Books by Sarah Hagger-Holt

by Sarah Hagger-Holt
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5 books
All these books for young readers (10-13 year olds) centre LGBTQ+ characters and families. They are warm-hearted stories full of family and friendship drama. The list also includes a non-fiction guide for LGBTQ+ parents.
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Nothing Ever Happens Here

Sarah Hagger-Holt, 2021
12-year-old Izzy lives in Littlehaven, a place where everything is boring and nothing ever happens. Then she and her best friend Grace win the lead roles in the school play and life is looking up. Everything changes for Izzy when her dad comes out as trans. Izzy, her friends and family have to work out what’s changed and what has stayed the same.

Proud of Me

Sarah Hagger-Holt, 2021
Josh and Becky are ‘almost twins’ with two mums and a shared anonymous donor. Only lately they’ve started feeling more separate from each other: Josh is desperate to find their donor dad and Becky is trying to work out her feelings for Carli, a new girl at school. Things feel especially difficult when Carli’s parents try to get the school’s new LGBTQ club banned. Becky and Josh both want their mums to be proud of them, but can they even accept themselves?

Pride and Joy

A Guide for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Parents
Sarah Hagger-Holt, Rachel Hagger-Holt, 2017
Pride and Joy is full of stories, advice and real-life experience from LGBT parents and their children. It covers everything from starting a family, dealing with schools, talking with children about different families, and maintaining an LGBT identity as a parent. This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to better understand issues facing LGBT families including parents or prospective parents; extended families and friends; and social workers, teachers and other professionals. Co-authored with Rachel Hagger-Holt.

Just Like Everyone Else

Sarah Hagger-Holt, 2023
12-year-old Aidan is the oldest in a large family, embarrassed by his loud and oversharing parents. He feels most at home running on the hills near his home. When his mum agrees to be a surrogate for a gay male couple, Aidan starts questioning his own sexuality, what it means to be gay and learns how to trust others by showing his true personality.

The Fights That Make Us

Sarah Hagger-Holt, 2024
Jesse has recently come out as non-binary, and is struggling to find their place at school, and ideas for their project on lost stories from history. Thirty-five years earlier, Jesse's cousin Lisa is falling for her best friend, but with new laws being introduced to restrict LGBT people's rights, they'll have to fight for the world to accept who they are. When Jesse stumbles across Lisa's teenage diary, they are fascinated and horrified by her stories of living a secret life and protesting in the streets. Now it's Jesse's turn to find a way to shine a spotlight on a history that mustn't be forgotten.