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A Newbery Honor Book • Winner of the Stonewall Book Award • A National Book Award Finalist
“A gentle, glowing wonder, full of love and understanding.” –The New York Times Book Review
It’s the summer before middle school and eleven-year-old Bug’s best friend Moira has decided the two of them need to use the next few months to prepare. For Moira, this means figuring out the right clothes to wear, learning how to put on makeup, and deciding which boys are cuter in their yearbook photos than in real life. But none of this is all that appealing to Bug, who doesn’t particularly want to spend more time trying to understand how to be a girl. Besides, there’s something more important to worry about: A ghost is haunting Bug’s eerie old house in rural Vermont…and maybe haunting Bug in particular. As Bug begins to untangle the mystery of who this ghost is and what they’re trying to say, an altogether different truth comes to light–Bug is transgender.
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Kyle Lukoff’s middle grade debut is a deeply empathetic exploration of grief and gender identity through the eyes of Bug. In this funny and hugely heartfelt novel from the Newbery Honor-winning author of Too Bright to See, a sixth-grader’s life is turned upside down when she learns her dad is trans. A groundbreaking, action-packed, and ultimately uplifting adventure that intertwines elements of Jewish mythology with an unflinching examination of the impacts of transphobia, from Newbery Honor-winner Kyle Lukoff.
Publisher : Dial Books (June 7, 2022)
Language : English
Paperback : 224 pages
ISBN-10 : 0593111176
ISBN-13 : 978-0593111178
Reading age : 10 – 12 years
Lexile measure : 790L
Grade level : 5 – 6
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.6 x 8.26 inches
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Customers find the story heartwarming, sweet, and nice. They describe it as a wonderful read about family, friendships, grief, and triumph. The book introduces children to drag queens and the idea that they are not stereotypical. Readers praise it as an excellent read for tweens and the friends and family that support them.
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