This Means War

Blind Faith

The Long Night of Leo and Bree

Raziel

Sure Signs of Crazy

Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen

Shark Girl

The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

"Last week I cut my hair, bought some boys' clothes and shoes, wrapped a large ACE bandage around my chest to flatten my fortunately-not-large breasts, and began looking for a new name."

Angela Katz-McNair has never felt quite right as a girl. Her whole life is leading up to the day she decides to become Grady, a guy. While coming out as transgender feels right to Grady, he isn't prepared for the reaction he gets from everyone else. His mother is upset, his younger sister is mortified, and his best friend, Eve, won't acknowledge him in public. Why can't people just let Grady be himself?

Grady's life is miserable until he finds friends in some unexpected places -- like the school geek, Sebastian, who explains that there is precedent in the natural world (parrotfish change gender when they need to, and the newly male fish are the alpha males), and Kita, a senior who might just be Grady's first love.

From acclaimed writer Ellen Wittlinger, this is the groundbreaking story of one teen's search for self and his struggle for acceptance.

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This Means War

Ellen Wittlinger, 2010

Blind Faith

Ellen Wittlinger, 2006

The Long Night of Leo and Bree

Ellen Wittlinger, 2002

Raziel

Ellen Wittlinger, 2001

Sure Signs of Crazy

Karen Harrington, 2013

Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen

Jazz Jennings, 2016

Shark Girl

Kelly Bingham, 2007

The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

Frederick Joseph, 2020