Freakboy

A story of three characters told in accessible, engaging verse. Main character Brendan, a 17 year old wrester, struggles to define who and what he is in a family and culture with its own subtle (and not so subtle) homophobic and gender stereotypes. He shares the story with his girlfriend Vanessa, also a wrestler who defies and bumps up against gender stereotypes and a new stranger in Brendan's life, transgender Angel, who works at the local LGBTQ Center and provides a different, illuminating kind of friendship.