Symptoms of being human
Title
:
Symptoms of being human
Personal Author EPSB
:
Jeff, Garvin
Summary
:
A sharply honest and moving debut perfect for fans of The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Ask the Passengers. Riley Cavanaugh is many things: Punk rock. Snarky. Rebellious. And gender fluid. Some days Riley identifies as a boy, and others as a girl. But Riley isn't exactly out yet. And between starting a new school and having a congressman father running for reelection in über-conservative Orange County, the pressure-media and otherwise-is building up in Riley's life. On the advice of a therapist, Riley starts an anonymous blog to vent those pent-up feelings and tell the truth of what it's really like to be a gender fluid teenager. But just as Riley's starting to settle in at school-even developing feelings for a mysterious outcast-the blog goes viral, and an unnamed commenter discovers Riley's real identity, threatening exposure. And Riley must make a choice: walk away from what the blog has created-a lifeline, new friends, a cause to believe in-or stand up, come out, and risk everything. From debut author Jeff Garvin comes a powerful and uplifting portrait of a modern teen struggling with high school, relationships, and what it means to be human.
Year Published
:
2016-2017
Physical Description
:
335 pages ; 22 cm.
Awards
:
2016 Spring Litpicks Best of the Best ASLC review Alberta School Library Council.
Subject
:
Gender identity -- Fiction.
Sex role -- Fiction.
Bullying -- Fiction.
Blogs -- Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
High schools -- Fiction.
Schools -- Fiction.
Summary
:
A sharply honest and moving debut perfect for fans of The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Ask the Passengers. Riley Cavanaugh is many things: Punk rock. Snarky. Rebellious. And gender fluid. Some days Riley identifies as a boy, and others as a girl. But Riley isn't exactly out yet. And between starting a new school and having a congressman father running for reelection in über-conservative Orange County, the pressure-media and otherwise-is building up in Riley's life. On the advice of a therapist, Riley starts an anonymous blog to vent those pent-up feelings and tell the truth of what it's really like to be a gender fluid teenager. But just as Riley's starting to settle in at school-even developing feelings for a mysterious outcast-the blog goes viral, and an unnamed commenter discovers Riley's real identity, threatening exposure. And Riley must make a choice: walk away from what the blog has created-a lifeline, new friends, a cause to believe in-or stand up, come out, and risk everything. From debut author Jeff Garvin comes a powerful and uplifting portrait of a modern teen struggling with high school, relationships, and what it means to be human.
ISBN
:
9780062382870
9780062382863
Publisher
:
New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2017]
©2016.
Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
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D.S. MacKenzie | F GAR | Book | 30522000356516 | Realistic Fiction |