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Brugman, Alyssa

Alex as Well

215 pp. | Holt | January, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-1-62779014-7 $16.99
(4) YA Fifteen-year-old Alex, who is intersex, has been raised as a boy but wants to identify as female, which unhinges her self-absorbed mother. There's a lot packed into this Australian import: challenging family dynamics, bullying, gender identity, and sexuality. The narrative doesn't explore anything in depth and character development is uneven, but the novel offers an unusual perspective on society's influence on identity.
Reviewer: Kitty Flynn

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