| Type: | Library Material |
| Title: | Athlete Is Agender True Stories of LGBTQ+ People in Sports |
| Publisher: | Little Brown |
| ISBN: | 9780316572002 |
| Copyright: | 2025 |
| Author: | Vosseteig, Jess |
| Material Attributes: | Hardback
Non-Fiction |
| Recommendation Status: | recommended |
| Created By: | Trayce Diskin |
| Subject Unit: | Nonfiction(NFIC) |
| Grade Level: | 5, 6, 7, 8 |
| Appropriate Audience: | FCR (Free Choice Reading) |
| Describe the material: | Include description of contents and their intended purpose. From the Publisher
Athlete is agender. Athlete can mean anyone. This incredible collection revels in the achievements of strong, passionate, and determined queer athletes across every age, level, and field of sports.
Find your strength in...
★Adam Rippon's unbelievable journey from figure-skating Olympic alternate to the first openly gay Olympic medalist in his sport.
★CeCe Telfer's career as a trans track star and her unwavering commitment to run for the future freedom of trans athletes.
★em dickson's relationship to eir gender identity and how sailing, a sport that doesn't categorize athletes by gender, helped em embrace eir power and identity.
...and many other invaluable true stories.
Featuring testimonies by world-class athletes and award-winning children's book authors, as well as profiles on culture-defining figures like Megan Rapinoe and Billie Jean King, Athlete Is Agender is a lifesaving book not to be missed.
This book is for:
LGBTQIA+ kids, teens, tweens, and adults
Athletes and sports fans
Readers looking to learn more about the LGBTQIA+ community
Parents of gay kids and other LGBTQIA+ youth
Educators looking for advice about the LGBTQIA+ community
★ A Junior Library Guild Selection |
| Evaluate the material: | What is its relationship to MCPS curriculum? free choice reading |
| Analyze the material: | List material's strengths and weaknesses. School Library Journal starred (May 1, 2025)
Gr 4-6-Locke and Melleby deliver a high interest, meaningful, and hopeful title about athletes and sports. The book features a multitude of stories and essays from athletes, as well as athlete biographies and supporting youth sports-related information by the editors. The stories are from a broad variety of athletes with diverse identities, pronouns, abilities, and backgrounds at different levels in their sport from recreational to professional. The variety of sports range from staples like basketball and soccer to longboarding, sled dog mushing, horseback riding, rugby, and water fitness. The format includes engaging photos from the athletes and broken-out text with bold and colorful important quotes as well as illustrations. Most poignant is the messaging about sports bringing joy and inner strength to all athletes and that sports are for everyone, no matter what their identity. One of the introductory pieces discusses Title IX and due to shifting policies, the book cover includes a helpful QR code to lead readers to the most current and accurate information. The title may be confusing to the intended audience, but the bright, colorful, and bold cover design will likely be the bigger draw. VERDICT A must-purchase not just for sports fans but any reader looking for hope and stories of belonging. |
| First Signature: | Trayce Diskin |
| First Signature Date: | 7/1/2025 |
| Second Signature: | School Library Journal 5/25 |
| School Number: | 835 |