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After high school, best friends Jess and Chunk embark on a road trip from California to Chicago so eighteen-year-old Jess can confront her father at his wedding (to her mom's best friend) about her decision to transition to female. After portraying a trans kid's experience with honesty and raw emotion, Clark swiftly wraps up Jess's story with a way-too-tidy ending.
435 pp.
| Farrar
| October, 2013
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TradeISBN 978-0-374-32472-8$18.99
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High school wrestler Brendan likes girls "too much, / and not in / the same / way / everyone / else / does." Brendan's story weaves together with his girlfriend Vanessa's and that of transgender woman Angel in three-part verse-harmony. Each individual has a unique personality all his or her own in this sincere, profound rendering of sexuality, queerness, and identity.
Reviewer: Sian Gaetano
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2013
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