| My Crunchy Life First Edition, Edition Contributor(s): Kerick, Mia (Author) |
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ISBN: 1640803939 ISBN-13: 9781640803930 Publisher: Harmony Ink Press LLC OUR PRICE: $14.24 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Lgbt - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Emotions & Feelings - Young Adult Fiction | Coming Of Age |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 6" W x 9" (0.55 lbs) 180 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: John Lennon fought for world peace, but sixteen-year-old hippie hopeful Kale Oswald's only made it as far as tie-dying his T-shirts with organic grape juice. Now he's ready to cement his new hippie identity by joining a local human rights organization, but he doesn't fit in as well as he'd hoped. After landing herself in the hospital by washing down a Ziploc bag of pills with a bottle of Gatorade, Julian Mendez came clean to her mother: she is a girl who has been seen as a boy since birth. Puberty blockers have stopped the maturing of her body. They're also supposed to give her time to be sure she wants to make a more permanent decision, but she's already Julia in her heart. What she's not sure she's ready to face is the post-transition name-calling and bathroom wars awaiting her at school. When Kale and Julian come face-to-face at the human rights organization, attraction, teenage awkwardness, and reluctant empathy collide. They are forced to examine who they are and how they want to present themselves to the world. But until Kale can come to terms with his confusion about his own sexuality and Julian can be honest with Kale about her gender, they cannot move forward in friendship, or anything more. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kerick, Mia: - Mia Kerick is the mother of four exceptional children-one in law school, another at a dance conservatory, a third studying at Mia's alma mater, Boston College, and her lone son still in high school. She has published more than twenty books of LGBTQ romance when not editing National Honor Society essays, offering opinions on college and law school applications, helping to create dance bios, and reviewing English papers. Her husband of twenty-five years has been told by many that he has the patience of Job, but don't ask Mia about this, as it is a sensitive subject. Mia focuses her stories on the emotional growth of troubled young people and their relationships. She has a great affinity for the tortured hero. There is, at minimum, one in each book. As a teen, Mia filled spiral-bound notebooks with tales of said tortured heroes (most of whom happened to strongly resemble lead vocalists of 1980s hair bands) and stuffed them under her mattress for safekeeping. She is thankful to Harmony Ink Press for providing her with an alternate place to stash her stories. Her books have won several Kirkus Recommended Book Reviews, a Best YA Lesbian Rainbow Award, a Reader Views' Book by Book Publicity Literary Award, the Jack Eadon Award for Best Book in Contemporary Drama, an Indie Fab Award, and a Royal Dragonfly Award for Cultural Diversity, among other awards. Mia Kerick is a social liberal and cheers for each and every victory made in the name of human rights. Her only major regret: never having taken typing or computer class in school, destining her to a life consumed with two-fingered pecking and constant prayer to the Gods of Technology. |
