{"product_id":"symptoms-of-being-human-9780062382863","title":"Symptoms of Being Human","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStarred reviews from \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e * YALSA Top Ten Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers * \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eALA Best Fiction for Young Adults List * 2017 Rainbow List\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA sharply honest and moving debut perfect for fans of \u003cem\u003eThe Perks of Being a Wallflower\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAsk the Passengers\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRiley Cavanaugh is many things: Punk rock. Snarky. Rebellious. And gender fluid. Some days Riley identifies as a boy, and others as a girl. But Riley isn't exactly out yet. And between starting a new school and having a congressman father running for reelection in \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eüber\u003c\/span\u003e-conservative Orange County, the pressure--media and otherwise--is building up in Riley's life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the advice of a therapist, Riley starts an anonymous blog to vent those pent-up feelings and tell the truth of what it's really like to be a gender fluid teenager. But just as Riley's starting to settle in at school--even developing feelings for a mysterious outcast--the blog goes viral, and an unnamed commenter discovers Riley's real identity, threatening exposure. And Riley must make a choice: walk away from what the blog has created--a lifeline, new friends, a cause to believe in--or stand up, come out, and risk everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom debut author Jeff Garvin comes a powerful and uplifting portrait of a modern teen struggling with high school, relationships, and what it means to be human.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jeff Garvin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":52273515790619,"sku":"9780062382863","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0723\/8392\/2459\/files\/symptoms-of-being-human-sapphic-society-54513.jpg?v=1751738624","url":"https:\/\/sapphicsociety.com\/products\/symptoms-of-being-human-9780062382863","provider":"Sapphic Society","version":"1.0","type":"link"}