My Life as a Diamond

by Jenny Manzer (Author)

Reading Level: 6th − 7th Grade

Ten-year-old Caspar Caz Cadman loves baseball and has a great arm. He loves the sounds, the smells, the stats. When his family moves from Toronto to a suburb of Seattle, the first thing he does is try out for the local summer team, the Redburn Ravens.

Even though Caz is thrilled when he makes the team, he worries because he has a big secret. No one knows that back in Toronto, Caz used to live life as a girl named Cassandra. And it's nobody's business. Caz will tell his new friends when he's ready. But when a player on a rival team starts snooping around, Caz's past is revealed, and Caz worries it will be Toronto all over again. Will Caz's teammates rally behind their star pitcher? Or will Caz be betrayed once more?

A heartwarming, funny, fast-paced story about the bravery it takes to live as your true self, no matter the cost.

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Kirkus

An engaging sports story but not a home run for transgender representation. (Fiction. 8-12)

ALA/Booklist

[Caz's] teammates lend authenticity and humor to the book. Family dynamics are portrayed honestly…Competition between teams is fierce, as is camaraderie within the team.

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Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781459818316
Lexile Measure
660
Guided Reading Level
Y
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Publication date
September 25, 2018
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV039060 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
JUV032010 - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation | Baseball
JUV060000 - Juvenile Fiction | LGBT
Library of Congress categories
Friendship
Baseball
Baseball stories
Transgender people

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