None of the Above

Books | Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Dating & Sex

3.8

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I. W. Gregorio

A groundbreaking story about a teenage girl who discovers she's intersex . . . and what happens when her secret is revealed to the entire school. Incredibly compelling and sensitively told, None of the Above is a thought-provoking novel that explores what it means to be a boy, a girl, or something in between.What if everything you knew about yourself changed in an instant?When Kristin Lattimer is voted homecoming queen, it seems like another piece of her ideal life has fallen into place. She's a champion hurdler with a full scholarship to college and she's madly in love with her boyfriend. In fact, she's decided that she's ready to take things to the next level with him.But Kristin's first time isn't the perfect moment she's planned—something is very wrong. A visit to the doctor reveals the truth: Kristin is intersex, which means that though she outwardly looks like a girl, she has male chromosomes, not to mention boy "parts."Dealing with her body is difficult enough, but when her diagnosis is leaked to the whole school, Kristin's entire identity is thrown into question. As her world unravels, can she come to terms with her new self?

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Author

I. W. Gregorio

Pages

352

Publisher

HarperCollins

Published Date

2015-04-07

ISBN

0062335332 9780062335333

Ratings

Google: 4

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"this is one of those books that is so close to reality it makes your emotions unreadable and has no defined emotion you’re supposed to feel when reading. I loved it, and cried when reading it"

Phoenix

"This is the first book I’ve ever read on this topic, and remarkable doesn’t even begin to cover it. It was also the first time I had been properly informed on what it means to be intersex, and what that entails. It was refreshing to read about gender identity and SO important to be reminded that gender is nothing more than a social construct. It taught me the pain you can cause someone by viewing them through heteronormative eyes, and how wrong that truly is. We cannot continue to view the world as just black and white, or those who inhabit it as male or female. Everyone needs to read this. EVERYONE!!!"