Symptoms of Being Human (First edition.)

A sharply honest and moving debut perfect for fans of The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Ask the Passengers.Riley Cavanaugh is many things: Punk rock.

Snarky. Rebellious. And gender fluid. Some days Riley identifies as a boy, and others as a girl.

But Riley isnt exactly out yet. And between starting a new school and having a congressman father running for reelection in ber-conservative Orange County, the pressuremedia and otherwiseis building up in Rileys life.On the advice of a therapist, Riley starts an anonymous blog to vent those pent-up feelings and tell the truth of what its really like to be a gender fluid teenager.

But just as Rileys starting to settle in at schooleven developing feelings for a mysterious outcastthe blog goes viral, and an unnamed commenter discovers Rileys real identity, threatening exposure. And Riley must make a choice: walk away from what the blog has createda lifeline, new friends, a cause to believe inor stand up, come out, and risk everything.From debut author Jeff Garvin comes a powerful and uplifting portrait of a modern teen struggling with high school, relationships, and what it means to be a person.