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I am so glad that there are more and more YA books coming out about the lesser known/less talked about marginalized orientations, gender identities and intersex conditions. None of the Above is about Kristin Lattimer: Homecoming Queen with a track scholarship to her dream school, the perfect boyfriend and best friends. She thinks she has it all until she finds out she's actually intersex. After a diagnosis of Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS), Krissy struggles to figure out her identity and how her life is (or hasn't) affected by her condition, and how it effects everyone else. None of the Above is a great introduction to the intersex world for people who have no idea what being intersex means. It opened up a lot of conversations between my friends and family about how much or how little biology informs gender identity and how we all see ourselves and others.
— Ren from SFO T2 Compass BooksA 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?
I. W. Gregorio is a practicing surgeon by day, masked avenging YA writer by night. After getting her MD, she did her residency at Stanford, where she met the intersex patient who inspired None of the Above, her debut novel. She is also a founding member of the We Need Diverse Books team. A recovering ice hockey player, she lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and two children.