Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff
Monday, March 31st,  2025; 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM  
Grades 3-6 
Location: Galaxy Hall
Registration Required/Register Here  

To celebrate Transgender Day of Visibility, join us to discuss Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff! We will be playing Book BINGO and enjoying snacks also!

The first 6 students to register will receive a free copy of the book. Upon registration, please come to the Trove reference desk to pick up your free copy of the book.

For best discussion results, please make sure to read the book before coming to the program. We will also be playing Book BINGO, and snacking on treats!

About Too Bright to See:

It's the summer before middle school and eleven-year-old Bug's best friend Moira has decided the two of them need to use the next few months to prepare. For Moira, this means figuring out the right clothes to wear, learning how to put on makeup, and deciding which boys are cuter in their yearbook photos than in real life. But none of this is all that appealing to Bug, who doesn't particularly want to spend more time trying to understand how to be a girl. Besides, there's something more important to worry about – A ghost is haunting Bug's eerie old house in rural Vermont…and maybe haunting Bug in particular. As Bug begins to untangle the mystery of who this ghost is and what they're trying to say, an altogether different truth comes to light–Bug is transgender.

Read Kyle Lukoff’s New Book!:

A World Worth Saving by Kyle Lukoff
(Grades 4-6)
Library Catalog

“A 14-year-old Ashkenazi Jewish transgender boy harnesses supernatural powers and pursues his world-saving destiny. Every week, A Izenson’s parents drag him to Save Our Sons and Daughters, a conversion-therapy group for families with transgender youth. Not many teens last long there before they disappear for ‘further treatment.’ After Greek American group member Yarrow, one of A’s only friends, meets this fate, A sneaks over to Yarrow’s house to find out what happened. When he’s caught eavesdropping on Yarrow’s parents, a being made of garbage sweeps in to aid his escape. The creature describes itself as a golem, though its origins are a mystery. All the golem knows is that it awoke to help A fulfill his destiny to save Yarrow—and the world—before the end of Yom Kippur. At first, A is certain the golem has chosen the wrong person. But when he rescues his friend Sal, a white butch lesbian trans girl, from a demon who tries to devour her during a SOSAD meeting, he not only embraces his power, but also starts to see himself as a hero and Sal as his sidekick. Lukoff both explores and then subverts the chosen-one trope through A’s battle with his personal demons. The story is set in 2023, and the fantasy conflict is grounded in serious real-world problems—the ongoing impact of Covid-19, alarming rates of homelessness and suicide among LGBTQ+ youth, and anti-trans legislation. The resolution is both honest and hopeful. Powerful and awakening.” –Kirkus Reviews