Lukoff's picture book, When Aidan Became a Brother, is about a boy named Aidan who is about to become a big brother. The book explores the ways in which people focus too much on sharply defined categories of gender and sexuality, causing them to miss the core of who people really are. At the same time, she reevaluates how friendly and caring the town she grew up really is. This revelation causes her to see her family in a new way. As they become closer, Annabelle learns that her father, like Bailey, is trans. The two become very close and spend a great deal of time together, as Annabelle develops a small crush. Annabelle has just started the sixth grade and met a non-binary student named Bailey. In his YA novel Different Kinds of Fruit, Lukoff tells the story of a young woman named Annabelle. Lukoff, who is a transgender man, revisits this topic in other work, as he attempts to give insight into the complexities of this experience, highlighting the challenges and joys. In offering this portrait of Bug, Lukoff is able to provide a window into feeling alienated from one's assigned gender. In Too Bright to See, he tells the story of Bug's self-discovery with a great deal of care and attention, highlighting Bug's feelings of confusion and discomfort. Kyle Lukoff is a young-adult and children's book author whose writing frequently discusses gender and sexuality.
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