![]() ![]() Now that I’m back to reading kids’ books, I’m fine. It turns out that I just find grown-up fiction long and boring. In fact, for a long time, I thought I had lost my love of reading. ![]() And I’ve always loved children’s literature. It’s written in the close third-person, with a linear narrative structure, a best friend and a bully, and a school play. In a lot of ways, George is a very traditional story, and in that way, it feels familiar, even if the reader hasn’t ever thought about trans issues before. It’s a book that I hope people connect with. Like a lot of marginalized writers, I wrote the book I wish I had read. And I think about who I would be now if I had experienced positive representations of transness in the world as a kid. When I was figuring out who I was in college, books were an invaluable resource for me. You can learn more about Alex and their novel, George, here. Last year, Alex was a participating author in the LGBTQ Writers in Schools program and is returning again this year as our kick-off author. I recently asked Alex Gino a few questions about their middle-grade transgender novel, George (Scholastic). Alex Gino on Writing Trans Middle-Grade Fiction ![]()
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