Waiting on Wednesday

I always say I want to read more diversely, but sometimes (many times) that does not happen and I fall back on the same old books - I stick to contemporary YA with straight white characters the majority of the time. I read about mental illnesses fairly often, but they're usually the same ones - eating disorders, anxiety, depression.

So, I am excited about this book. It's different from what I normally read. I have never read about a character who is intersex, and that will change.

This book comes out on April 7, 2015. It can be found on Goodreads here.

Goodreads Synopsis: A groundbreaking story about a teenage girl who discovers she's intersex . . . and what happens when her secret is revealed to the entire school. Incredibly compelling and sensitively told, None of the Above is a thought-provoking novel that explores what it means to be a boy, a girl, or something in between.

What if everything you knew about yourself changed in an instant?

When Kristin Lattimer is voted homecoming queen, it seems like another piece of her ideal life has fallen into place. She's a champion hurdler with a full scholarship to college and she's madly in love with her boyfriend. In fact, she's decided that she's ready to take things to the next level with him.

But Kristin's first time isn't the perfect moment she's planned--something is very wrong. A visit to the doctor reveals the truth: Kristin is intersex, which means that though she outwardly looks like a girl, she has male chromosomes, not to mention boy "parts."

Dealing with her body is difficult enough, but when her diagnosis is leaked to the whole school, Kristin's entire identity is thrown into question. As her world unravels, can she come to terms with her new self?