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Rick

Alex Gino

2020223 pagesabout 3–5 hours
2020
first published
  • 2020Thorndike Press · ENGISBN 9781432883294
  • 2020Bound to Stay Bound Books · 223 pages · ENGISBN 9798855047509
  • 2020Scholastic Press · 240 pages · ENGISBN 9781338048100
  • 2020Scholastic · 240 pages · ENGISBN 9780702301827
  • 2020Scholastic · 240 pages · ENGISBN 9780702305580
  • 2020Scholastic, Incorporated · 240 pages · ENGISBN 9781338048179
  • 2022Scholastic, Incorporated · ENGISBN 9781338048117
  • 2020Scholastic AudioISBN 9781094258034

Rick's never questioned much. He's gone along with his best friend Jeff even when Jeff's acted like a bully and a jerk. He's let his father joke with him about which hot girls he might want to date even though that kind of talk always makes him uncomfortable. And he hasn't given his own identity much thought, because everyone else around him seemed to have figured it out.But now Rick's gotten to middle school, and new doors are opening. One of them leads to the school's Rainbow Spectrum club, where kids of many genders and identities congregate, including Melissa, the girl who sits in front of Rick in class and seems to have her life together. Rick wants his own life to be that . . . understood. Even if it means breaking some old friendships and making some new ones.

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