Out of Blue Comes Green

By: M.E. Corey

Narrated by: Benjamin Callins

After a killer school talent show performance in full masculine presentation, trans boy Kinkade is quickly knocked back down to earth when his crush rejects him, and the whole school sees him in the dress his mother forced him to wear for a family photo. So when the new girl, Madi, assumes he is cis and asks him out, he accepts without correcting her.

After years of being ignored by his old crush and bullied by other boys, Kinkade just wants to convince Madi that he’s a regular guy’s guy. To impress her and finally win the approval of his peers, Kinkade agrees to his best friend Libby’s suggestion that they enter a competition to become the band for prom despite his misgivings.

In between band practice, weightlifting, and dates, Kinkade accidentally becomes an animal-shelter volunteer under an assumed name—and it’s there among the unconditional acceptance of dogs that he finally receives the affirmation he’s been longing for. But it’s going to be harder than he thought to play the show, get the girl, and become the man he’s meant to be.

©2024 M.E. Corey (P)2024 Dreamscape Media

Teen fiction winner

Wonderful book for teens. This teen fiction book captures the angst of gender dysphoria and transitioning.

A Necessary Text

In a world where a portion of society continues trying to move us backward in time, this novel reveals why it is so necessary to embrace others as they are. Our youth, especially those who don’t fit into that tiny box so many bigoted people try to fit us all into, deserve to know they are valuable and worthy of both love and respect.