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328 pp.
| Scholastic/Push
| May, 2019
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TradeISBN 978-1-338-30612-5$17.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-338-30613-2
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YA
When eighteen-year-old Ben comes out as gender nonbinary, their conservative parents kick them out. Ben moves in with their estranged sister, but healing family wounds while starting at a new school proves overwhelming. Through therapy, art, and a flirtatious friendship with a male classmate, Ben begins to heal. This is a moving if occasionally didactic story about finding strength and self-worth in the face of emotional trauma.