This carefully curated collection features age-appropriate stories for readers ages 8-12 that celebrate LGBTQ+ characters, families, and experiences. These books offer young readers the chance to see themselves reflected in literature while building ...
Sections
5
Trans Rep
Multiple Identities
Asexuality
MLM
Sapphic
Trans Rep
Books featuring characters that are transgender.
An amazing novel in verse about longing and grief.
Dear Mothman by Robin Gow
A mystery solved by a trans girl. Heartfelt.
Zenobia July by Lisa Bunker
Eleven-year-old Bug and Moira prepare for middle school by choosing outfits, learning makeup, and rating boys from their yearbooks.
Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff
A trans boy joins a swim team and decides to try to be stealth.
Obie Is Man Enough by Schuyler Bailar
Multiple Identities
Books featuring a variety of characters with different identities.
Friends come together in Massachusetts for a LGBT family week. Adorable.
Family Week by Sarah Moon
First intallment of a fantasy series that is soooo cozy.
The Tea Dragon Society by K O'Neill
Asexuality
Books featuring characters that are asexual.
AMAZING book about an eighth grader being asexual.
Just Lizzie by Karen Wilfrid
Fantasy featuring an asexual character.
The Dragon of Ynys by Minerva Gerridwen
MLM
Books featuring storylines with MLM romance.
Coming of age novel about a boy trying to organize a pride parade.
Small Town Pride by Phil Stamper
A middle grade debut about a gay Indian American boy coming into his own.
The Best at It by Maulik Pancholy
Three kids who don’t belong. A room that shouldn’t exist. A year that will change everything.
The Insiders by Mark Oshiro
Sapphic
Books featuring storylines with sapphic romance.
I LOVED THIS BOOK SO MUCH.
Mountain Upside Down by Sara Ryan
First crushes, but sapphic.
Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake
