Call Me Max (Max and Friends Book 1)

by Kyle Lukoff

Other authorsLuciano Lozano (Illustrator)
Paperback, 2019

Status

Available

Publication

Reycraft Books (2019), Edition: Illustrated, 32 pages

Library's review

"A welcome title for classrooms, libraries, and PFLAG and other support organizations' collections." --School Library Journal Reviewer

"Writing in an empathetic, conversational style, Lukoff (When Aidan Became a Brother) offers an upbeat portrait of what’s possible: Max is able to ask for and
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receive the support he needs from the school and his parents (“the boys got used to having me in their bathroom,” he adds). Equally important, though, are eye-opening moments for Max: his new friend Teresa rejects his assertion that girls don’t like to climb trees and look for “gross bugs”; his friend Stephen firmly informs Max that, while he wears dresses, he identifies as a boy. Gender identity, Max realizes, is about everyone having the opportunity to be who they know they are." --Publishers Weekly
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Awards

ALA Rainbow Book List (Selection — 2021)

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

2019

ISBN

147886897X / 9781478868972

Barcode

1600

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