After Khalid begins to visit in his dreams, King becomes sure that his brother has transformed into a dragonfly. After Khalid’s sudden death, his brother Kingston struggles to cope with the loss. I love magical realism, and this is a phenomenal example of the genre. King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender Now Stevie just needs to build up the courage to tell her mother about what she is feeling. Eventually she meets a kind librarian who supports her search for information and helps her find books with stories about girls who love other girls. Stevie and her mom are very close, but Stevie struggles to understand if it’s normal to have feelings for girls. This poetic novel in verse is about Stevie, a shy 11-year-old girl living in Ireland with her mom. This often funny book tackles real issues (mental health, racism and sexuality). So, along with the help of his best friend Chelsea, he begins a search to discover his identity. On the verge of beginning 7th grade and feeling very stressed about it, Rahul seeks out advice from his grandfather Bhai, who suggests that he find a talent and become the best at it. Rahul Kapoor is a gay Indian American boy living in a small Midwestern town. Though everything is resolved very conveniently in the end, it is a tenderly written book about belonging, kindness and love. Finch’s only friend, Maddy, is her next-door neighbour, an older woman who runs a wildlife rescue out of her home. As a trans girl, she has a strained relationship with her stepfather and is afraid to open up to kids at school. After being abandoned by her father and losing her mother to cancer, she spends most of her time alone. Freeing Finch by Ginny Rorbyįinch just wants to find a place where she feels like she is understood. As they grow closer, Frankie’s feelings begin to blur confusingly and she begins to wonder if she actually has romantic feelings for Sally. Then Frankie discovers that Sally isn’t so mean after all and the two girls become friends. Not only does she have to deal with being bullied at school by a group of kids led by a girl named Sally, but her mom has a severe case of MS.