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Not Otherwise Specified


School year: Lower 6th, Year 10, Year 11

No. of pages 304

Published: 2015

Great for age 12-18 years

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From the award-winning author of Break and Teeth comes a raw and honest exploration of complicated identities in a novel about a girl living on the fringe of every fringe group in her small town.Etta is tired of dealing with all of the labels and categories that seem so important to everyone else in her small Nebraska hometown. Everywhere she turns, someone feels shes too fringe for the fringe. Not gay enough for the Dykes, her ex-clique, thanks to a recent relationship with a boy; not tiny and white enough for ballet, her first passion; not sick enough to look anorexic (partially thanks to recovery). Etta doesnt fit anywhereuntil she meets Bianca, the straight, white, Christian, and seriously sick girl in Ettas therapy group. Both girls are auditioning for Brentwood, a prestigious New York theater academy that is so not Nebraska. Bianca might be Ettas salvationbut can Etta be saved by a girl who needs saving herself?

 

 

This book is aimed at children at US 9th grade+.

This book has been graded for interest at 14-18 years.

There are 304 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2015 by Simon & Schuster .

Hannah Moskowitz is the author of many books for teenagers, including A History of Glitter and Blood and Gena/Finn , both awarded the Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year. She lives in Maryland.

 

"Not Otherwise Specified is fun, sweet, sharp, smart and wonderfully heartfelt. Hannah Moskowitz's energetic prose leaps off the page and brings Etta's world to life. Don't miss out on it." -- Courtney Summers, author of CRACKED UP TO BE and THIS IS NOT A TEST

 

"Determined and irrepressible, Etta is a memorable narrator with smart insights into the particular challenges of bisexual teens." * Publishers Weekly *

 

" Moskowitz gracefully writes such topics as bisexuality (and biphobia), bullying, eating disorders, and race without ever becoming rote, and Etta herself is nuanced, sometimes prickly, and very human as she breathes life into a character all too often overlooked. Sure to provide comfort for any questioning teen, and important perspective for readers in general." * Booklist *