In this podcast, Infopeople’s book maven, Michael Cart, talks about the importance of introducing LGBTQ books into secondary school classrooms. He discusses it in the context of his own youth, and how helpful such books can be in making kids not feel so alone and different.
In this podcast, Infopeople’s resident book maven, Michael Cart, shares his 13 picks for the greatest characters in LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer) literature for young adults. What are your picks? For more of Michael’s LGBTQ reviews, see this August 2015 Booklist article.
In this podcast, Infopeople’s book maven Michael Cart charts the
evolution of LGBTQ literature for young adults (and talks about the
publication of his own new book).
In this Infopeople podcast, Michael Cart talks about what he calls “the last invisible minority” in YA literature: transgender kids. Lots of titles are mentioned in this podcast:
Luna by Julie Anne Peters
Parrotfish by Ellen Wittlinger
I Am J by Cris Beam
Beyond Magenta by Susan Kuklin
Rethinking Normal by Katie Rain Hill
Some Assembly Required by Arin Andrews
I’ll Get There. It Better Be Worth The Trip by John Donovan
From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun and The House You Pass on The Way by Jacqueline Woodson
Who Framed Lorenzo Garcia and The Case Of The Missing Mother by R. J. Hamilton
Tommy Stands Alone by Gloria Velasquez
Peter by Kate Walker (Australia)
Dare Truth or Promise by Paula Boock (New Zealand)