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Parrotfish
Contributor(s): Wittlinger, Ellen (Author)
ISBN: 1416916229     ISBN-13: 9781416916222
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
OUR PRICE:   $16.99  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: July 2007
* Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Last week I cut my hair, bought some boys' clothes and shoes, wrapped a

large ACE bandage around my chest to flatten my fortunately-not-large

breasts, and began looking for a new name.

Angela Katz-McNair has never felt quite right as a girl. Her whole life

is leading up to the day she decides to become Grady, a guy. While coming

out as transgendered feels right to Grady, he isn't prepared for the

reaction he gets from everyone else. His mother is upset, his younger

sister is mortified, and his best friend, Eve, won't acknowledge him in

public. Why can't people just let Grady be himself?

Grady's life is miserable until he finds friends in some unexpected places

-- like the school geek, Sebastian, who explains that there is precedent

in the natural world (parrotfish change gender when they need to, and the

newly male fish are the alpha males), and Kita, a senior who might just be

Grady's first love.

From acclaimed writer Ellen Wittlinger, this is the groundbreaking story of

one teen's search for self and his struggle for acceptance.


Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Emotions & Feelings
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2006009689
Lexile Measure: 720
Physical Information: 1.06" H x 5.86" W x 8.5" (0.87 lbs) 294 pages
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 116399
Reading Level: 4.7   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 8.0
 
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Contributor Bio(s): Wittlinger, Ellen: - Ellen Wittlinger is the critically acclaimed author of the teen novels Parrotfish, Blind Faith, Sandpiper, Heart on My Sleeve, Zigzag, and Hard Love (an American Library Association Michael L. Printz Honor Book and a Lambda Literary Award winner), and its sequel Love & Lies: Marisol's Story. She has a bachelor's degree from Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, and an MFA from the University of Iowa. A former children's librarian, she lives with her husband in Haydenville, Massachusetts.