Hamilton-Wenham Public Library

Symptoms of being human, Jeff Garvin

eng

Includes bibliographical references

no index present

HL760L, lexile

fiction

Symptoms of being human

bibliography

908990085

Jeff Garvin

Accelerated Reader AR, UG, 5.2, 12.0, 190468.

"A gender-fluid teenager who struggles with identity creates a blog on the topic that goes viral, and faces ridicule at the hands of fellow students"--, Provided by publisherThe first thing you're going to want to know about me is: Am I a boy, or am I a girl? Riley Cavanaugh is many things: Punk rock. Snarky. Rebellious. And gender fluid. Some days Riley identifies as a boy, and others as a girl. The thing is...Rilye isn't exactly out yet. And between starting a new school and having a congressman father running for reelection, the pressure--media and otherwise--is building up in Riley's so-called "normal" life. On the advice of 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 expsoure. And Riley must make a choice: walk away from what the blog has created--a lifeline, new friends, a casue 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 a person. --, From dust jacket

adolescent