At the BN Teen blog, Nita Tyndall tagged five YA novels that feature protagonists who identify as asexual ("but what’s more important is the books don’t center around that fact"), including:
Before I Let Go, by Marieke Nijkamp
NY Times bestseller Marieke Nijkamp’s newest novel is just as chilling as her first, but in a completely different way. When Corey left her small town of Lost Creek, Alaska, she didn’t think it’d be the last time she’d ever see Kyra, her best friend. But now Kyra is dead and Corey has no idea why. And Lost Creek, the town that shunned Kyra when she was alive, has embraced her after her death. In flashbacks we see Kyra and Corey’s relationship, including discussions of Corey’s asexuality, that are handled with depth and care. This was a beautiful book about the price of friendships, and an asexual protagonist just made it better.
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the other entries on the list.
--Marshal Zeringue
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