From Stonewall and Lambda Award–winning author Kacen Callender
comes a revelatory YA novel about a transgender teen grappling with
identity and self-discovery while falling in love for the first time.
Felix Love has never
been in love—and, yes, he’s painfully aware of the irony. He
desperately wants to know what it’s like and why it seems so easy
for everyone but him to find someone. What’s worse is that, even
though he is proud of his identity, Felix also secretly fears that
he’s one marginalization too many—Black, queer, and
transgender—to ever get his own happily-ever-after.
When an anonymous
student begins sending him transphobic messages—after publicly
posting Felix’s deadname alongside images of him before he
transitioned—Felix comes up with a plan for revenge. What he didn’t
count on: his catfish scenario landing him in a quasi–love
triangle....
But as he navigates
his complicated feelings, Felix begins a journey of questioning and
self-discovery that helps redefine his most important relationship:
how he feels about himself.
Felix Ever After
is an honest and layered story about identity, falling in love,
and recognizing the love you deserve.
"Felix is
attending an ultracompetitive arts summer program to have a better
shot at a full scholarship to Brown when someone posts Felix’s dead
name beside photos of him, pre-transition, in the school’s lobby.
Felix’s plot to get revenge throws him onto the path of love and
self-discovery." (Publishers Weekly, "An Anti-Racist
Children's and YA Reading List")
