Fiction

Featuring contributions from Eric Bell, Katherine Locke and A.J. Sass, this first LGBTQA+ anthology for middle-grade readers presents stories of queer fantasy, historical and contemporary stories for every letter of the acronym.

Chinese American Derrick explores his queer identity by competing in a small-town beauty pageant where he shares his new love of drag with his family and friends.

My name is Liv (Not Olivia) ... I'm not technically a girl. I'm transgender. Which is a bit like being a transformer. Only not quite as cool because I probably won't get to save the world one day.' Liv knows he was always meant to be a boy, but with his new school's terrible dress code, he can't even wear pants. Only skirts. Operation Pants Project begins! The only way for Liv to get what he wants is to go after it himself. But to Liv, this isn't just a mission to change the policy -- it's a mission to change his life. And that's a pretty big deal.

Nine-year-old Sumac Lottery considers it her job to make sure none of the Lottery celebrations are forgotten, especially now at Christmas time, and in her large, gay, and multiethnic family there are a lot of occasions for celebration in the house they all call Camelottery -- but when a terrible ice storm hits Toronto, one of her dads, and her favorite brother cannot make it home from India, and it becomes increasingly difficult to hang on to the holiday spirit.

A collection of ten forgotten fairy tales with LGBTQ+ themes, featuring fluid gender identities, happy endings, and diverse folklore from around the world.

When Jake comes out to his dad, who hangs a ginormous pride flag in their front yard as a show of love and support, the mayor begins receiving complaints and Jake fights to throw his town's very first pride festival.

For as long as they can remember, Mac, Lina, Milo and Avery have celebrated Family Week together in "the smallest, gayest town in the world"--Provincetown, Massachusetts. But this summer, their big rented beach house feels different. Avery's dads are splitting up, and her life feels like it's falling apart. Milo's flunked seventh grade, which means everyone is moving on to bigger and better things except for him.

Fourteen-year-old aspiring comic artist Maeve Mulvaney starts a superhero-themed activism club at her middle school after experiencing sexist and fatphobic bullying.

Twelve-year-old Piper Shapiro, a nonbinary middle schooler, struggles with the idea of change, so when their mom starts dating Gwinny, the mother of Piper's classmate Colton, Piper and Colton team up to try to break up the relationship, only to realize that change might not always be bad.

Thirteen-year-old Alex Eager navigates the challenges of a long-distance relationship, an increasingly forgetful grandmother, and a town's referendum on library funding, all while trying to find her place.