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Zenobia July

Lisa Bunker

Zenobia July is a trans girl adjusting to life with her lesbian aunts after her father's death. Being seen as a girl is freeing but also difficult, and she has not told people at school that she is trans. She makes friends, including genderqueer Arli, while other girls bully her about her appearance. Zen turns to computers for refuge and uses her technical ability to investigate anonymous Islamophobic and transphobic posts on the school website.

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Book details

Lexile Text Measure
HL610L
ATOS Book Level
4.4
AR Interest Level
MG
AR Points
8
Word Count
58863
Fountas & Pinnell Text Level
O
Themes
Bullying · Friendship · Identity · School · Technology And Engineering
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Viking Books For Young Readers
Published
May 21, 2019
Pages
320
ISBN-13
9780451479402
Language
English
Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin–MadisonCCBC Choices
  • 2020Fiction for Children
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