Alex Gino
1) Rick
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
780L
Physical Desc
223 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Rick Ramsey has generally gone along with everybody, just not making waves, even though he is increasingly uncomfortable with his father's jokes about girls, and his best friend's explicit talk about sex; but now in middle school he discovers the Rainbow Spectrum club, where kids of many genders and identities can express themselves--and maybe among them he can find new friends and discover his own identity, which may just be to opt...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
810L
Physical Desc
247 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When her new baby sister is born deaf, Jilly makes an online connection with a fellow fantasy fan, who happens to be black and deaf, and begins to learn about the many obstacles that exist in the world for people who are different from her.
3) George
Author
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When people look at George, they think they see a boy. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl. George thinks she'll have to keep this a secret forever. Then her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte's Web. George really, really, REALLY wants to play Charlotte. But the teacher says she can't even try out for the part . . . because she's a boy. With the help of her best friend, Kelly, George comes up with a...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
830L
Physical Desc
162 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Middle school student Sam is comfortable with their nonbinary identity, and their family has accepted it too (as long as they do their homework and chores), so when their history teacher assigns as a project coming up with a proposal for the new statue honoring a historical Staten Islander (there is a contest involved) they and their friend TJ decide to focus on Alice Austen, a lesbian photographer, whose house on Staten Island is a museum--but they...
5) Green
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
224 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Middle-grade superstar author Alex Gino returns to the world they began with MELISSA and RICK with GREEN, the story of a non-binary middle-schooler named Green who comes into their own in no small part by fighting for gender-free casting in their school's production of THE WIZARD OF OZ" --
6) Melissa
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
195 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When people look at Melissa, they think they see a boy named George. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl. Melissa thinks shell have to keep this a secret forever. Then her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte's Web. Melissa really, really, REALLY wants to play Charlotte. But the teacher says she can't even try out for the part... because she's a boy. With the help of her best friend, Kelly, Melissa comes...
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
770L
Physical Desc
328 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
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.