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Other Boys
Contributor(s): Alexander, Damian (Author)
ISBN: 1250222818     ISBN-13: 9781250222817
Publisher: First Second
OUR PRICE:   $13.49  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 2021
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BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Comics & Graphic Novels - Social Topics
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics - Bullying
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Lgbt
Dewey: 373.182
LCCN: 2021904463
Lexile Measure: 520
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.4" (1.00 lbs) 208 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

In Other Boys, debut author Damian Alexander delivers a moving middle grade graphic memoir about his struggles with bullying, the death of his mother, and coming out.

Damian is the new kid at school, and he has a foolproof plan to avoid the bullying that's plagued him his whole childhood: he's going to stop talking. Starting on the first day seventh grade, he won't utter a word. If he keeps his mouth shut, the bullies will have nothing to tease him about--right?

But Damian's vow of silence doesn't work--his classmates can tell there's something different about him. His family doesn't look like the kind on TV: his mother is dead, his father is gone, and he's being raised by his grandparents in a low-income household. And Damian does things that boys aren't supposed do, like play with Barbies instead of GI Joe. Kids have teased him about this his whole life, especially other boys. But if boys can be so cruel, why does Damian have a crush on one?