Author: Alyssa Brugman
What it’s about (in 75 words or fewer): Alex, who was raised as a boy, always knew that she was really a girl. Even as she lives as a girl, the "boy Alex" still lives inside her--it's like she is two people at once. Alex struggles to live authentically as she deals with her mentally unstable mother and non-confrontational father. When she enrolls in a new school and contacts a solicitor to help her change her birth certificate, Alex discovers something startling.
What I think (in 400 words or fewer): This book was . . . unsettling. Alex identifies as a girl and the "boy" Alex talks to her in her head, like another personality. Every time Alex does something particularly masculine, or rude and vulgar, she blames "boy Alex." Alex refers to her male part as her "noodle" and mentions that it is smaller than average.
