Maria Cook (1)

Literary Merit: Great
Grade Level: High School
Recommended: Yes

This nonfiction title is just what the title suggests, detailing the various facets regarding gender identity. There are a lot of great features to this title, including brief descriptions of notable transgender figures, a historical timeline of events, infographics, images that break up the text, and fun comics that provide an alternative approach to digesting the information. Other helpful features are a glossary, index, source show more notes, suggested reading for books and websites, and QR codes that link to relevant material.

My only concern with this title is that non-binary and gender nonconforming folk are not represented, not in the text and not in the back matter. This seems like a huge oversight for a book dedicated to gender identity. show less