The two of them form an unlikely friendship and that’s basically what the story is about. The story is about the transgender girl Kate who is closeted (and goes by David for most of the book) and the transgender boy Leo who is not out at his new school. I’m not transgender, but even I can see how terrible the author dealt with the characters transness. Because at Eden Park School secrets have a funny habit of not staying secret for long… When Leo stands up for David Kate in a fight, an unlikely friendship forms. Attracting the attention of the most beautiful girl in year eleven is definitely not part of that plan. On the first day at his new school Leo Denton has one goal – to be invisible. Only his her two best friends know the real truth – David wants to be a girl Kate is a closeted transgender girl. The school bully thinks he’s she’s a freak. His Her parents think he’s gay she’s a gay boy. Though it also feels wrong to not include any synopsis so I’m going to cross out some parts and replace them by good things.ĭavid Kate Piper has always been an outsider. I initially didn’t want to include this synopsis in this review because even the synopsis is terribly problematic – I really wish I had read it before buying and reading this book and had not just read the blurb on the back of the book instead (WHICH WAS NOT PROBLEMATIC). The Art of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson is a book about two transgender teens, which deals with the matter – how do I say this nicely? – rather terribly.
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