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The Ship We Built

Pages
288
Published
2019
Language
English

Synopsis

Rowan carries secrets too heavy for a diary, secrets about who he is and the pain his father inflicts. Feeling isolated and misunderstood by his family and peers, he finds a unique way to share his thoughts: by sending letters attached to balloons into the sky. When he connects with a classmate who understands loneliness, Rowan begins to hope he might find the trust and understanding he desperately needs.

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About the author

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Lexie Bean

Lexie Bean (they/he) is a white, nonbinary, trans, and neurodivergent artist whose work for the past 15 years has involved aiding fellow trans survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. They began their activism at a rape crisis hotline in rural Ohio, and have since published Written on the Body, an anthology of letters authored by survivors to their body parts of choice, and The Ship We Built, noted as the first middle-grade novel released by a major U.S. publisher centering a trans boy...

Characters

The RowanProtagonist
SofieSupporting
All characters in The Ship We Built