The Art of Being Normal

by Lisa Williamson

Book Overview

An inspiring and timely debut novel from Lisa Williamson, The Art of Being Normal is about two transgender friends who figure out how to navigate teen life with help from each other.

David Piper has always been an outsider. His parents think he's gay. The school bully thinks he's a freak. Only his two best friends know the real truth: David wants to be a girl.

On the first day at his new school Leo Denton has one goal:...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374302375
• ISBN13: 9780374302375
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.7" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 14 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 9 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Please don't read

This book is very, VERY disappointing to the trans community. It deadnames, misgenders, and uses incorrect pronouns for one of the characters who is trans. Not in a way to show something that's wrong. It's showed to look normal and acceptable, and the trans character is fine with it. Just overall a very bad book on that end, and it's a major plot point. Don't read if that's what you're looking for.