Author: Schuyler Bailar
Published: 2021 Obie is an excellent swimmer, and his life is really great. But then he announces that he is transgender and wants to swim on the boys team instead of the girls, and his swim team coach kicks him off the team. Clyde, one of his best friends, becomes Obie's biggest tormentor, bullying him any chance he gets. Obie joins a new swim team and finds acceptance from the coach and the other swimmers. They treat him like any other teammate. But then his friend from his old team, Lucky, starts hanging around with the wrong crowd and suddenly she isn't defending him anymore when others bully him. Obie has a crush on a cute girl named Charlie. But what happens if he tells her that he is trans? Will it ruin everything? Obie is Man Enough is a great book about identity and being who you are. Obie is such a wonderful character. I thoroughly enjoyed reading his story.
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Author: Donna Barba Higuera
Published: 2020 Lupe is determined to get all As in school. If she does, her uncle promised her she will get to meet her hero, Fu Li Hernandez, a Chinese and Mexican pitcher. Lupe is also Chinese and Mexican and wants more than anything to be a pitcher in the major leagues when she gets older. Her biggest obstacle is gym class. Normally she is one of the best, but their next unit is square dancing and Lupe is adamantly against it. Who wants to square dance anyway? She will do absolutely anything to get out of it. After all, her dad used to tell her that she should fight for what she believes in. But her plans have consequences and suddenly she finds herself abandoned with no friends and no partner. How will she get an A now? Lupe Wong Won't Dance is a great middle grade novel about friendship and doing the right thing. Author: Helen Frost
Published: 2020 Henry is a little boy in 1937 when he gets really sick. After he gets better, he and his family realize that he can no longer hear anymore. He is sent to live at an institution called Riverside because he is considered to be "unteachable." While there, he and the other children experience poor living conditions and abuse. Henry doesn't know why his family left him there all alone. As time goes on, he makes some friends at Riverside. While World War II is going on, they are losing workers as many are going off to fight in the war. Victor is a conscientious objector, meaning he doesn't believe in war and refuses to fight. In those times, if you were a CO, you were either put in prison or you were given a necessary job. He is assigned to Riverside. Victor is kind and patient with the children there, unlike many of the other workers. And he doesn't think that Henry is unteachable. All He Knew is a fantastic historical fiction middle grade novel told in verse. My heart broke for Henry and the other boys at Riverside for the way they were treated. Author: Alice Osman
Published: 2020 Charlie has officially come out as gay at school. When he is assigned to sit next to Nick in class, Charlie instantly develops a crush. Nick is rugby player who is a year ahead of him in school. He is kind, and soon the two start to become friends. Nick even convinces Charlie to go out for the rugby team. Charlie's crush only grows, but there's no way that Nick can feel the same way, is there? Heartstopper is an adorable graphic novel! Romance readers will enjoy. Author: Carrie Firestone
Published: 2020 Molly has had enough of the way girls are treated at her school because of the dress code. Girls are terrified of getting in trouble, and the people who enforce the dress code are unfair about it and don't apply it to everyone equally. When Olivia gets in trouble for wearing a tank top because her sweatshirt was wrapped around her waist trying to cover up something embarrassing that happened, Molly decides they need to do something about the dress code. Molly starts a podcast where she and guests discuss the way they have been treated because of how they dressed at school. Soon word starts to get around about this podcast and as more and more girls share their stories, Molly and her classmates try to work together to make real change. But when all their efforts are ignored, they may have to do something to really get them noticed. Dress Coded is a fantastic realistic fiction novel about activism and girl power. I loved the podcast episodes transcripts included in the novel. |
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