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This is a good book, about an issue that is definitely under addressed and needed, but it is definitely an "issue book". Kristin is generally relatable and her story is eye-opening for anyone who thought that gender and sex were two neat boxes everyone fits in, but much of the book feels clinical and like an after school special. It is written by a doctor, not by someone self-identified as intersex, so some of it feels like a lecture in the diagnosis and the dealing with it. People around her ar
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representation matters. that doesn't mean we should give not great books high reviews just for representing.
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This was good, but it was pretty clear that the author felt like the book HAD to be written. We need these books, of course. But it was sometimes a little heavy on the facts.
3.5! The only book I have in my classroom library with an intersex MC. Can’t wait to get it in kids’ hands.
Feb 27, 2015
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it was amazing
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