Middle Grade

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A=Main character is on the ace spectrum
B=Main character is bisexual
* = not yet released
Titles in purple feature MCs of color

Realistic Fiction

Queer Cis Male MCs

Transgender Male MCs

Queer Cis Female MCs

Transgender Female MCs

Non-Binary MCs

There is also significant nonbinary representation in Different Kinds of Fruit by Kyle Lukoff, Twelfth by Janet Key, and Zenobia July by Lisa Bunker.

Gender-Questioning MCs

  • *Murray Out of Water by Taylor Tracy

SFF/Speculative

Queer Cis Male MCs

Queer Cis Female MCs

Trans Male MCs

  • *The Golem of Refuse by Kyle Lukoff

Trans Female MCs

  • Magical Princess Harriet by Leiah Moser (Amz)
  • The Deep & Dark Blue by Niki Smith (Graphic Novel)
  • The Ojja-Wojja by Magdalene Visaggio (text) and Jenn St-Onge (illustration) (Graphic Novel)

Intersex MCs

Non-Binary MCs

There is also significant nonbinary representation in major secondaries in the The Trials of Apollo series by Rick Riordan, A Touch of Ruckus by Ash Van Otterloo,  and The Moon Within by Aida Salazar.

Gender Non-Conforming MCs

Anthologies

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