None of the Above

Krissy is bullied both online and at school, and people say hateful things to and about her. She's attacked at a club by a man when he realizes that she's the intersex teen he's heard about.

Krissy has sex with her boyfriend, which she describes as very painful. When she meets with doctors, they have frank discussions about body parts, menstruation, hormones, and dilation kits to help her grow her very short vagina. She has to have surgery to remove her gonads. Krissy meets other intersex characters. A teen is pregnant with her second child. Krissy makes out with other guys and talks about one of them having an erection.

Some uses of strong language, including "a--hole," "s--t," and "f--k," plus the slurs "faggot" and "tranny."

Some teen drinking. In one scene, teens including Krissy go to a party where there's drinking, using a designated driver to get there; one of Krissy's friends ends up throwing up in the bathroom. Krissy wakes up with a hangover after that party and is grounded. Later, Krissy uses a fake ID to go to a bar where she drinks and makes out with a guy she meets. Some discussion of a character who becomes a heroin addict after learning that she's intersex.

Parents need to know None of the Above is a novel that educates teen readers about what it means to be intersex, as the protagonist, Krissy, was born with both male and female characteristics. Krissy is bullied both online and at school, and people say hateful things to and about her. She's attacked at a club by a man when he realizes that she's the intersex teen he's heard about. There's some swearing and drinking, as well as some frank sex talk: After Krissy has very painful sex with her boyfriend, she meets with doctors and they discuss body parts, menstruation, hormones, and dilation kits to help her grow her very short vagina. She has to have surgery to remove her gonads. Krissy has a supportive single father and a good friend she meets through a support group. She eventually learns to stop letting "other people define who -- and what --" she is. The author provides additional resources (books and websites) for teen readers to check out. None of the Above could open up discussions about gender identity and cyberbullying.