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Jumpstart The World (2010)

by Catherine Ryan Hyde(Favorite Author)

3.77 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0375866655 (ISBN13: 9780375866654)

languge

English

genre

Young Adult Fiction

publisher

Knopf Books for Young Readers

review 1: After reading the first chapter I wasn't really sure I'd be interested in finishing this book. Then as I read more of the novel I started to have sympathy for Elle, the main character. But I didn't really completely dive into the book until the later half, and it just felt like the book didn't meet it's momentum until it was almost already over. This might sound like it needs less than four stars. But I really enjoyed all of the characters and the plot, although I feel like I would be happier to find a continuing of this story.Overall, a really good read, something you could finish within an hour or so if you're a fast reader.
review 2: Jumpstart the World by Catherine Ryan Hyde. This book has been nominated for a couple of Lambda Literary Awards, among other a... morewards, and it's just a lovely story, a tender tale of a young girl's crush on an older transman, and her confusion and discomfort about what it means about herself. It's more of a coming of age story than a romance, but the author deftly handled so many difficult issues - I'm still being a little bit blown away, to be honest. This one I recommend for teenagers and adults.I'm sort of winding my way through some books featuring trans characters, just to get an idea of what's out there and how writers are portraying transgender people and situations. Jumpstart the World did a phenomenal job of having a non-activist trans character, who was not the protagonist, be present to demonstrate that trans people are just people, like the rest of us - but also the author managed to show in simple but clear ways some of the frightening things about being trans. The fear of friends leaving, the fear of being helpless. And all of this without direct trans character POV, all of this without the sense of the reader being taught to or lectured.I think everyone should read this book, really. less

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