Abrams & Chronicle, Sachbücher, American Teenager (Englisch, Nico Lang, 2024)

From an award-winning journalist comes a vivid and moving portrait of eight trans and nonbinary teenagers across the country, following their daily triumphs, struggles, and all that encompasses growing up trans in America today &ldquo An urgent and heartfelt chronicle of families under attack, and a master class in journalism as a force for change. Nico Lang cuts through the political ping-pong over transgender rights to surface the human stories that too often go ignored&hellip Lang&rsquo s lucid and clear-eyed account of their lives offers an essential corrective, reminding us that there&rsquo s nothing more American than the freedom to be yourself.&rdquo &mdash SAMANTHA ALLEN, author of Real Queer America Media coverage doesn&rsquo t hesitate to sensationalize the fight over how trans kids should be allowed to live, but what is incredibly rare are the voices of the people at the heart of this debate: transgender and gender nonconforming kids themselves. For their groundbreaking new book, journalist Nico Lang spent a year living with seven families of eight transgender, nonbinary, and genderfluid teens. Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews with them, their families, and the people in their communities, American Teenager paints a stunning portrait of what it&rsquo s actually like to grow up trans today. From the tip of Florida&rsquo s conservative panhandle to vibrant queer communities in California, Texas churches to mosques in Illinois, American Teenager gives readers a window into the lives of Wyatt, Rhydian, Mykah, Clint, Ruby, Jack, Augie, and Kylie, eight teens who, despite what some lawmakers might want us to believe, are truly just kids looking for a brighter future.