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41) The Cape doctor
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A novel inspired by the life of Dr. James Miranda Barry follows a penniless Irish girl who adopts the identity of a boy in order to enter medical school, and embracing the freedom of living life as a man, becomes one of the most well-respected physicians in nineteenth-century Cape Town.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Georgia Brown's profession as a urologist requires her to interact with plenty of naked people, but her romantic prospects have fizzled. The single most important person in her life is her friend, Jonah Tsukada, a funny, empathetic family medicine doctor who works at the same hospital in Charleston, South Carolina, and who has become as close as family to her. Just after Georgia leaves the country for a medical conference, she hears startling news...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Eighteen months after Vivien, his beloved transgender girlfriend, slipped into a coma after a suicide attempt, eighteen-year-old Miles begins healing while photographing her empty shoes against the stark landscapes of Iceland. Told through a series of instant messages.
Author
Series
Tales of the city volume 9
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Follows ninety-two-year-old Anna Madrigal, the legendary transgender landlady of 28 Barbary Lane, as she joins her former tenant Brian on a road trip to Nevada where she attends to unfinished business she has long avoided.
46) Into the real
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"In this gripping, genre-defying YA novel from New York Times bestselling author Z Brewer, three teens--one who presents as genderqueer, one who presents as female, and one who presents as male--are caught up in three very different stories of survival. But those stories intersect as the teens start to realize that they might in fact be a single, singular "they," alternating among worlds--and that accepting themself might be the key to defeating the...
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Just before his fifth birthday, Penelope lets his mother know he is a boy and, with her support and his ninja powers, faces the rest of his family and his classmates. Drawn from the author's memoir, The bold world.
48) Parrotfish
Author
Language
English
Description
Grady, a transgendered high school student, yearns for acceptance by his classmates and family as he struggles to adjust to his new identity as a male.
Author
Series
Sunbearer duology volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Transgender demigod Teo is unexpectedly selected for the Sunbearer Trials, a fierce competition among demigod heroes where the winner sacrifices the loser to Sol, their blood fueling the Sun Stones that protect Reino del Sol.
"Only the most powerful and honorable semidioses get chosen. I'm just a Jade. I'm not a real hero." As each new decade begins, the Sun's power must be replenished so that Sol can keep traveling along the sky and keep the evil...
Author
Publisher
Flux
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"Gabe has always identified as a boy, but he was born with a girl's body. With his new public access radio show gaining in popularity, Gabe struggles with romance, friendships, and parents--all while trying to come out as transgendered. An audition for astation in Minneapolis looks like his ticket to a better life in the big city. But his entire future is threatened when several violent guys find out Gabe, the popular DJ, is also Elizabeth from school"--...
Author
Series
Jinx Ballou novel volume 1
Publisher
Dark Pariah Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When Holly Schwarz, a seventeen-year-old disabled girl charged with her mother's murder, jumps bail, bounty hunter Jinx Ballou is hired to her to jail. Having recently been outed as transgender by a local newspaper, Jinx is determined to prove she is one of the best in the business. But locating the missing girl proves to be more dangerous than expected when clues lead Jinx to believe her fugitive has been kidnapped by a Chechen mobster running a...
53) Sam is my sister
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Evan, Sam, and Finn fish, climb trees, and play astronauts together, but when Sam wants to have long hair and wear dresses, Evan is confused until he learns what it means to be transgender.
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Transness is as varied and colorful as magic can be. In Transmogrify!, you'll embark on fourteen different adventures alongside unforgettable characters who embody many different genders and expressions and experiences--because magic is for everyone, and that is cause for celebration"--
Author
Publisher
Duet, an imprint of Interlude Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Bloomington High School Lions' star goalie Sebastian Hughes should be excited about his senior year: His teammates are amazing, and he's got a coach who doesn't ask anyone to hide their sexuality. But when his estranged childhood-best-friend Emir Shah shows up at summer training camp, Sebastian realizes the team's success may end up in the hands of the one guy who hates him. Determined to reconnect with Emir for the sake of the Lions, he sets out...
Author
Series
The remixed classics volume 9
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Oliver Bennet, trapped by societal expectations to live as female, discovers the possibility of love and freedom when he forms a connection with Darcy, but is faced with the choice of living a secure but inauthentic life or risking everything for true self-expression and love.
Author
Publisher
Windy City Publishers
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
First he wants her… then he wants her dead. Bobbi Logan’s life and career begin to spiral downward when she comes out as a transgendered woman. But the gutsy hairdresser is determined to live her “new” life authentically, even as she is drawn into the investigation of her brutally murdered friend. The Chicago police have all but said they’re not interested in the death of a “tranny” and the media has failed to report it. As she follows...
Author
Series
Jinx Ballou bounty hunter volume 2
Publisher
Dark Pariah Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Bounty hunter Jinx Ballou is hot on the heels of an accused murderer. Her investigation reveals her fugitive is involved with White Nation, a militant organization stoking the fires of prejudice and violence in Phoenix, Arizona. To apprehend her suspect, she infiltrates White Nation, only to come face-to-face with the man who nearly killed her when she was a teen. Her efforts to bring both men to justice backfire, putting those she loves most in harm's...
59) The other boy
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Shane Woods is just a regular boy. He loves pitching for his baseball team, working on his graphic novel, and hanging out with his friend Josh. But Shane is keeping something private, something that might make a difference to his teammates, to Josh, and to his new crush, Madeline. And when a classmate threatens to reveal his secret, Shane's whole world come crashing down. It will take a lot of courage for Shane to ignore the ridicule...
60) Lily and Dunkin
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Lily Jo McGrother, born Timothy McGrother, is a girl. But being a girl is not so easy when you look like a boy. Especially when you're in the eighth-grade. Norbert Dorfman, nicknamed Dunkin Dorfman, is bipolar and has just moved from the New Jersey town he's called home for the past thirteen years. This would be hard enough, but the fact that he is also hiding from a painful secret makes it even worse. One summer morning, Lily Jo McGrother meets...