Welcome to St Hell: My trans teen misadventure: a remarkable graphic memoir about being a trans teen

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Waterstones has announced its 2023 Children’s Book Prize shortlists, including works by Angharad Walker and Lee Newbery.

Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure – Lewis Hancox’s Graphic Memoir is a Raw, Witty and Tender Tale Fully Deserving of Its Critical Acclaim I follow Lewis on social media and was so excited that he was going to be sharing his story in the form of a graphic novel. Read the voices in my head exactly as they are in his skits haha. The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. Please review our As someone who is cisgender and never thought twice about being in the wrong body or not identifying with my gender assigned at birth, reading books like this has helped me understand what it's like to be a transgender person. It has helped me more fully accept and understand the people in my life who are.At a time, in fact, when Section 28 was in full force, and schools were prohibited from talking to young people about LGBTQIA+ rights or experiences. I selected this on a whim and so I went in with no expectations. I feel that it was very good. I like the parts where the adult author would converse with those around them who remember what they were like as a teen.

The daughter of modest restaurant owners, Kim was apolitical—she just wanted to make her parents proud and be worthy of her tuition expenses. Following an administrator’s advice to avoid trouble and pursue extracurriculars, she joined a folk dance team where she met a fellow student who invited her into a banned book club. Kim was fearful at first, but her thirst for knowledge soon won out. As she learned the truth of her country’s oppressive fascist political environment, Kim became closer to the other book club members while the authorities grew increasingly desperate to identify and punish student dissidents. The kinetic manhwa drawing style skillfully captures the personal and political history of this eye-opening memoir. The disturbing elements of political corruption and loss of human rights are lightened by moving depictions of sweet, funny moments between friends as well as deft political maneuvering by Kim herself when she was eventually questioned by authorities. The art and dialogue complement each other as they express the tension that Kim and her friends felt as they tried to balance school, family, and romance with surviving in a dangerous political environment. References to fake news and a divisive government make this particularly timely; the only thing missing is a list for further reading.I was sent a copy from the publisher, Scholastic in exchange for an honest review. Al thoughts are my own. Related Posts• “This Series is All About Introducing Sexuality, Gender and Related Topics in an Engaging, Accessible and Somewhat Playful Way”– Meg-John Barker and Jules Scheele on Their Icon Books ‘Graphic Guides’ Welcome to St Hell is a candid memoir from Lewis Hancox, which depicts his experience of growing up in St Helens and negotiating high school while dealing with gender dysphoria, at a time before transitioning was well understood. Another book on the list, titled Queer Up, contains tips for teenagers on issues such as transgender “top and bottom surgery” and “welcomes” children to the queer “family”, with references to asexual identities and “non-binary animals”.

Absolutely delightful. Sweet, romantic, kind. Beautifully paced. I loved this book." -- Rainbow Rowell, author of Carry On This book also recommends Mermaids in its list of resources, a controversial youth trans charity that is now being investigated by the Charity Commission. A groundbreaking memoir about being a trans teen, in the vein of FUN HOME and FLAMER... and at the same time entirely its own.

Welcome to St. Hell is a wonderfully frank and humorous memoir of a trans adult speaking to his younger self. We Wanted this to Be a Fast-Paced, Funny Adventure”– Rob Williams and Pye Parr on ‘Petrol Head’, Their “Fast & the Robo-Furious” Sci-Fi Series from Image Comics September 22, 2023 The Reading Agency said the 27 books on the list also cover anxiety, depression, online safety, social anxiety and neurodiversity. Its previous schemes have involved 130,000 young people and 10 million books being borrowed. This book is awesome, easy to read, sweet and sad and even funny at times. I loved following Lewis' journey and highly recommend this book. The Reading Agency said the books were selected by a panel of experts, including NHS figures, GPs, psychiatrists, library staff and those from the Government, and “received many endorsements and positive support” at launch events last week. ‘Top and bottom surgery’