The beautiful something else
Call Number
- J VANO (OSH)
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York : Scholastic Press, 2023.
Physical Description
271 pages ; 22 cm
Audience
Grades 4-6. Scholastic Press.
Summary
It's exhausting trying to be the perfect daughter. Still, getting good grades without making any waves may be the only way to distract from the fact that Sparrow Malone's mother is on the verge of falling apart. Which means no getting upset. No being weird. No standing out for the wrong reasons. But when Mom's attempts to cope spiral out of control, Sparrow is sent to live with Aunt Mags on a sprawling estate full of interesting, colorful new neighbors. And for the first time, trying to fit in doesn't feel right anymore. Even Sparrow's shadow has stopped following the rules. As Shadow nudges Sparrow to try all the scary, exciting things Mom has always forbidden, Sparrow begins to realize something life-changing: They don't feel like a girl. Or a boy. And while this discovery is exciting, now Sparrow must decide whether to tell everyone--their new family and friends, not-so-secret crush, and, most importantly, their mom--the truth, especially if it means things change forever.
Subjects
- Gender identity > Juvenile fiction.
- Gender nonconformity > Juvenile fiction.
- Mothers and daughters > Juvenile fiction.
- Children of drug abusers > Juvenile fiction.
- Aunts > Juvenile fiction.
- Communal living > Juvenile fiction.
- Gender identity > Fiction.
- Mothers and daughters > Fiction.
- Drug abuse > Fiction.
- Aunts > Fiction.
- Communal living > Fiction.