Zenobia July
Publisher
Viking Books for Young Readers
Publication Year
2019
ISBN
9780451479402
Pages
320 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Zenobia July is starting a new life. She used to live in Arizona with her father; now she's in Maine with her aunts. She used to spend most of her time behind a computer screen, improving her impressive coding and hacking skills; now she's coming out of her shell and discovering a community of friends at Monarch Middle School. People used to tell her she was a boy; now she's able to live openly as the girl she always knew she was. When someone anonymously posts hateful memes on her school's website, Zenobia knows she's the one with the abilities to solve the mystery, all while wrestling with the challenges of a new school, a new family, and coming to grips with presenting her true gender for the first time. Timely and touching, Zenobia July is, at its heart, a story about finding home.
Grade Level
6-8
Lexile Measure
HL610L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; LGBTQ; Family member death; Extended family; Single parent; Transgender; family living with relatives; single father; death of a parent; death of a family member; death of a mother; death of a father; transgender family member; transgender child
Main Character
female teenager
Race/Ethnicities
Undetermined
Awards
Cybils Awards, 2019, Nominee, Middle Grade Fiction
Keywords
aunts; computers; school; bullies; friends; mystery
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Bunker, Lisa, "Zenobia July" (2019). Diverse Families. 2264.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/2264