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Gr 9 Up—High school junior Etta juggles many identities, none of which seem to fit quite right. She's bisexual, but shunned by her group of friends, the self-named Disco Dykes, who can't forgive her for dating a boy. She has an eating disorder, but never weighs little enough to qualify as officially anorexic. She's a dancer, but just tap these days, not ballet, because as a short, curvy, African American teen, she doesn't seem to have the right look for ballet. She feels like she's never enough—not gay enough, straight enough, sick en...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

This tell-it-like-it-is book questions labels of teens who live on the edges of high school social groups. Etta, the unpredictable,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More