A review by lannimade
The Ship We Built by Lexie Bean

5.0

Melancholic, beautiful, transformative middle grades story that I wish I had read as a kid. Some big, heavy topics (sexual abuse, transgender identity, parental incarceration, racism) that make this book more appropriate developmentally for ages 10-14. The epistolary narrative is written as letters tied to balloons by Rowan, a trans boy seeking to find his identity and place. Own Voices.