In one of my English classes my teacher gave us a quiz and one of the questions was "In your opinion what is the moral of "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian"". I wrote "You should never give up hope" and it was marked wrong, I was confused and went to ask her why it was wrong and she told me "The moral was actually that "You should always be yourself, not what other people want from you"".
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> Apparently it's "banned" from certain school libraries, because "muh racism" (which is frankly absurd; it was written by a native)
Blah blah "internalized racism" blah blah "we know best" blah blah
Typical bullshit. If it goes against what's been established as "the acceptable truth", it needs to be suppressed.
Here it is on Amazon, in case anyone is looking to get a copy.
Possibly The Giver By Lois Lowry. The snow and death thing is spot on.
Ugh I wish I did... maybe I can look up my library account history?
Edit: yay! I found it! here is the amazon listing for Every Day and I also found out there is a sequel
Pretty easy to find. It’s on Amazon for $7 lol
Congratulations - your gender identity aligns with your AGAB. That's why you've never had to give any extensive though to your identity, why it doesn't bother you to be mislabeled, etc.
For a lot of, if not most, trans people, they know their gender identity and they know that their AGAB does not align with their identity. An AMAB trans person knows that being called a boy is wrong, because that isn't what they are. They know that being referred to with male pronouns is inaccurate for them.
If you are truly interested in learning more and want an accessible introduction, I'd recommend this book: https://www.amazon.com/Luna-Julie-Anne-Peters/dp/0316011274
It's YA, but for a very shallow introduction to the topic, it does a good job of explaining how intrinsic gender identity is.
The Giver (Lowis Lowry) é bem tranquilo de vocabulário e curto
https://www.amazon.com.br/dp/0544336267/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_I.qoFbGGMH2KG
Não-ficção sugiro os livros do Randall Munroe, valem muito a pena, como What if e principalmente no seu caso o Thing Explainer, onde ele explica como várias coisas funcionam usando apenas as 1000 palavras mais usadas e comuns do inglês
https://www.amazon.com.br/dp/0544668251/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_t8qoFb2TH7P2T
"E. Lockhart’s novel, We Were Liars, is clever, alluring, and wildly addictive. Each summer the wealthy, seemingly perfect, members of the Sinclair family gather on their private island. We Were Liars is the story of those annual reunions; in particular what happened during a summer that protagonist Cadence is unable to remember. Prejudice, greed, and shifting patriarchal favoritism among the three adult sisters contrasts with the camaraderie and worldview of the teenage cousins and their dear friend Gat. Lazy days of sticky lemonades on the roof and marathon Scrabble games give way to twisty suspense, true love, and good intentions gone horribly wrong. We Were Liars is a story that begs to be read in one sitting."
I don't have much to offer on what might happen longterm, but I believe you're referring to <em>Life as We Knew It</em> by Susan Pfeffer if anyone is curious. Good book.
"A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island. A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy. A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive. A revolution. An accident. A secret. Lies upon lies. True love. The truth.
We Were Liars is a modern, sophisticated suspense novel from New York Times bestselling author, National Book Award finalist, and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart. Read it. And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE."
I read this about a year ago and it was great! It is an easy read so it wouldn't be hard for anyone to catch up if they fall behind.
It's not necessarily long-distance themed, but you might like Every Day by David Levithan. I really loved the concept, and I've always enjoyed Levithan's writing.
Not really a "children's" book but I read it in middle school I think, Say Goodnight, Gracie by Julie Reece Deaver gutted me so much. The most I remember crying over a book prior to Deathly Hallows.
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer. Its YA but still a very good, accurate account of what happens when an asteroid hits the moon and knocks it closer to earth. Scary shit.