I absolutely ate this up!!! I found this through my recommendations here on Storygraph which is very cool. 

This is a middle grade book, with the main character being 10 years old, but it doesn't read as dumbed-down. It's a great story about friendship, complicated family dynamics, being accepting of different identities, and standing up to injustices; set in the 1980s. I think the author did a good job at handling sensitive topics in a way that a younger reader can understand, without sugar-coating things.

I would definitely recommend this, not just for kids but for anyone.