The wave of great new LGBTQ-inclusive middle grade books keeps on coming! Here are some recent ones that show a range of adventure, humor, self-exploration, interpersonal drama, and queer identities.
Click images for my full reviews and purchase links—and check out my Database of LGBTQ Family Books for even more (including a few that aren’t out yet, which I’ll feature shortly).
A warm and touching graphic novel about a trans boy finding community and connection in the distant future, in a world built on Indonesian culture.A trans boy and a goth girl become unlikely friends in a fun story about connections, growth, and change.A novel that will break your heart and gently put it back together, as a nonbinary, autistic 12-year-old foster child finds a kindred spirit in a shelter dog—and just may have found a home with two moms (one of whom is trans).A techno-thriller that explores issues of consent, privacy, and disability pride through the harrowing adventure of a queer, autistic protagonist.A delightful mystery-adventure with a nonbinary protagonist and a thoughtful theme about how we care for the ones we love.A slightly spooky adventure story with a gender creative protagonist who uses a wheelchair.This third book in the series about two moms and their five kids centers on 12-year-old Harbor, finding where she fits into the family (and developing a same-sex crush of her own).A novel about family, secrets, finding community—and a tween who wants to go to Pride.A nonbinary, genderfluid student seeks to address their anxiety, and discovers things about their family, friends, and self along the way.A fun, paranormal, graphic novel romp with a ton of queernessA fun and quirky graphic novel that pokes fun at adventure tropes, with a gender creative protagonist and a nonbinary best friend.This graphic novel sequel to A-Okay, with an asexual protagonist, continues author/illustrator Jarad Greene’s semiautobiographical story.A sequel to the action-adventure Ring of Solomon, with a gay, Jewish protagonist battling (and allying with) creatures from Jewish folklore and mythology.This third book in the Saddlehill Academy series continues the story of a queer seventh grader at an elite equestrian boarding school.
