None of the Above

by I. W. Gregorio

Paperback, 2017

NIST comments:

Y7: "The story feels so real it makes you feel so moving and so upset when bad things happen."

Publication

Balzer Bray (2017), Edition: Reprint, 352 pages

Description

Romance. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML: A groundbreaking story about a teenage girl who discovers she's intersex . . . and what happens when her secret is revealed to the entire school. Incredibly compelling and sensitively told, None of the Above is a thought-provoking novel that explores what it means to be a boy, a girl, or something in between. What if everything you knew about yourself changed in an instant? When Kristin Lattimer is voted homecoming queen, it seems like another piece of her ideal life has fallen into place. She's a champion hurdler with a full scholarship to college and she's madly in love with her boyfriend. In fact, she's decided that she's ready to take things to the next level with him. But Kristin's first time isn't the perfect moment she's planned�??something is very wrong. A visit to the doctor reveals the truth: Kristin is intersex, which means that though she outwardly looks like a girl, she has male chromosomes, not to mention boy "parts." Dealing with her body is difficult enough, but when her diagnosis is leaked to the whole school, Kristin's entire identity is thrown into question. As her world unravels, can she come to terms with her new self?… (more)

Awards

Lambda Literary Award (Finalist — 2016)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 9-12 — 2017)
Arkansas Teen Book Award (Nominee — 2017)
ALA Rainbow Book List (Selection — Young Adult Fiction — 2016)
Nerdy Book Award (Young Adult Literature — 2015)
Penn GSE's Best Books for Young Readers (Selection — Young Adult — 2015)

Language

Original language

English
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