{"product_id":"rethinking-normal-a-memoir-in-transition-9781481418232","title":"Rethinking Normal: A Memoir in Transition","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn her unique, generous, and affecting voice, nineteen-year-old Katie Hill shares her personal journey of undergoing gender reassignment.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHave you ever worried that you'd never be able to live up to your parents' expectations? Have you ever imagined that life would be better if you were just invisible? Have you ever thought you would do anything--\u003ci\u003eanything\u003c\/i\u003e--to make the teasing stop? Katie Hill had and it nearly tore her apart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKatie never felt comfortable in her own skin. She realized very young that a serious mistake had been made; she was a girl who had been born in the body of a boy. Suffocating under her peers' bullying and the mounting pressure to be \"normal,\" Katie tried to take her life at the age of eight years old. After several other failed attempts, she finally understood that \"Katie\"--the girl trapped within her--was determined to live. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this first-person account, Katie reflects on her pain-filled childhood and the events leading up to the life-changing decision to undergo gender reassignment as a teenager. She reveals the unique challenges she faced while unlearning how to be a boy and shares what it was like to navigate the dating world and experience heartbreak for the first time in a body that matched her gender identity. Told in an unwaveringly honest voice, \u003ci\u003eRethinking Normal\u003c\/i\u003e is a coming-of-age story about transcending physical appearances and redefining the parameters of \"normalcy\" to embody one's true self.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781481418232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Oklahoma Book Award - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/21\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2014 pg. 117\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVoice of Youth Advocates\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2014 - Recommended - Readable\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2015 pg. 297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e170941 \/ Rethinking Normal: A Memoir in Transition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.7 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Katie Rain Hill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45234725093557,"sku":"9781481418232","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_6f3572d9-2555-4e29-9bfd-b56e4965f95d.jpg?v=1743518513","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/rethinking-normal-a-memoir-in-transition-9781481418232","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}