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001 2014013051
003 DLC
005 20150524074829.0
008 140418s2014 nyu j b 000 0aeng
010 $a 2014013051
020 $a9781481418232 (hardback)
020 $a9781481418249 (paperback)
020 $z9781481418256 (e-book)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aHQ77.8.H55$bA3 2014
082 00 $a306.76/808350973$223
084 $aJNF053160$aJNF053220$aJNF053060$2bisacsh
100 1 $aHill, Katie Rain.
245 10 $aRethinking normal :$ba memoir in transition /$cKatie Rain Hill, with Ariel Schrag.
250 $a1st edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bSimon & Schuster BFYRBooks for Young Readers,$c[2014]
300 $a264 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 259-264).
520 $a"In her unique, generous, and affecting voice, nineteen-year-old Katie Hill shares her personal journey of undergoing gender reassignment. Have you ever worried that you'd never be able to live up to your parents' expectations? Have you ever imagined that life would be better if you were just invisible? Have you ever thought you would do anything--anything--to make the teasing stop? Katie Hill had and it nearly tore her apart. Katie never felt comfortable in her own skin. She realized very young that a serious mistake had been made; she was a girl who had been born in the body of a boy. Suffocating under her peers' bullying and the mounting pressure to be "normal," Katie tried to take her life at the age of eight years old. After several other failed attempts, she finally understood that "Katie"--the girl trapped within her--was determined to live. In this first-person account, Katie reflects on her pain-filled childhood and the events leading up to the life-changing decision to undergo gender reassignment as a teenager. She reveals the unique challenges she faced while unlearning how to be a boy and shares what it was like to navigate the dating world and experience heartbreak for the first time in a body that matched her gender identity. Told in an unwaveringly honest voice, Rethinking Normal is a coming-of-age story about transcending physical appearances and redefining the parameters of "normalcy" to embody one's true self"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"In this Young Adult memoir, a transgender girl shares her personal journey of growing up as a boy and then undergoing gender reassignment during her teens"--$cProvided by publisher.
600 10 $aHill, Katie Rain$vJuvenile literature.
650 0 $aTranssexual youth$zUnited States$vBiography$vJuvenile literature.
650 0 $aTransgender youth$zUnited States$vBiography$vJuvenile literature.
650 0 $aMale-to-female transsexuals$zUnited States$vBiography$vJuvenile literature.
650 0 $aTranssexuals$xIdentity$vJuvenile literature.
650 0 $aTransgender people$xIdentity$vJuvenile literature.
650 7 $aJUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Issues / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aJUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Issues / Bullying.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aJUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Issues / Friendship.$2bisacsh