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Title: Our Picks for Trans Young Adult Fiction
Post by: Hazumu on December 26, 2007, 11:09:37 PM
Five top novels for young adult -- and not-so-young adult -- readers looking for stories about the lives of young trans people.

By Michelle Garcia

"Luna by Julie Anne Peters (Little, Brown; 2004)

For years Liam secretly transforms himself into Luna each night with the help of his sister's clothes and makeup. As he yearns to reveal his nighttime identity, his sister Regan finds it more difficult to keep Luna a secret with each passing day. Are Liam's family and friends ready to accept Luna into their lives? Julie Anne Peters's well-received novel was a 2004 finalist for the National Book Award in Young People's Literature."

Karen
Title: Re: Our Picks for Trans Young Adult Fiction
Post by: Natasha on December 26, 2007, 11:26:43 PM
This has already been posted here. (https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,23723.0.html)
Title: Our Picks for Trans Young Adult Fiction
Post by: Natasha on December 26, 2007, 11:55:38 PM
Our Picks for Trans Young Adult Fiction

http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid50993.asp
By Michelle Garcia
11/26/2007

The National Center for Transgender Equality estimates there are between 750,000 and 3 million transgender people in the U.S....