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Oct 03, 2017TEENREVIEWCREW rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
In M-E Girard’s novel Girl Mans Up , the main character’s, Pen’s, life is displayed in a very outdated point of view. Pen is openly queer, and that is what everyone does not understand, the novel follows her and her problems and how she appropriately faces them. I personally really loved this book. The way that the author writes it makes it relatable to our society nowadays. The harsh treatment that Pen received because she was a part of the LGBTQ + community really opens up readers' eyes as to what they are going through. The story was really well written and helps the reader to understand gender identity better. Personally it was a book with many new terms and phrases that I have not heard before so it also helps educate readers better. I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to see the inner douchy-ness of a high school and how the character deals with it. Rating 4/5 - @bookhero of the Teen Review Board of the Hamilton Public Library A moving novel about the hard life of a queer girl named Pen(elope). Having the difficulties of a normal teenage girl and more, needing to decide who are the right people to hang with and who to avoid. What's wrong and what's right? Her mother wants her to be a princesa but Pen knows that that is not who she is, yet would that make life easier? To be like every other girl? This book really goes into the events that queer girls have to deal with in real life too. It shows that you should be who you are and others should not judge, yet they do. This book also uncovers the other side of the ‘hierarchy’ that is in most schools, that being the more druggy rebellion side of school. It gives you an emotional roller coaster with all the events happening throughout the novel, asking questions like what will happen next? Who's to blame? It is a good read to pass time and I really enjoyed reading it because it goes to show that everyone's different, and that you shouldn't stereotype. 3/5 stars. - @MyWeekIsBooked of the Teen Review Board of the Hamilton Public Library This book doesn’t have many action scenes in it and so I didn’t enjoy reading it for the most part. The main character, Pen, learns more about herself as time goes by however at the same time, she runs into many conflicts with her friends and family which will impact who she is and what she does. This leads her to fully understand what it really means to be loyal. As her mother and father push her into being the princess they want their daughter to be, Pen realizes that it doesn’t matter if she gives respect to them or not, she will still be treated the same way, resulting in her disagreements with her parents. This book didn’t have many thrills in it however as I got closer to the end, the scenes got more and more intense because it had more of a shock and suspense to go with it. I would give this book a 2/5. - @booklover327 of the Teen Review Board of the Hamilton Public Library