I began to question my gender identity, and a year or so later, I began my social and physical transition. 'Even though as a kid I often wanted to be a boy, and wished that I could reincarnate as a boy in my next life, I never really knew it was an option, or understood the terms 'transgender' and 'nonbinary.' It wasn’t until I was watching Degrassi: The Next Generation that the character Adam explained his identity in a way that made a major lightbulb go off in my head. Prepare to be swept up by this exquisite novel that reminds us that grief and love can open the world in mystical ways.Winner of the Stonewall Book. Their 2020 book Felix Ever After is being adapted for an Amazon Prime series. She is bullied daily at school by both children and her teachers who make cruel remarks about her dark skin tone.

She sees a spiritthe woman in blackthat no one else can see. Kacen Callender is an author of children's fiction and fantasy, best known for their Stonewall Book Award and Lambda Literary Award-winning middle grade debut Hurricane Child.Ĭallender is Black, queer, trans, and they currently live in Philadelphia. Caroline, known as a 'Hurricane Child,' since she was born during a hurricane, is plagued with bad luck.

Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender