Too bright to see / Kyle Lukoff.
2021
PZ7.1.L8456 Too 2021 (Mapit)
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Title
Too bright to see / Kyle Lukoff.
Author
ISBN
9780593111154 hardcover
059311115X hardcover
059311115X hardcover
Published
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Randon House LLC, 2021.
Copyright
©2021
Language
English
Description
186 pages ; 22 cm
Call Number
PZ7.1.L8456 Too 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification
813/.6
[Fic]
[Fic]
Summary
In the summer before middle school, eleven-year-old Bug must contend with best friend Moira suddenly caring about clothes, makeup, and boys; a ghost haunting; and the truth about Bug's gender identity.
It's the summer before middle school and eleven-year-old Bug's best friend Moira has decided the two of them need to use the next few months to prepare. For Moira, this means figuring out the right clothes to wear, learning how to put on makeup, and deciding which boys are cuter in their yearbook photos than in real life. But none of this is all that appealing to Bug, who doesn't particularly want to spend more time trying to understand how to be a girl. Besides, there's something more important to worry about: a ghost is haunting Bug's eerie old house in rural Vermont...and maybe haunting Bug in particular. As Bug begins to untangle the mystery of who this ghost is and what they're trying to say, an altogether different truth comes to light--Bug is transgender.
It's the summer before middle school and eleven-year-old Bug's best friend Moira has decided the two of them need to use the next few months to prepare. For Moira, this means figuring out the right clothes to wear, learning how to put on makeup, and deciding which boys are cuter in their yearbook photos than in real life. But none of this is all that appealing to Bug, who doesn't particularly want to spend more time trying to understand how to be a girl. Besides, there's something more important to worry about: a ghost is haunting Bug's eerie old house in rural Vermont...and maybe haunting Bug in particular. As Bug begins to untangle the mystery of who this ghost is and what they're trying to say, an altogether different truth comes to light--Bug is transgender.
Audience
Grades 5-6. Dial Books for Young Readers.
Awards
Stonewall Book Award, Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children's & Young Adult Literature Award, 2022.
Newbery Honor Book, 2022.
National Book Awards Finalist for Young People's Literature Award, 2021.
Newbery Honor Book, 2022.
National Book Awards Finalist for Young People's Literature Award, 2021.
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