Some Girls Bind

by Rory James

Overview

Jamie knows that she isn't like other girls. She has a secret. She binds her chest every day to feel more like herself. Jamie questions why she is drawn to this practice and why she is afraid of telling her friends, who have their own secrets. Could she really be genderqueer?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781538382547
Publisher:	Enslow Publishing, LLC
Publication date:	02/16/2019
Series:	YA Verse Series
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	14 - 17 Years

Editorial Reviews

★ 03/01/2019

Gr 7 Up—James proves the power of the novel in verse as a vehicle to convey rich characterization, complex themes, and a reading experience that levels the field between struggling and skilled readers. Jamie is keeping a secret, even from her BFF Lev and their wider circle of sensitive and supportive friends. Uncertain, at first, of what draws her to binding her breasts, Jamie confides in her brother Steve, then works toward understanding and accepting a nonbinary gender identification and comes out to Lev and eventually to their parents and friends. James's verse is fluid, and each chapter is a complete scene that builds Jamie's story with compelling insight and empathy. Jamie's friends each have their own issues, and Jamie is a sympathetic friend as well as a teen caught in the private drama of self-awareness that makes adolescence and identity construction frightening to so many. VERDICT Highly recommended for school and public libraries.—Francisca Goldsmith, Library Ronin, Worcester, MA

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