6/25/2023 0 Comments Girl Mans Up by M.E. GirardShe hangs out with Colby, who has never made a big deal out of her sexuality and treats her with a measure of acceptance, but their relationship begins to fray as Colby continues to use Pen as his ‘scout’ for girls that he likes – making Pen vouch for him and lead those girls to Colby so he can use them and discard them. She’s used to being mistaken for a boy and has learned to put up with crap from her less understanding peers (read: most of them). She likes to wear her brother’s old clothes. Pen has always just wanted to be the kind of girl that she is – not a girly girl, not a guy, but a girl who likes girls, and who presents as what is sometimes called ‘butch,’ though this isn’t a term Pen herself uses. Peter’s Catholic School, she’s got a lot more on her mind than just grades. Pen (don’t call her Penelope) Oliveira lives in a small Ontario town with her Old-World Portuguese parents and her big brother Johnny. YA contemporary fiction, own voices queer rep.
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