Skye has just left school and, like lots of teens, doesn’t really know what she wants to be. But before she can make that decision, there is a harder decision to make – just who she wants to be. Is she Skye, full time punk, part time guitarist for an all-girl band? Or is she really Finn, a boy trapped in a girl’s body?

f2m is a ground breaking young adult novel, exploring the issue of female to male gender transition through the eyes of a first person narrator undergoing this process. Co-author Ryan Kennedy is able to create a plausible protagonist, drawing on his own experiences of transitioning to help shape Finn’s story – though it must be stressed that the story is not autobiographical.

As well as dealing with a little-explored issue in an open way, f2m also addresses other issues including family loyalty and support, friendship , self-identity and acceptance. Teen readers will be drawn into Finn’s story.

f2m, by Hazel Edwards & Ryan Kennedy
Ford St, 2010

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