Pantomime (Micah Grey, #1)
Publisher
Pan Books
Publication Year
2016
ISBN
9781509807772
Pages
400 pages
Genre
fantasy
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Gene's life resembles a debutante's dream. Yet she hides a secret that would see her shunned by the nobility. Gene is both male and female. Then she displays unwanted magical abilities last seen in mysterious beings from an almost-forgotten age. Matters escalate further when her parents plan a devastating betrayal, so she flees home, dressed as a boy. The city beyond contains glowing glass relics from a lost civilization. They call to her, but she wants freedom not mysteries. So, reinvented as 'Micah Grey', Gene joins the circus. As an aerialist, she discovers the joy of flight, but she's plagued by visions foretelling danger. A storm is howling in from the past, will she heed its roar?
Grade Level
9-12
Diversity Topics
LGTBQ (Gender and Sexuality); Family Relationships; Intersex; Adoption; Bisexuality; adopted child; body issues; intersex teenager; bisexual teenager
Main Character
intersex
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
mother and father
LGBTQ+
female/female; male/male; intersex person
Awards
Rainbow List, 2014
YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, 2014
North East Teenage Book Award, 2013, Short List, Teen
Keywords
circus; runaway children; secrets; nobility; love
Diversity Impact
indirect
STARS Citation
Lam, Laura, "Pantomime (Micah Grey, #1)" (2016). Diverse Families. 907.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/907