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Gephart, Donna

Lily and Dunkin

341 pp. | Delacorte | May, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-0-553-53674-4 $16.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-553-53675-1 $19.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-553-53676-8
(3) 4-6 Eighth graders Lily Jo and Dunkin both dislike their birth names (Timothy and Norbert, respectively) and struggle with the ways they feel their bodies betray them: for trans Lily because others assume she is a boy, and for bipolar Dunkin because he needs mood stabilizing and antipsychotic medication. While their tentative friendship is repeatedly tried by bullies, Gephart delivers an optimistic novel full of hope and heart.
Reviewer: Kazia Berkley-Cramer

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