Making reading fun for the holidays
A gift guide to this year’s LGBTQ middle grade books This year’s LGBTQ-inclusive middle-grade books cover a wide range of identities, settings and moods.
Here’s a list of some of the best. I’ve indicated the main LGBTQ representation in each; many also have additional LGBTQ characters. Science fiction and fantasy: A queer fairy girl tries to save her world with the help of chosen family in The Mossheart’s Promise by Rebecca Mix (Balzer & Bray).
Three queer, Black protagonists lead the apocalyptic action tale Alex Wise vs. the End of the World by Terry J. Benton-Walker (Labyrinth Road).
Two very different girls must unite to save their magical town from a spell gone awry (and maybe get their dads to date) in Just a Pinch of Magic by Alechia Dow (Feiwel & Friends).
