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About This Book
ISBN13: 9781416916222 
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Powells.com Staff Pick
Ellen Wittlinger once again captures the complexity and diversity of teenage experiences. As Angela transitions to Grady, both he and the people around him struggle with what it means to be accepting and what it means to love. Parrotfish transcends the "serious issue" genre with its utterly natural, believable characters and writing.
Recommended by Rachael, Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
Last week I cut my hair, bought some boys' clothes and shoes, wrapped a
large ACE bandage around my chest to flatten my fortunately-not-large
breasts, and began looking for a new name.
Angela Katz-McNair has never felt quite right as a girl. Her whole life
is leading up to the day she decides to become Grady, a guy. While coming
out as transgendered feels right to Grady, he isn't prepared for the
reaction he gets from everyone else. His mother is upset, his younger
sister is mortified, and his best friend, Eve, won't acknowledge him in
public. Why can't people just let Grady be himself?
Grady's life is miserable until he finds friends in some unexpected places
-- like the school geek, Sebastian, who explains that there is precedent
in the natural world (parrotfish change gender when they need to, and the
newly male fish are the alpha males), and Kita, a senior who might just be
Grady's first love.
From acclaimed writer Ellen Wittlinger, this is the groundbreaking story of
one teen's search for self and his struggle for acceptance.
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9781416916222
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
- Subject:
- Situations / Emotions & Feelings
- Subject:
- Social Issues - Emotions & Feelings
- Subject:
- Social Issues - Dating & Sex
- Subject:
- Social Issues - Peer Pressure
- Subject:
- Family problems
- Subject:
- Identity
- Publication Date:
- July 2007
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- Grade Level:
- Young adult
- Language:
- English
- Pages:
- 294
- Dimensions:
- 8.25 x 5.5 in
- Age Level:
- 12-12
