I. W. Gregorio: None of the above (2015)
328 pages
English language
Published Oct. 6, 2015
When Kristin Lattimer is voted homecoming queen, it seems like another piece of her ideal life has fallen into place. She's a champion hurdler with a full scholarship to college and she's madly in love with her boyfriend. In fact, she's decided that she's ready to take things to the next level with him. But Kristin's first time isn't the perfect moment she's planned -- something is very wrong. A visit to the doctor reveals the truth: Kristin is intersex, which means that though she outwardly looks like a girl, she has male chromosomes, not to mention boy "parts." Dealing with her body is difficult enough, but when her diagnosis is leaked to the whole school, Kristin's entire identity is thrown into question. As her world unravels, can she come to terms with her new self?--publisher.
it's difficult to like or care about the protagonist. her only real redeeming act comes later in the book when she plays with a little girl in a waiting room. it's an okay narrative and a decent introduction to the concept of being intersex, and deals with the pain of facing adolescent cruelty in a way that feels honest.
