A01=Jess Callans
Author_Jess Callans
back to school
belonging
books about puberty
bullying
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dysfunctional
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family
finding your place
friendship
kids books about periods
kids books about puberty
kids books about queer kids
kids books non-binary
LGBTQIA+ kids books
LGBTQIA+ middle grade
middle grade books puberty
middle grade queer books
middle school
moving
nonbinary middle grade books
puberty queer books
queer middle grade fiction
Queer puberty books
school bullies
school project
students
unconventional families
Product details
- ISBN 9781250331342
- Weight: 338g
- Dimensions: 148 x 220mm
- Publication Date: 19 May 2025
- Publisher: Feiwel and Friends
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Puberty, AKA the ultimate biological predator, is driving a wedge between soon-to-be 13 year old Ollie Thompson and their lifelong friends. Too much of a girl for their neighbourhood hockey team, but not girly enough for their boy-crazed BFF, Ollie doesn’t know where they fit. And their usual ability to camouflage? Woefully disrupted.
When a school project asks them to write an essay on what it means to be a woman (if anyone’s got an answer that’d be great), and one of their new friends is the target of bullying, Ollie is caught between the safety of fleeing from their own differences or confronting the risks of fighting to take their own path forward.
Jess Callans is a queer children's author and wanna-be-illustrator with an MFA from Rosemont College. He lives outside of Philly with his partner and four amazing kids, where they collectively bake, garden, and tirelessly pursue the human experience.
