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?--publisher.
Initial thoughts: While I knew that the condition of intersex existed before reading None of the Above, I hadn't really considered the social implications of it. This book explored very well how confusing it must be to be diagnosed with such a condition after 18 years of not knowing. Bullying escalated to cruel proportions, showing how people tend to shun the unknown. I definitely think that this is a book everyone should read because it's a stark reminder that we need to accept people for who they're born as.
