Some Assembly Required: The Not-So-Secret Life of a Transgender Teen
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Publication Year
2014
ISBN
9781481416757
Pages
248 pages
Genre
memoir
Format
novel
Item Type
Nonfiction
Annotation
Seventeen-year-old Arin Andrews shares all the hilarious, painful, and poignant details of undergoing gender reassignment as a high school student in this winning teen memoir.
Grade Level
9-12
Diversity Topics
LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Family Relationships; Transgender; Bisexuality; Single parent; transgender teenager; girl to boy; bisexual teenager; single mother
Main Character
transgender boy
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
single mother
LGBTQ+
male/male; female/female; girl to boy
Awards
Choices,2015 Cooperative Children's Book Center
Gay and Lesbian Themes and Topics in Selected Children's and Young Adult Books,2009 Cooperative Children s Book Center
Rainbow List,2015 ALA Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT)
Oklahoma Book Award, 2015 Finalist Oklahoma
Keywords
transitioning; high school; private school; dating; first love
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Andrews, Arin, "Some Assembly Required: The Not-So-Secret Life of a Transgender Teen" (2014). Diverse Families. 997.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/997