Nominated for the Lambda Literary Award and the Foreword Reviews'
INDIE Book of the Year
First place winner of the Wisconsin Council of Writers' Tofte/Wright
Children's Literature Award
Fifteen-year-old Alyx Atlas was raised as a boy, yet she knows something
others don't. She's a girl. And after her dad dies, it becomes painfully
obvious that she must prove it now?to herself and to the world. Born
with ambiguous genitalia, Alyx has always felt a little different. But
it's after she sustains a terrible beating behind a 7-Eleven that she
and her mother pack up their belongings and move from California to
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to start a new life?and Alyx begins over again,
this time as a girl.
Alyx quickly makes new friends, earns a spot on the girls' varsity
basketball team, and for the first time in her life feels like she fits
in. That is, until her prowess on the court proves too much for the
jealous, hotheaded Pepper Pitmani, who sets out to uncover Alyx's
secret. A dangerous game of Truth or Dare exposes Alyx's difference and
will disqualify her entire basketball team from competing in the state
championships unless Alyx can prove, once and for all, that she is a
girl. But will Alyx find the courage to stand up for the truth of her
personhood, or will she do what she's always done?run away? Whatever she
decides, she knows there's much more at stake than a championship win.
A stunning debut young adult novel from Bridget Birdsall, Double
Exposure brings to light complex gender issues, teenage insecurities,
and overcoming all obstacles.
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sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find
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