Zenobia July, Lisa Bunker
Zenobia July, Lisa Bunker
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Zenobia July

Author: Lisa Bunker

Narrator: Taylor Meskimen

Unabridged: 7 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/21/2019


Synopsis

The critically acclaimed author of Felix Yz crafts a bold, heartfelt story about a trans girl solving a cyber mystery and coming into her own.

Zenobia July is starting a new life. She used to live in Arizona with her father; now she's in Maine with her aunts. She used to spend most of her time behind a computer screen, improving her impressive coding and hacking skills; now she's coming out of her shell and discovering a community of friends at Monarch Middle School. People used to tell her she was a boy; now she's able to live openly as the girl she always knew she was.

When someone anonymously posts hateful memes on her school's website, Zenobia knows she's the one with the abilities to solve the mystery, all while wrestling with the challenges of a new school, a new family, and coming to grips with presenting her true gender for the first time. Timely and touching, Zenobia July is, at its heart, a story about finding home.

About The Author

Lisa Bunker lives in Exeter, New Hampshire. Before taking up writing full time, she had a thirty-year career in public and community radio. In November of 2018, she was elected to represent her town in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. She is married and has two grown children. Her geekeries include chess, piano, gender, storycraft, and language.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Tucker on May 23, 2020

Many thanks to Penguin Books for Young Readers for sending me a copy in exchange for an honest review How can they not know? It just keeps happening that nobody sees and so I've kept going, but I'm always waiting for the hammer to fall, and I hate having this hammer over my head. I hate it.......more

Goodreads review by chris on June 06, 2019

Personal stuff below. So. Gender. What does it mean to me? Honestly, it's simple: "He" negates me. "He" erases me. I've always known that I'm different. Since I was little I knew that I wasn't a boy. I've never been completely sure that I'm the opposite, but I've always been comfortable -- for the most......more

Goodreads review by Shannon on March 27, 2023

An incredibly moving middle grade novel about a transgender girl starting over at a new school after the death of her father. Now an orphan and living with her Aunt, Zenobia is dealing with grief and body dysphoria. She also gets wrapped up in discovering who is responsible for posting hateful anti-......more

Goodreads review by Adri on June 14, 2019

TWs: bullying/cyberbullying/harassment, forced outing of a side character, peripheral transphobia and islamophobia, religious fanaticism as a disguise for homophobia, and depictions of dysphoria......more

Goodreads review by Danni on July 12, 2019

I loved this book, which was totally different from the author's first book but just as powerful in its own regard. The way this author handles gender stuff is just phenomenal, incorporating specific experiences that trans and nonbinary people have that are rarely, if ever, featured in literature of......more


Quotes

★ “Bunker’s portrayal of a trans middle school student grappling with typical tween insecurities while being supported by her family and friends is a welcome and much-needed addition to a limited middle grade canon.” — School Library Journal, starred review
 
“Will be sure to intrigue and entertain young readers from all walks of life.” — Booklist

“A fun read that manages to feel solidly traditional while breaking new ground.” — Kirkus Reviews