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Gracefully Grayson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

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Overview

Gracefully Grayson (2014) is American teacher and author Ami Polonsky’s first book. (This guide is based on the 2016 Kindle edition.) This middle-grade novel uses realistic fiction to tell the story of a young transgender protagonist, Grayson Sender, as she deals with school life, relationships, and identity. Additionally, Gracefully Grayson explores the themes of Gender as a Societal Construct, Self-Identity Versus Perception, and Allyship as Empathy and Support. Due to its inclusion of LGBTQ+ topics in children’s literature, Polonsky’s novel was nominated in the 2015 Cooperative Children’s Book Center Choices List and the 2016 American Library Association Rainbow List.

Please note that, although the novel uses he/him pronouns to indicate that Grayson is perceived as a boy by other characters, this guide uses she/her pronouns to reflect her gender identity.

Plot Summary

The story is narrated by Grayson Sender, a sixth-grader who lives in Chicago with her Aunt Sally, Uncle Evan, and cousins Jack and Brett. Her parents died when she was four. Grayson is perceived as a boy by everyone around her, but she knows that she is really a girl.

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