2.5 stars. There were so many things I loved about this book and the themes here. I loved almost 12 year old Bug. I can see so many kids relating to her mixed feelings approaching middle school. I felt for her with this tricky adolescent time, as well as the death of her uncle. Themes of grief, identity, and growing up are present. And I super applaud a book for kids about gender identity and a transgender character. It’s also an Own Voices book which is great. What I did not love was the execution of the story. It just seemed hokey to me which was unfortunate. The juxtaposition of the supernatural and gender identity seemed really strange. Sometimes you can love the themes of a book but not how it’s written.