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Gooseberry by Robin Gow

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B has lived with so many different foster families and youth programs that they have to invent nicknames for them to keep track. Their parents died in a car accident when they were four, and they’ve been moved around ever since. And even though some foster families don’t really get B or why they haven’t picked a new name yet (though B has been grappling with that for a while), B tries their best to stay positive. They try to keep a list of names that might fit, and they dream of being able to live in a home where they could adopt a dog and teach him all sorts of tricks. So when they meet Gooseberry, they know they have to adopt him and give him a loving home. But training a dog isn’t as easy as B first suspected. Gooseberry is anxious and barely even wants to let B pet him. But the queer couple B is staying with, Eri and Jodie, help them to adopt Gooseberry and start training him. Even when Gooseberry snaps and growls, B doesn’t give up. But is this new home enough to change things for good for B and Gooseberry? Moving, heartwarming, and full of hope, Gooseberry is a friendship story classic in the making!

Mod opinion: I haven't and probably won't read this book as I rarely read middle grade novels anymore, but I think this could be fascinating with the right audience.

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note: this books is known in the UK as "Artemis Fowl and the Arctic Incident".

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Celebrate Trans Authors and Trans Characters this Transgender Awareness Week!

Happy Transgender Awareness Week everyone!! We asked our rec list contributors for their favorite books with trans characters or by trans authors, and the result is this list of 20 awesome books, all with trans characters (though some open to interpretation) and most by trans authors! This adds to the list of 11 books we did for Transgender Awareness Week last year. The contributors to this list are: Linnea Peterson, S. J. Ralston, Nina Waters and Shannon.

May the Best Man Win by Z.R. Ellor

Acting the Part by Z.R. Ellor

The Pairing by Casey McQuiston

Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey

Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa

An Accident of Stars by Foz Meadows

Dreadnought by April Daniels

The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist by Ben Barres

Fine: A Comic About Gender by Rhea Ewing

Deadendia: The Watcher’s Test by Hamish Steele

Cheer Up! Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier & Val Wise

The Pirate and the Porcelain Girl by Emily Riesbeck

Kim & Kim by Magdalene Visaggio & Eva Cabrera

Submerged by Vita Ayala

Rules For Ghosting by Shelly Jay Shore

Self-Made Boys by Anna-Marie McLemore

The Prospects by KT Hoffman

Brooms by Jasmine Walls

A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall

Free From Falling by E.L. Massey

What are your favorite books by trans authors and/or starring trans characters?

You can see all our favorite books with transgender characters by visiting our related shelf on Goodreads.

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note: the original Japanese series was published in four volumes; the English translation is available in two. The Beast Player includes the first two volumes of the series (闘蛇編 and 王獣編). the series is at least partially available in a number of other languages as well, and it looks like in these it’s mainly published in four volumes like the Japanese. I’ve included the French and German covers for reference; it’s also available in at least Swedish and Chinese (with covers based on the 2006 Japanese edition).

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