
Felix Ever After
HarperCollins · Paperback · April 20, 2021
A Stonewall Honor Book * A Time Magazine Best YA Book of All Time From Stonewall and Lambda Award–winning author Kacen Callender comes a revelatory YA novel about a transgender teen grappling with identity and self-discovery while falling in love for the first time.
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- Who it’s for
- A layered YA story pairs first-love uncertainty with a searching exploration of identity and self-worth.
- Themes
- Identity and self-discovery, First love, Transphobia and marginalization
- Genres
- YA Transgender, YA Romance - LGBTQ+, Coming of Age
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A Stonewall Honor Book * A Time Magazine Best YA Book of All Time From Stonewall and Lambda Award–winning author Kacen Callender comes a revelatory YA novel about a transgender teen grappling with identity and self-discovery while falling in love for the first time. Felix Love has never been in love—and, yes, he’s painfully aware of the irony. He desperately wants to know what it’s like and why it seems so easy for everyone but him to find someone.
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What’s worse is that, even though he is proud of his identity, Felix also secretly fears that he’s one marginalization too many—Black, queer, and transgender—to ever get his own happily-ever-after. When an anonymous student begins sending him transphobic messages—after publicly posting Felix’s deadname alongside images of him before he transitioned—Felix comes up with a plan for revenge. What he didn’t count on: his catfish scenario landing him in a quasi–love triangle.... But as he navigates his complicated feelings, Felix begins a journey of questioning and self-discovery that helps redefine his most important relationship: how he feels about himself. Felix Ever After is an honest and layered story about identity, falling in love, and recognizing the love you deserve. "Felix is attending an ultracompetitive arts summer program to have a better shot at a full scholarship to Brown when someone posts Felix’s dead name beside photos of him, pre-transition, in the school’s lobby. Felix’s plot to get revenge throws him onto the path of love and self-discovery." (Publishers Weekly, "An Anti-Racist Children's and YA Reading List")
Love, Uncomplicated
A layered YA story pairs first-love uncertainty with a searching exploration of identity and self-worth.
Come here for
- Romance tangled up with questions of identity
- A Black, queer, transgender teen finding his footing
Expect
- Honest, complicated feelings rather than easy answers
- Self-discovery alongside the pull of first love
Where it sits
| YA Transgender | 89% |
|---|---|
| YA Romance - LGBTQ+ | 73% |
| Coming of Age | 31% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Art & Artists
- Coming of Age
- YA Stories About Girls & Women
- YA LGBTQ+
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- Contemporary YA Romance
- YA Romance - LGBTQ+
- School Stories for Teens
- Bullying for Teens
- Authors
- Kacen Callender
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- April 20, 2021
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Identity and self-discovery · First love · Transphobia and marginalization
- Reading lane
- YA Art & Artists