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The Ship We Built

Lexie Bean

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Product Details
Format:
Paperback (BC)
ISBN:
9780525554851
Published:
25 May 2021
Publisher:
Penguin
Dimensions:
288 pages - 198 x 130 x 18mm

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Sometimes I have trouble filling out tests when the name part feels like a test too.... When I write letters, I love that you have to read all of my thoughts and stories before I say any name at all. You have to make it to the very end to know. Rowan has too many secrets to write down in the pages of a diary. And if he did, he wouldn’t want anyone he knows to read them. He understands who he is and what he likes, but it’s not safe for others to find out. Now the kids at school say Rowan’s too different to spend time with. He’s not the “right kind” of girl, and he’s not the “right kind” of boy. His mom ignores him. And at night, his dad hurts him in ways he’s not ready to talk about yet. Then Rowan discovers another way to share his secrets: letters. Letters he attaches to balloons and releases into the universe, hoping someone new will read them and understand. But when he befriends a classmate who knows what it’s like to be lonely and scared, even at home, Rowan realises there might already be a person he can trust right by his side.
The Ship We Built 9780525554837
The Ship We Built is an expertly told epistolary novel about a trans boy learning to stand up for himself - especially to those he loves - and the power of finding a friend who treasures him for all that he is.
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