Alex Gino Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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They/them. Stonewall-winning MG author. Fat femme. Pun wielder. Curser. Good, not nice. Defund cops and pay reparations. Making things complicated since 1977.

Show Me a Sign (Show Me a Sign, Book 1)
Ann Clare Lezotte
SET ME FREE by the incomparable @annclezotte is out today! Have you gotten it? You have? Awesome! Reply with the INDIE bookstore you got it from. I'll send one WINNER a copy of SHOW ME A SIGN, Ann's phenomenal debut and the book so nice I bought it twice. https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781338742497
Paperback, 2021
$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
When Aidan Became a Brother
Kyle Lukoff
Yikes! I nearly missed perhaps the biggest week for trans authors in kid lit ever: BIRTHDAY by @Mer_Squared & ZENOBIA JULY by @lisabunker both just published May 21!!! And with @Shekels_Library's WHEN AIDAN BECAME A BROTHER on June 4, it's a trans trifecta! And they're all great!
Hardcover, 2019
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team
Christina Soontornvat
Yay! What a list to be on! Prarie Lotus by @LindaSuePark, What Lane? by @TorreyMaldonado, King & The Dragonflies by @kacencallender, and A High Five for Glenn Burke by @PhilBildner are personal faves from last year. And I need to get on All Thirteen by @soontornvat! Congrats all! https://t.co/6MQ5B9nPZ9
Hardcover, 2020
$25.99$12.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Jerome by Heart
Olivier Tallec
A6: First, I'd like to give some love to JEROME BY HEART by Thomas Scotto and Olivier Tallec, an endearing picture book about deep friendship. Just lookit them holding hands! https://indiebound.org/book/9781592702503 [2/6] #BannedBooksChat
Hardcover, 2018
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Zenobia July
Lisa Bunker
Yikes! I nearly missed perhaps the biggest week for trans authors in kid lit ever: BIRTHDAY by @Mer_Squared & ZENOBIA JULY by @lisabunker both just published May 21!!! And with @Shekels_Library's WHEN AIDAN BECAME A BROTHER on June 4, it's a trans trifecta! And they're all great!
Hardcover, 2019
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Set Me Free (Show Me a Sign, Book 2)
Ann Clare Lezotte
A6: In between, there's SET ME FREE by @annclezotte, a sweet but strong MG story of a Deaf girl called on to help another Deaf girl who has been struggling to communicate who she is. There are no saviors in this thoughtful tale about supporting each other. [4/6] #BannedBooksChat
Hardcover, 2021
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Next Great Paulie Fink
Ali Benjamin
Eeeeeee!!!!!! I knew @alibenj1 was great from her JELLYFISH debut. But now I know she's a true genius after reading THE NEXT GREAT PAULIE FINK. Deep insights into perspective, funny as all get out, incorporates reality TV, rural economics & more. So good! https://t.co/jSCtybnl6t
Hardcover, Large Print, 2019
$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Pride Colors
Robin Stevenson
We all deserve this joy this month, but perhaps none more than @robin_stevenson [For reference, Pride Colors is the author of a charming board book called Robin Stevenson.] https://t.co/bLr7B8ZCbq
Board Book, 2019
$10.95$5.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Boys in the Back Row
Mike Jung
OMG! "'Kitten Time, a new song by Alex Gino' a new song by Mike Jung" video premieres today!!! Also the fabulous THE BOYS IN THE BACK ROW by said @Mike_Jung releases! See you at the launch party! Plan your naps around it! Bring exclamation points!!! Reg: https://t.co/wkI4RmZdUO https://t.co/ae4pcQ7l5W
Paperback, 2022
$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Amal Unbound
Aisha Saeed
Just finished @aishacs' AMAL UNBOUND!!! Yikes and wowzers! The characters are deep and the story is intertwined. What a fabulous tool to talk about indentured servitude, misogyny, and economic inequality. Thank you, Aisha, for another amazing book!!
Paperback, 2020
$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book