Publication
Delacorte Books for Young Readers (2016), 352 pages
Description
"Lily Jo McGrother, born Timothy McGrother, is a girl. But being a girl is not so easy when you look like a boy. Especially when you're in the eighth-grade. Norbert Dorfman, nicknamed Dunkin Dorfman, is bipolar and has just moved from the New Jersey town he's called home for the past thirteen years. This would be hard enough, but the fact that he is also hiding from a painful secret makes it even worse. One summer morning, Lily Jo McGrother meets Dunkin Dorfman, and their lives forever change"--
Awards
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Nominee — 2019)
Georgia Children's Book Award (Finalist — Grades 4-8 — 2018)
Nutmeg Book Award (Nominee — Middle School — 2019)
Iowa Teen Award (Nominee — 2020)
South Dakota Teen Choice Book Awards (Nominee — 2018)
California Young Reader Medal (Nominee — 2021)
Southern Book Prize (Winner — Juvenile — 2017)
Rainbow Award (Winner — 2016)
ALA Rainbow Book List (Selection — Middle Grade Fiction — 2017)
Rhode Island Middle School Book Award (Nominee — 2018)
NPR: Books We Love (2016)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 2017)
Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers (Selection — Fiction — 2017)
Nerdy Book Award (Middle Grade Fiction — 2016)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Kids (Fiction for Older Readers — 2016)
Original language
English
Original publication date
2016-05
Physical description
352 p.; 5.9 inches
ISBN
0553536745 / 9780553536744