Why did I love this book?
This YA book is a vibrant look into the lives of queer art students living in New York City, full of heart and lived-in experience. Felixās search for love and community is relatable but unique, and I love how Callender honestly and gracefully illustrates how fluid gender identity can be. Extra points for centering queer BIPOC characters.
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A Stonewall Honor Book * A Time Magazine Best YA Book of All Time
From Stonewall and Lambda Awardāwinning author Kacen Callender comes a revelatory YA novel about a transgender teen grappling with identity and self-discovery while falling in love for the first time.
Felix Love has never been in loveāand, yes, heās painfully aware of the irony. He desperately wants to know what itās like and why it seems so easy for everyone but him to find someone. Whatās worse is that, even though he is proud of his identity, Felix also secretly fears that heās one marginalization tooā¦