellow fantasy fan, who happens to be black and deaf, and begins to learn about the many obstacles that exist in the world for people who are different from her.
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Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Middle school student Sam is comfortable with their nonbinary identity, and their family has accepted it too (as long as they do their homework and chores), so when their history teacher assigns as a project coming up with a proposal for the new statue honoring a historical Staten Islander (there is a contest involved) they and their friend TJ decide to focus on Alice Austen, a lesbian photographer, whose house on Staten Island is a museum--but they...
5) Green
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Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Crushes are confusing. Green is very lucky. They've got a supportive dad, friendly neighbors, and good friends. They've figured out a lot of things...but they can't figure out what to do about Ronnie. Ronnie's a boy who's been in Green's class for awhile. He's sweet. Funny. And lately Green's heart has raced a little faster whenever he's around. Green is pretty sure about their own feelings, but when it comes to how Ronnie feels, they have ABSOLUTELY...
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Featuring contributions from Eric Bell, Katherine Locke and A.J. Sass, this first LGBTQA+ anthology for middle-grade readers presents stories of queer fantasy, historical and contemporary stories for every letter of the acronym.