About the Book: Ollie In Between
As endearing as it is humorous, this debut middle grade novel by Jess Callans
is a tender, queer coming of age story about the courage it takes to find your
own voice and choosing to just be. 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 doesnt know where they fit.
And their usual ability to camouflage? Woefully disrupted. When a school project
asks them to write an