David Piper has never really felt like he fit in, and often finds himself the target of bullies. When Leo, the new kid at school, sticks up for him one day, the two become friends. And they soon discover they have more in common than they ever imagined. Leo used to be a girl, and David wants so badly to transition to become a girl, but fears how his family and friends might react. Together, they travel the rocky road of being teens who are trying to find their own version of normal.
year: 2016
call number/section: 1000
subjects: transgender people, friendship, secrecy, high schools, schools, fiction, secrets, bildungsromans
Editions
Williamson, Lisa
Farrar Straus Giroux (2016)
David Piper, always an outsider, forms an unlikely friendship with Leo Denton who, from the first day at his new school wants only to be invisible, but when David's deepest secret gets out, that he wants to be a girl, things get very messy for both of them.
Schools: 21
Williamson, Lisa
David Piper has never really felt like he fit in, and often finds himself the target of bullies. When Leo, the new kid at school, sticks up for him one day, the two become friends. And they soon discover they have more in common than they ever imagined. Leo used to be a girl, and David wants so badly to transition to become a girl, but fears how his family and friends might react. Together, they travel the rocky road of being teens who are trying to find their own version of normal.
Schools: 6