Jodie Patterson
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xxii, 328 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
"Jodie Patterson is the mother of five children, including her ten-year-old transgender son Penelope, the catalyst for the author's reexamination of identity within her own dynamic household--and the wider world. This inspiring and highly personal debut memoir goes on to examine Jodie's extended families' African American experiences with racism and civil rights, and her own coming of age in New York City in the 1970s and 80s, and later on as a wife,...
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 voulume unpaged : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Description
Just before his fifth birthday, Penelope lets his mother know he is a boy and, with her support and his ninja powers, faces the rest of his family and his classmates. Drawn from the author's memoir, The bold world.