![I am J](https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1586/thumbnail.jpg)
I am J
Publisher
Cris Beam
Publication Year
2011
ISBN
9780316053600
Pages
352 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
J, who feels like a boy mistakenly born as a girl, runs away from his best friend who has rejected him and the parents he thinks do not understand him when he finally decides that it is time to be who he really is.
Grade Level
9-12
Lexile Measure
HL710L
Diversity Topics
Racial Diversity; LGBTQ (Gender & Sexuality); Biracial; Interracial; Transgender; biracial teenager; interracial parents; transgender teenager; girl to boy
Main Character
male teenager
Race/Ethnicities
Latinx (Puerto Rican) / White
Family Formation
mother and father
LGBTQ+
transgender male
Awards
Cybils Awards, 2011, Nominee, Fiction Young Adult
James Cook Book Award: Celebrating Diversity in Teen Literature, 2013, Honor Book, Cook Book
Lambda Literary Award, 2012, Finalist, LGBT Children's/Young Adult
Keywords
emotional problems; identity; friendship; support group; parental resistance; counseling; testosterone; truancy
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Beam, Cris, "I am J" (2011). Diverse Families. 587.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/587