ISBN 9780316053617; hardback; $16.00.
Annotation:
J faces the truth about his identity and explores the impact it has on his relationships with family, friends, and himself. Recommended for high school and public libraries.
Awards:
• Junior Library Guild Selection, 2011
• Kirkus, Best Books for Teens, 2011
• American Library Association Best Fiction for Young Adults, and Rainbow List Top Ten, 2011
• Amazon Best books of March, 2011
Book Talk:
Swimming in over-sized clothes and layers of shirts used to conceal his shape, J has spent his whole life feeling trapped. He is a boy inside a girl's body. Growing up in New York City, half-Jewish and half-Puerto Rican, J faces physical and verbal harassment in school and in his neighborhood, after all, they knew him when he was Jeni.
Armed with his camera and his best friend, Melissa, J faces life as a transgendered teen, complete with girlfriends, binders, and the magical drug T.
Can he pass the test? Can he be seen for what he is inside? He must first accept himself and embrace his quirky group of friends who become more like family, only then can he open up and tell the world "I Am J."
To learn more about this book and the topic of transgender teens, check out Cris Beam's website.
Here's a short book trailer for I Am J:
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