When I first began this novel, I remarked to my husband, "I think it's weird that a tweener coming-of-age novel about a girl was written by a man. What would he know about what it's like to be a young girl?" Ha! Joke's on me.
*SPOILER* Bug decides she's a boy by the end of the novel and the author is actually a trans-man who is sharing his own experience as a child (in fictional format).
This book left me feeling unsettled, uncomfortable, confused and a little sad.
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