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“Clear echoes of Judy Blume…A range of readers should relate to Ollie’s sense of otherness. As Ollie puts it, ‘Being yourself can hurt,’ but awkward and self-aware stories like Ollie’s can help more tweens ‘just be.’ ”

—Booklist, Starred Review

“Tackles the hard-hitting topics of neurodiversity, gender identity, and the powers of peer pressure… A vital read that celebrates the power of true authenticity, this is a must-buy for middle school collections.”

—School Library Journal, Starred Review

Ollie In Between

Written by Jess Callans
Published by Feiwel & Friends

Puberty, AKA the ultimate biological predator, is driving a wedge between soon-to-be 13 year old Ollie Thompson and their lifelong friends. Too much of a girl for their neighborhood hockey team, but not girly enough for their boy-crazed BFF, Ollie doesn’t know where they fit. And their usual ability to camouflage? Woefully disrupted by all the changes around them.

When a school project asks them to write an essay on what it means to be a woman (if anyone’s got an answer, that’d be great), and one of their new friends is the target of bullying, Ollie is caught between the safety of fleeing from their own differences or confronting the risks of fighting to take their own path forward.

Primary ISBN: 9781250331342
Publication Date: April 2025
Available As: Hardcover, Paperback, Audiobook, eBook
Middle Grade, Age 10 or older

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Setting: United States

Character's Place in the Immigration Journey: 1st Generation

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