Marisa and Mary are back with a new episode of The Book Jam!  We love to highlight LGBTQIA+ voices and authors and today’s books are all about non-binary and gender non-conforming characters. Marisa’s book, Both Can Be True by Jules Machias, is a middle grade debut that “explores identity, gender fluidity, and the power of friendship and acceptance in a dual-narrative story about two kids who join forces to save a dog.” Mary speaks about Gender Queer: a Memoir by Maia Kobabe; this is a graphic memoir that relates-with sometimes painful honesty-the experience of growing up gender non-conforming. If this title sounds familiar, it is because it has been in the news lately as some try to ban it from school libraries. Both books are a great read if you are queer or questioning, OR if you want to develop a better understanding of the world around you.Check out the Books Mentioned below to add even more books to your To Be Read pile.Marisa’s book:Both Can Be True by Jules Machias. Middle Grade, Grades 4-8. Published by Quill Tree Books, June 2021.Mary’s book:Gender Queer: a Memoir by Maia Kebabe. High School, Grades 9+. Published by Oni Press, May 2019.Books we talked about this episode:Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnultyFun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison BechdelKing and the Dragonflies by Kacen CallenderHurricane Child by Kacen CallenderFelix Ever After by Kacen CallenderThe Quick and Easy Guides:A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities by Mady G. & J.R. ZuckerbergA Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns by Archie Bongiovanni & Tristan JamesonA Quick & Easy Guide to Consent by Isabella Rotman & Luke HowardA Quick & Easy Guide to Asexuality by Molly Muldoon & Will HernandezA Quick & Easy Guide to Sex & Disability by A. AndrewsIf I Was Your Girl by Meredith RussoOnce & Future by A.R. Capetta and Cory McCarthySword in the Stars by A.R. Capetta and Cory McCarthyThey Both Die at the End by Adam SilveraYesterday is History by Kosoko JacksonI Wish You All the Best by Mason DeaverAmelia Westlake Was Never Here by Erin GoughGet It Together Delilah by Erin GoughLuna by Julie Anne PetersCemetery Boy by Aiden ThomasPrince and the Dressmaker by Jen WangAll Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir Manifesto by George M. Johnson