num_pages: 326
description: An inspiring story of self-discovery of choosing to stand up for yourself and of finding your own path - readers will recognize a part of themselves in J's struggle to love his true self.Hola Jeni. J spun. His stomach clenched hard as though he'd been hit. It was just the neighbor lady Mercedes. J couldn't muster a hello back not now; he didn't care that she'd tell his mom he'd been rude. She should know better. Nobody calls me Jeni anymore.J always felt different. He was certain that eventually everyone would understand who he really was: a boy mistakenly born as a girl. Yet as he grew up his body began to betray him; eventually J stopped praying to wake up a real boy and started covering up his body keeping himself invisible - from his family from his friends...from the world. But after being deserted by the best friend he thought would always be by his side J decides that he's done hiding - it's time to be who he really is. And this time he is determined not to give up no matter the cost. An inspiring story of self-discovery of choosing to stand up for yourself and of finding your own path - readers will recognize a part of themselves in J's struggle to love his true self.
language: English
title: I am J
publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers