YA LGBT Books discussion

Our July-Aug Book of the Month is The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons

Love, Simon meets Friday Night Lights in this feelgood LGBTQ+ romance about a trans teen torn between standing up for his rights and staying stealth.

'A sharply observant and vividly drawn debut. I loved every minute I spent in this story' - Becky Albertalli

Fifteen-year-old Spencer Harris is a proud nerd, an awesome big brother and a Messi-in-training. He's also transgender. After transitioning at his old school leads to a year of bullying, Spencer gets a fresh start at Oakley, the most liberal private school in Ohio.

At Oakley, Spencer seems to have it all: more accepting classmates, a decent shot at a starting position on the boy's soccer team, great new friends, and maybe even something more than friendship with one of his teammates. The problem is, no one at Oakley knows Spencer is trans - he's passing.

So when a discriminatory law forces Spencer's coach to bench him after he discovers the 'F' on Spencer's birth certificate, Spencer has to make a choice: cheer his team on from the sidelines or publicly fight for his right to play, even if it means coming out to everyone - including the guy he's falling for.

Content warnings for: (view spoiler)[transphobia, homophobia, misgendering, religious bigotry, ableism, medical content, references to school shootings (hide spoiler)]

This book has a lot of diverse rep - biracial black trans mc, gay love interest, nonbinary secondary, autistic secondary, trans secondary, bisexual secondary. I look forward to seeing what our members think of this one. If you want to comment on something that may be a story spoiler, you can hide it by putting <*spoiler> (without the *) ahead of it, and <*/spoiler> (without the *) after it - eg. (view spoiler)[hide the info. (hide spoiler)]

I am getting closer and closer to finishing this book. And I am really enjoying it even if it is taking me a lot of time to get through, Tere is genuinely easy of reading. Can't wait to discuss more with others who have gotten into this book.

Mark wrote: "I am getting closer and closer to finishing this book. And I am really enjoying it even if it is taking me a lot of time to get through, Tere is genuinely easy of reading. Can't wait to discuss mor..."

Good to hear <3 I'm way behind (Among other things, I'm judging in the Rainbow Awards and have 30 books to finish by the end of October.) But I want to get to this one.