Where would he even start?īetween supporting his mother through her bouts of depression, dealing with his estranged father, and navigating senior year as a transgender boy at a conservative Tennessean high school, his life is a lot to unload on strangers.īut after meeting easygoing Declan, Gael is welcomed into a new circle of friends who make him want to open up. Though his best friend convinces him to attend a meeting of Plus, a support group for LGBTQIA+ teens, Gael doesn’t plan on sharing much. Seventeen-year-old Gael is used to keeping to himself. If I Can Give You That by Michael Gray Bullaįor fans of Kacen Callender and Mason Deaver comes a heart-tugging coming-of-age YA debut that takes a poignant look at gender identity, sexuality, friendship, and family-both the one we’re born into and the one we find for ourselves. Here are some YA books with trans and nonbinary characters, each telling a unique story!Ģ8 YA Books with Trans and Nonbinary Charactersġ. While there are certainly more books available now about trans and nonbinary teens than there were, say, a decade ago, there’s still plenty of room for books with trans characters!Īnd because trans and nonbinary folks are not a monolith, we need all the stories we can get! Hard-hitting contemporary to the highest of fantasy, these stories are crucial to teens (and beyond!) who are struggling to find books they feel represented in. Stories about transgender and nonbinary teenagers are important and necessary in YA fiction, full stop.

Transmogrify! by g. haron davis