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Brie Spangler

Knopf Books for Young Readers

2016

336 páginas

11h 12m

ISBN-10: B01AQO15ZI

Tall, meaty, muscle-bound, and hairier than most throw rugs, Dylan doesn’t look like your average fifteen-year-old, so, naturally, high school has not been kind to him. To make matters worse, on the day his school bans hats (his preferred camouflage), Dylan goes up on his roof only to fall and wake up in the hospital with a broken leg—and a mandate to attend group therapy for self-harmers.

Dylan vows to say nothing and zones out at therapy—until he meets Jamie. She’s funny, smart, and so stunning, even his womanizing best friend, JP, would be jealous. She’s also the first person to ever call Dylan out on his self-pitying and superficiality. As Jamie’s humanity and wisdom begin to rub off on Dylan, they become more than just friends. But there is something Dylan doesn’t know about Jamie, something she shared with the group the day he wasn’t listening. Something that shouldn’t change a thing. She is who she’s always been—an amazing photographer and devoted friend, who also happens to be transgender. But will Dylan see it that way?

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2.5 (Razoável)

Terminei de ler hoje cedo e tô até agora mastigando ele na cabeça porque não sei falar se gostei ou não dele.

Gostei que foi abordado sobre disforia em corpos cis e transfobia, mas não sei se gostei de como foi abordado e as"soluções". Não gosto que a Jamie seja "usada" pra dar lição de body positivity pro Dylan, por exemplo.

Acho que os personagens são interessante, ao mesmo tempo problemáticos. Infantis em certo pontos, porém maduros muito mais do que a idade de 12 anos da Jamie propõem.

Realmente fiquei confusa do que achei do livro, ele não é chato, mas senti que faltou trabalhar melhor os assuntos citados acima.