Gacefully Grayson

Over the pass two weeks I finished reading the book Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky.  I didn’t know about this book until I saw my friend reading it and she told me a little about the book and I immediately got hooked onto it. This book tells a great life lesson from kids to even adults. The book starts out with an ordinary little boy named Grayson that was in the sixth grade. Sadly both of his parents died so he lives with his Aunt and Uncle. Grayson was a little different than other boys because of the way he felt in the inside. Grayson didn’t have very many friends but he also really liked girly things like braiding hair, playing with dolls and dressing up. He never did any of those things because he didn’t want everyone to tell him something he already heard like “You’re Gay!” or “Is that Genetic?”  He felt like a true girl in the inside but never wanted to show it on the outside.  In class Grayson would draw geometric princess so no one would call him out for drawing a normal princess. He would also wear long basketball shorts and pretend that it was long skirt too. Over the weekend Grayson would sometimes go out with his one friend Amelia to the Second Hand*, while they were there Grayson would try to find girl clothes that were in his size that he liked. He wouldn’t buy them because he didn’t want anyone to laugh at him for it. This book made me think a lot about real people in the world going through this everyday. This doesn’t only affect boys but it affects girls too. I rated this book a 9/10 because it was easy to understand and read but at the same time it has a lot of facts and details to think about. If you ever stumble across someone that is like this, never hate them because they are different but love them for who they are.

*Second Hand is like a thrift store