Some Assembly Required: The Not-So-Secret Life of a Transgender Teen

Author(s): Arin Andrews

Young Adult Non Fiction

Seventeen-year-old Arin Andrews shares all the hilarious, painful, and poignant details of undergoing gender reassignment as a high school student in this winning first-of-its-kind memoir. Now with a reading group guide and an all-new afterword from the author!

In this revolutionary first-of-its-kind memoir, Arin Andrews details the journey that led him to make the life-transforming decision to undergo gender reassignment as a high school junior. In his captivatingly witty, honest voice, Arin reveals the challenges he faced as a boy in a girl’s body, the humiliation and anger he felt after getting kicked out of his private school, and all the changes—both mental and physical—he experienced once his transition began.

Some Assembly Required is a true coming-of-age story about knocking down obstacles and embracing family, friendship, and first love. But more than that, it is a reminder that self-acceptance does not come ready-made with a manual and spare parts. Rather, some assembly is always required.


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9781481416764
  • : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
  • : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
  • : 0.217724
  • : August 2015
  • : 21.00 cmmm X 14.00 cmmm X 1.80 cmmm
  • : United States
  • : November 2015
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : illustrations
  • : 272
  • : 306.768
  • : en
  • : 1511
  • : Paperback / softback
  • : Arin Andrews