Freakboy

A powerful novel in verse told from the points of view of a genderqueer teenager, the teen's girlfriend, and a trans womanAn important story, written with compassion and startling insight. Ellen Hopkins, The New York Times bestselling author of the Crank trilogyFrom the outside, Brendan Chase seems to have it pretty easy. Brendan is a star wrestler, a video game aficionado, and a loving significant other to seemingly perfect match, Vanessa. But Brendan feels so wrong. Why does Brenan sometimes fantasize having long hair, soft skin, and gentle curves? Is there even a name for people like Brendan? People who are assigned male at birth but who sometimes want to be girls?

Softcover. English. Square Fish. 2016. ISBN: 9781250062956. 425 pp. Good. Book No: 9781250062956