Zenobia July is starting a new life. She used to live in Arizona with her father; now she's in Maine with her aunts. She used to spend most of her time behind a computer screen, improving her impressive coding and hacking skills; now she's coming out of her shell and discovering a community of friends at Monarch Middle School. People used to tell her she was a boy; now she's able to live openly as the girl she always knew she was.
When someone anonymously posts hateful memes on her school's website, Zenobia knows she's the one with the abilities to solve the mystery, all while wrestling with the challenges of a new school, a new family, and coming to grips with presenting her true gender for the first time. Timely and touching, Zenobia July is, at its heart, a story about finding home.
Dahlia Adler is an author
Also, I feel like the fact that a trans girl MG just released was actually very quiet, so in case you haven't heard, JOY, TO THE WORLD by Lisa Bunker (author of the wonderful trans girl MG ZENOBIA JULY) and Kai Shappley is out now! #TransBooks365
Upcoming books: Joy, To the World (Clarion, 5/9, w/ @KaiShappley); She Persisted: Rachel Levine (Philomel, 6/6); Almond, Quartz, and Finch (New Wind, 11/7)
#ZenobiaJuly is almost here! Parties: at Gibson's in Concord on Tue. 6/4, at Print in Portland on Sun. 6/9, and on launch day itself, next Tuesday 5/21, at Water Street Books in Exeter, 7p. Lemon tarts! Pronoun buttons! I hope you'll join us! 📗👍😄 https://t.co/x7YOmI1FqG
Award-winning author of the Mad Wolf's Daughter books and SECRET OF THE SHADOW BEASTS. Loves history, libraries, tea. https://t.co/R7wiva9gtA She/her
A1: A couple of books I love that represent LGBTQIA+ issues beautifully are Zenobia July by Lisa Bunker and Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff. Fantastic for the classroom. #MGBookChat https://t.co/KcCGcqpJnw