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For Trans and Non-Binary Teens

Books and resources for Trans and non-binary teens.

Chicago Public Library

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  • This tiny book is co-written by a cis dude and a genderqueer human as a guide to navigating they/them pronouns. An excellent resource to give a parent or friend.
    Paperback, 2018Portland, Oregon : Limerence Press, 2018. — P279.B64 2018
  • Danny Tozer has a problem: she just inherited the powers of Dreadnought, the world’s greatest superhero. Now the world sees her as the girl she is (which is cool) but she has to deal with their reactions (which is sometimes less cool). Plus she has…
    Paperback, 2017New York, New York : Diversion Books, 2017. — FICTION
  • When you're sixteen and no one understands who you are, sometimes the only choice left is to run. If you're lucky, you find a place that accepts you, no questions asked. A fearless and unconventional love story of Kid and Scout, whose genders are…
    Book, 2011Minneapolis, MN : Carolrhoda Lab, c2011. — FICTION
  • Geek Out

    a Collection of Trans and Genderqueer Romance

    A collection of stories that include all manner of geekery and also trans and genderqueer folks being romantic with each other.
    Paperback, 2015[Rocky Mount, NC] : Less Than Three Press LLC, 2015. — FICTION
  • A coming of age story featuring a Latinx transboy named J, who decides to become his authentic self, no matter what those around him think.
    Book, 2011New York : Little, Brown, 2011. — FICTION
  • Amanda is the new girl at school, just trying to fit in. When she meets sweet, easygoing Grant she struggles with her desire to share her past while also guarding her heart. Written by a trans author about a trans girl and featuring a trans model…
    Book, 2016New York : Flatiron Books, 2016. — FICTION
  • When Jaya and Rasa meet by chance once day on a mountain in Hau'ula, everything changes. A Romeo-and-Juliet-type story, their love will be tested by those around them and the choices that led them together. Jaya is a transboy and his family is…
    Book, 2017El Paso, Texas : Cinco Puntos Press, 2017. — FICTION
  • Kivali was abandoned as a baby, wrapped in a lizard t-shirt, and adopted by Sheila, an artist who believes Kivali was left by a mysterious race of saurians. Kivali is definitely genderqueer and possibly part lizard with powers she doesn't…
    Book, 2015Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2015. — FICTION
  • Sal Leon enters a competition to become a replacement member of the Left Hand--a quartet of the Queen's personal assassins -- but first must survive the training. Sal is genderqueer and mostly uses they/them pronouns.
    Book, 2017Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Fire, [2017] — FICTION
  • Ten years ago, Peter Pan left Neverland to grow up, leaving behind his adolescent dreams of boyhood and resigning himself to life as Wendy Darling. Growing up, however, has only made him realize how inescapable his identity as a man is. But when he…
    Book, 2017[Castle Hayne, N.C.] : Less Than Three Press, LLC, 2017.
  • Tashi is genderfluid and uses they/them pronouns. Tashi is a spy and killer--an elite warrior known as an inhabitor--taught from a young age to use their bond with the tiger Katala. When an enemy force captures the city, Tashi has no option but to…
    Paperback, 2017Tallahassee, FL : Harmony Ink Press, [2017] — FICTION
  • Toni and Gretchen were #relationshipgoals at their high school so when they start at different colleges they'll be fine, right? Toni begins the book as genderqueer and upon finding a trans group on campus, goes on a journey of self discovery that…
    Book, 2015Don Mills, Ontario, Canada : Harlequin Teen, [2015] — FICTION
  • Best friends Miel and Sam are as strange as they are inseparable. Roses grow out of Miel’s wrist and Sam is known for the moons he paints and hangs in the trees. But even they stay away from the Bonner girls, four beautiful sisters rumored to be…
    Book, 2016New York : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Griffin, 2016. — FIC MCLEMORE
  • Sasha was white, middle class and agender. Richard was a poor, black cis boy. One day on the 57 bus changed both their lives forever. This true story doesn't shy away from the ugly facts on all sides addressing race, class, gender and sexuality with…
    Book, 2017New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2017. — HV6618.S56 2017
  • My New Gender Workbook

    a Step-by-step Guide to Achieving World Peace Through Gender Anarchy and Sex Positivity

    Bornstein, Kate, 1948-
    Using a unique, deceptively simple and always entertaining workbook format, Bornstein gently but firmly guides readers toward discovering their own unique gender identity.
    Paperback, 2013New York : Routledge, 2013. — HQ1075.B69 2013
  • Gender Outlaws

    the Next Generation

    Includes essays, commentary, comic art, and conversations from a diverse group of trans-spectrum people who live and believe in barrier-breaking lives.
    Paperback, 2010Berkeley, Calif. : Seal Press, c2010. — HQ77.9.G39 2010
  • Being Jazz

    My Life as a (transgender Teen)

    Jennings, Jazz,
    Jazz is just an ordinary teenage (trans) girl who gives readers an insight into her life in her own words.
    Book, 2016New York : Crown, [2016] — HQ77.8.J47A3 2016
  • In her unique, generous, and affecting voice, nineteen-year-old Katie Hill shares her personal journey as a trans girl.
    Book, 2014New York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, [2014] — HQ77.8.H55A3 2014
  • Some Assembly Required

    the Not-so-secret Life of a Transgender Teen

    Andrews, Arin
    Seventeen-year-old Arin Andrews shares all the hilarious, painful, and poignant details of life as a teen age trans boy.
    Book, 2014New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2014] — HQ77.8.A53A3 2014
  • Redefining Realness

    My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More

    Mock, Janet, 1983-
    Activist Janet Mock describes her childhood, teen, and early adult years and the winding road that brought her to where she is today.
    Paperback, 2014New York, NY : Atria Paperback, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2014. — HQ77.8.M63A3 2014b