Too much of a girl for their neighborhood hockey team, but not girly enough for their boy-crazed BFF, Ollie doesn’t know where they fit anymore. When a school project asks them to write an essay on what it means to be a woman, Ollie finds themself torn between the safety of hiding and the risk of embracing their truth.

This middle-grade novel about a nonbinary kid coming into their own is absolutely beautiful. As an adult navigating similar questions, it felt incredibly healing to read. So many of Ollie’s thoughts around gender, identity, and being seen as a woman were deeply resonant, right in the feels, again and again. I'm so happy that kids today have access to stories like this.

Slightly disappointed that Ollie was clearly written as autistic but it never got mentioned at any point. I guess that's something else they're going to have to figure out, but it could have been briefly mentioned already...