The Best LGBTQ+ Audiobooks for the Whole Family

obbie is a good enough man ” is a coming-of-age story about identity, athleticism, and the sweetness of first crushes. After Obie’s transfer, he adjusts to a new swim team and deals with bullying, doubt, and new expectations. Written by transgender Division 1 swimmer Skyler Beiler, this story is filled with important representation in the fields of competitive sports and transgender tweens. The publisher says the book is aimed at ages 9 to 12, but some reviewers have noted examples of bullying and hurtful language. These are important to the story, but it’s good to pay attention to them.

Set in “Romeo and Juliet” for junior high school students, star cross a girl named Matty balances the excitement of appearing in a play with the confusion of falling in love with both a girl and a boy. This is a strange tale of low stakes and optimism. The publisher says the target age group is 9 to 13 years old.

I was immediately intrigued by the sports dresses, pageant dresses, and the comparisons to Kyle Casey Chu!Julie Murphy. Dumplin’. Beauty queens subverting social norms is a plot that never gets old. Queen Bee of Tybee County is a new take on the story of a star athlete on his middle school boys basketball team who discovers the world of beauty pageants while spending the summer away from home. He likes what he sees! Is he ready to show the world? The publisher says the target age group is 8 to 12 years old.

Like many great middle grade books, noah fry It’s full of ruminations on first love, summer camp scenes, and the emotional changes that occur as a group of friends become teenagers. Noah feels like his friends are crushing on boys, but he can’t keep up with them, and before he realizes he has a boy crush himself. Can the scientific method help children develop feelings greater than those they have for their friend Jessa?The publisher says it’s aimed at ages 8 to 12.