A review by bookb1itch
Jamie by L.D. Lapinski

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

LOVED this book! I was curious about its suitability for my school library, so i took it along to Y7 camp.  Read the first chapter aloud to a small group of girls and they were keen to know how Jamie's dilemma would be resolved.  They requested (strongly) that I purchase it asap (the copy I had was from the public library).  I especially like that Lapinsky interspersed definitions of key terms within the narrative, rather than having a glossary in the back.  This is a very sensitively presented story, skillfully written by an author with lived experience as a non-binary person.  I though I understood until I read Jamie explaining about having to CHOOSE which toilets to use, and that buying clothes is problematic, because there are always "men's" and "women's" sections, not just CLOTHES.