Jordan Sun is beginning her junior year at the Kensington-Blaine Boarding School for the Performing arts and once again she does not get cast for the fall musical. Her low alto 2 voice is jeopardizing her whole life! A cappella is a real thing at this school; there is more than one group and they have elite status. Think Glee. Then she gets a mass email. The Sharpshooters have an opening in their group. Unfortunately it is an all-male group. Is this going to stop Jordan whose voice range is a perfect fit? No. She becomes Julian Zhang. The hair gets cut, baggy clothes bought, tips on how to walk and move from trans kids on-line and voila. Jordan-Julian gets the spot. The book focuses on Julian and how moving through the world as a male is a revelation to Jordan.
Enter the Sharps. All seven of them become real people who you are invested in. They are such a diverse group. Jordan is bisexual and Chinese, and also represented are Japanese, queer, Sikh, Indian, learning disabled, and underrepresented body type. Jordan’s ethnicity and economic status have made her feel like an outsider on campus. Friendships are formed and Jordan feels part of a group for the first time. If the Sharps win the Holiday competition, they will be opening for an internationally known group and tour Europe over break.
Family economic trouble looms and all may come crashing down. Jordan is an engaging character as she struggles to find out who she is and where she is going. You leave this book wanting to follow all the characters’ stories into the future.
Tessa's Picks, 8th Summer 2018, Character driven, Contemporary fiction, Friendship, People of color, School stories
Enter the Sharps. All seven of them become real people who you are invested in. They are such a diverse group. Jordan is bisexual and Chinese, and also represented are Japanese, queer, Sikh, Indian, learning disabled, and underrepresented body type. Jordan’s ethnicity and economic status have made her feel like an outsider on campus. Friendships are formed and Jordan feels part of a group for the first time. If the Sharps win the Holiday competition, they will be opening for an internationally known group and tour Europe over break.
Family economic trouble looms and all may come crashing down. Jordan is an engaging character as she struggles to find out who she is and where she is going. You leave this book wanting to follow all the characters’ stories into the future.
Tessa's Picks, 8th Summer 2018, Character driven, Contemporary fiction, Friendship, People of color, School stories
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