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Brugman, Alyssa
3 Reviews
(4)
YA
Fifteen-year-old Alex, who is intersex, has been raised as a boy but wants to identify as female, which unhinges her self-absorbed mother. There's a lot packed into this Australian import: challenging family dynamics, bullying, gender identity, and sexuality. The narrative doesn't explore anything in depth and character development is uneven, but the novel offers an unusual perspective on society's influence on identity.
Reviewer: Kitty Flynn
(1)
YA
Upon high school graduation, Rachel accepts a job as live-in caregiver for a brain-damaged woman. Raiding Grace's personal letters and notes, Rachel pieces together the puzzle of Grace's past life; simultaneously, Rachel begins to build a life of her own. Australian author Brugman's tale of two women is touching, funny, and fresh.
Reviewer: Lauren Adams
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2005
(2)
YA
Social outcast Perdita forms an uneasy friendship with ultra-popular Megan when both girls are assigned to detention. Soon narrator Megan must choose between loyalty to her clique and her growing respect for the increasingly unstable Perdita. This Australian import is set apart by the complexity of its two main characters and by the intricacy of its allusions.
Reviewer: Norah Piehl
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2004
3 reviews
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