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How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity
358 pp.
| HarperTeen |
October, 2009 |
TradeISBN 978-0-06-115498-0$16.99
(3)
YA
A talented corps of young adult and adult authors contribute to this polished, poignant collection exploring sexuality and gender identity. A mix of storytelling methods and genres makes for a balanced, appealing volume, albeit one that skews into the adult realm due to the wealth of retrospective grown-up narrators. The literary merit and emotional insight of the tales are nevertheless outstanding.