W. Ross Macdonald School Library

Born With : Erika & Gianni /

by Schultz Nicholson, Lorna, Series: One-2-One ; Published by : Clockwise Press, (Aurora, Ont. :) Physical details: 232 pages ; 20 cm ISBN:9780993935176.
Subject(s): Teenagers -- Fiction. | Gay teenagers -- Fiction. | Down syndrome -- Fiction. | Bullying -- Fiction. | FICTION / General. | Authors, Canadian. | Canadian fiction.
Year: 2016 Item type: Print List(s) this item appears in: Red Maple 2017
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Told in the alternating voices of Erika and Gianni, Born With is the story of two teens who help each other to find their own versions of success and acceptance. Meet Erika and Gianni: One is a fifteen-year-old girl who loves to dance and sing and make people laugh. She tells people that she was born with an extra gene, but her sister has to buy hers at the mall (ha, ha!!). Being in three dance numbers in the school production of Grease is a big job, but with the help of her Best Buddy, Gianni, Erika knows she can be a star. The other is a Grade 11 boy with a secret. Like his Best Buddy, Erika, who was born with Down Syndrome, Gianni loves to sing and dance. He also knows that he was born different from the other boys in his school -- but is he that different from Blake, the cool, attractive male lead in the school play? Or is he just imagining that the sparks between them are mutual? And will the rough gang of guys at school also pick up on who he really is?

Teen / young adult.

Age 13+.

Red Maple Award official selection, 2017

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