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Hennessey, M. G.

The Other Boy

234 pp. | HarperCollins/Harper | September, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-242766-3 $16.99
(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Sfé R. Monster. Twelve-year-old trans boy Shane has been living in "stealth mode" since transferring to a new school. On the baseball team with his best friend, Shane's biggest challenge is convincing his father to allow him to start testosterone--until a rumor about his gender starts circulating. With excerpts from Shane's graphic novel interspersed throughout, this hopeful story is hampered by flat and stereotypical secondary characters.
Reviewer: Kazia Berkley-Cramer

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