Pitman, Gayle E.

Summary: A child celebrates her Maddy, who is neither mommy nor daddy but a little bit of both, like so many things in nature. Includes note to parents.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Magination Press 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PIT

Pearlman, Robb

Summary: A celebration of how colors are for everyone depicts characters engaging in their favorite activities.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press Kids 2018

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1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE PEA

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PEA

Hoffman, Sarah

Summary: Jacob loves playing dress-up, when he can be anything he wants to be. Some kids at school say he can't wear "girl" clothes, but Jacob wants to wear a dress to school. Can he convince his parents to let him wear what he wants?

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2014

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HOF

Nijkamp, Marieke

Summary: "Ash--or Princess Adelisa--is the youngest child of the queen, recently returned to the city of Kestrel's Haven after spending six years on the other side of the country. Ash was hoping for a joyous reunion, but the reality is far from it. Her mother is holding the kingdom together by a thread; her brother has only taunts and jibes for her; and court is full of nobles who openly mock and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC NIJ

Sass, A. J.

Summary: "Ellen, an autistic thirteen-year-old, navigates a new city, shifting friendships, a growing crush, and her queer and Jewish identities while on a class trip to Barcelona, Spain"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SAS

Nijkamp, Marieke

Summary: New York Times bestselling author Marieke Nijkamp's middle grade prose debut is an immersive medieval fantasy starring queer and disabled young heroes. For two young misfits, a dangerous quest to save their kingdom will also mean saving each other. For fans of B. B. Alston's Amari and the Night Brothers, Soman Chainani's School for Good and Evil, and Tamora Pierce's Tortall books. Ashor...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC NIJ

Levithan, David

Summary: "When Donovan left his copy of The Adventurers on the kitchen counter, he didn't think his mom would read it--much less have a problem with it. It's just an adventure novel about two characters trying to stop an evil genius...right? But soon the entire town is freaking out about whether the book's main characters are gay, Donovan's mom is trying to get the book removed from the school...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LEV

Tyndall, Nita

Summary: "Another girl has gone missing in Cardinal Creek. Sid knows their dad didn't do it--this time. He's currently serving a life sentence for the five girls he murdered ten years ago. Girls whose bodies he dumped into the lake. The same lake where June Hargrove was just found. And while Sid's dad couldn't have done it, suspicion is now directed at Sid. The only person who doesn't suspect Sid is the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC TYN

Symes-Smith, Esme

Summary: "Thanks to Callie and their friends, Helston seems to be changing for the better: Boys are allowed to explore their magic, and girls are permitted to train as warriors. Callie is an official Helston page, Willow in on track to become king, and Elowen and Edwyn are finally safe and free of their father. Everything is...perfect. Except it isn't. Not in Helston, where every step forward is...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Labyrinth Road 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SYM

MacGregor, Maya

Summary: An autistic nonbinary eighteen-year-old moves to a new town and school with the support of their loving father and finds friends in an LGBTQ-plus club, but they all must come together to solve the decades-old murder of a teenage boy and confront the demons lurking in Sam's past.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Astra Young Readers 2022

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MAC

Adeyoha, Koja

Summary: "Peyton loves to dance, and especially at pow wow, but her Auntie notices that she's been dancing less and less. When Peyton shares that she just can't be comfortable wearing a dress anymore, Auntie Eyota asks some friends for help to get Peyton what she needs."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Flamingo Rampant 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ADE

Stuart, Scott

Summary: Inspired by the author's own little boy, 'Shadow's' main character likes princesses, fairies and things 'not for boys'... he soon learns (through the support of his dad) that everyone has a shadow that they sometimes feel they need to hide. This is an important book for a new generation of children (and adults alike) which exemplifies the concepts of unconditional love, respect and positive...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Larrikin House 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STU

Machias, Jules

Summary: Daniel and Ash cross paths when a pomeranian is about to be euthanized; the sensitive Dan rescues the dog and Ash offers to help on a day when they are female-presenting. As the friendship grows, Ash feels less and less able to be their full self -- sometimes male and sometimes female -- in front of Dan without knowing that both people find themselves constantly at war with their non-conforming...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MAC

Albee, Jay

Summary: Nonbinary fourth-grader Riley learns how hard it is to take care of a dog.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2024

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE ALB

Wang, Andrea

Summary: "A family feud before the start of seventh grade propels Meilan from Boston's Chinatown to rural Ohio, where she must tap into her inner strength and sense of justice to make a new place for herself"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WAN

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WAN

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WAN

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WAN

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC WAN

Winans, Justine Pucella

Summary: When twelve-year-old River's only friend is kidnapped and dragged to the terrifying spirit world of The Otherwoods, they have no choice but to face the world's monsters and their own fears to become the hero they were destined to be.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WIN

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WIN