Gender identity, family and young people building language for themselves shape Lisa Bunker's middle-grade and young adult fiction. Felix Yz combines science fiction and diary form around a boy fused with an alien presence after an accident, using the countdown to a risky procedure to explore family and identity. Zenobia July follows a transgender girl and gifted coder starting over in a new school while becoming involved in an online mystery. Bunker's prose is lively, empathetic and plot-conscious, ensuring that identity is part of a larger story rather than the only source of conflict. Useful discovery categories include LGBTQ+ middle-grade fiction, trans youth stories and light speculative fiction. Zenobia July is the clearest starting point for contemporary school and technology themes, while Felix Yz offers the more overt science-fiction premise. Read more Less
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