Okay, Polaris only works if the list is hosted on our library’s website where it can access our catalog, so can’t share a list that way. However this gave me the opportunity to explore a different tool I’ve been meaning to learn!
I’ve read most of these, but even the ones that I haven’t personally read are recommended by one or more of my partners. It’s not a huge list, since I restricted the search to just what’s in our catalog, but I think it’s a decent start. (Behind a cut because it includes pictures.)
A selection of books with positive trans characters!
Cemetery boys (Jun 2020)
By: Thomas, Aiden
Yadriel, a trans boy, summons the angry spirit of his high school’s bad boy, and agrees to help him learn how he died, thereby proving himself a brujo, not a bruja, to his conservative family.
Ciel (Sep 2020)
By: Labelle, Sophie, 1988-
Ciel, a gender non-conforming transgender kid with a popular YouTube channel, navigates high school, friendship and a long-distance relationship.
Ciel in all directions (Sep 2021)
By: Labelle, Sophie, 1988-
Non-binary trans kid Ciel has settled into high school with their friends, and between an important science project and their popular YouTube channel, they find themselves in a campaign to represent the LGBT Alliance.
Compound fracture (Sep 2024)
By: White, Andrew Joseph
After being nearly beaten to death for evidence he holds against the corrupt sheriff, sixteen-year-old transgender Miles joins his fellow townsfolk to end the blood feud and oppressive politics that plague his town.
Dreadnought (Jan 2017)
By: Daniels, April, (Young adult author)
After inheriting the powers of Dreadnought, Danny Tozer’s hidden transgender identity is brought into the open when her body assumes the gender she identifies with, bringing personal complications just as she is forced to face the original Dreadnought’s killer.
Sovereign (Jul 2017)
By: Daniels, April, (Young adult author)
As the superhero Dreadnought, Danny Tozer is protecting the city of New Port on her own, but after the emergence of a billionaire supervillain, she finds herself attacked on all sides, while she deals with her troubled family life.
The (un)popular vote (Jun 2021)
By: Sanchez, Jasper
Optics can make or break an election. Everything Mark knows about politics, he learned from his father, the Congressman who still pretends he has a daughter and not a son. Mark has promised to keep his past hidden and pretend to be the cis guy everyone assumes he is. But when he sees a manipulatively charming candidate for student body president inflame dangerous rhetoric, Mark risks his low profile to become a political challenger. The problem? No one really knows Mark. He didn’t grow up in this town, and his few friends are all nerds. Still, thanks to Scandal and The West Wing, they know where to start: from campaign stops to voter polling to a fashion makeover. Soon Mark feels emboldened to engage with voters–and even start a new romance. But with aninvestigative journalist digging into his past, a father trying to silence him, and the bully frontrunner standing in his way, Mark will have to decide which matters most: perception or truth, when both are just as dangerous.
The broken halo (May 2023)
By: Steele, Hamish
“It’s been weeks since Dead End was destroyed and as it reopens as a hotel, resident tour guide turned hotel manager Norma is determined to leave the ghosts of the past where they belong. But with her friendship with Barney up in the air and angels and demons using the hotel as their literal wrestling ring, Norma soon finds that unwanted ghosts can appear at any moment, especially when they’re your own.”-- Provided by publisher.
The divine order (Apr 2024)
By: Steele, Hamish
The battle between angels and demons rages on, and Courtney finds themselves restored to former glory in the realm of the angels with a new mission: bring about a new Divine Order and create a fourteenth plane of existence to keep the demons at bay. On the seventh plane, known to us as Earth, Norma Khan and Barney Guttman have allied with the demons in a search for both freedom and peace. There’s just one thing standing in their way: the Guttman family reunion. Badyah has joined the resistance as well, honing her martial arts skills and getting ready to protect Norma in battle.
The no-girlfriend rule (Mar 2024)
By: Randall, Christen
Julie Murphy meets Casey McQuiston in this unforgettable queer romance about a teen girl whose foray into fantasy tabletop roleplaying brings her new confidence, true friends, and a shot at real, swoon-worthy love.
The Sunbearer Trials (Sep 2022)
By: Thomas, Aiden
Chosen to participate in The Sunbearer Trials, where the loser is sacrificed to refuel the Sun Stones, Teo, the 17-year-old trans son of the goddess of birds, must compete against more powerful and better trained opponents for fame, glory and his own survival.
The watcher’s test (May 2023)
By: Steele, Hamish
Barney and his best friend Norma are just trying to get by and keep their jobs, but working at the Dead End theme park also means battling demonic forces, time traveling wizards, and scariest of all–their love lives!
Victories greater than death (Apr 2021)
By: Anders, Charlie Jane
Tired of hiding in obscurity on Earth, Tina, the human clone of a brilliant alien tactician, pursues her destiny in space, but success is elusive until Tina and her best friend Rachel assemble a ragtag crew of humans and set out to save all the worlds.
Ah! Cool, I forgot the series was called Nemesis.
There’s way more i could share about myself but i hope this is enough for others to get a sense of who i am 
