Kenny has a bully problem: a bad bully problem. Every day is torment, until a new girl arrives at the school. Alex is tall, athletic, and beautiful—and she doesn’t take crap from anyone. When she sees Kenny being targeted by the school’s meanest bullies, she puts her foot down—right into the face of the meanest of them all. And just like that, the bad boys are too afraid to pester Kenny. Now, school life for Kenny isn’t looking so grim. It seems like he’s in the clear, until Alex reveals to him that there is something she wants from the young, petite-framed man.

For years, Fabian has been curious about the lives of the women all around him, but they never seem to want to talk to a too-curious man about it—there's always a bit of the experience he couldn't get to or questions that would seem too inappropriate. But now, he has a brilliant new cover plan that will help him get to the bottom of things: He's going to write a book about it! Purely for research purposes, of course. 

Katie is blindsided one evening when her husband, Kent, out of the blue, says that he wants to become a woman. He’s never mentioned it before, and there were no hints—at least none that Katie noticed.

Steven was a man…until one morning when he was suddenly a girl. He has no idea what happened: his 6’0” muscular frame is gone, and now he’s a petite 5’4” perky brunette. His wife thinks the woman in her bedroom is a psychopath and has her arrested. Police don’t know what to do with the mysterious girl, who has no identity, so they send her to a psych ward. None of the doctors believe this girl when she says she woke up in the wrong body.

A house that turns boys into girls? A college student is looking for a house to rent and comes across an unbelievable deal. According to the gorgeous girl vacating it, the place is enchanted and has a closet with women’s clothing and accoutrements that can never be emptied. She also claims it turned her from a boy into a very special girl while she lived there.

Danny was sure he was going to get the big promotion at work—and then his boss tells him that it’s gone to someone else: Deakins. No, Deakins doesn’t have the numbers that Danny has, but Deakins has a wife, and the company’s clients have wives who want other wives to mingle with at events and company getaways. Stunned, Danny sinks into despair. Finding a woman has always been a struggle with his demanding work schedule. He makes great money… but no woman seems to want a man who spends most of his waking hours at the office.

It’s funny how life never pans out the way you’d expect. I always knew that something wasn’t right, that some part of my inside didn’t match my outside. What I didn’t know then is that I’m transgender, a realization that took a lifetime to fully unpack and understand. And to embrace. Growing up in Michigan I started off sheltered with no idea of what lay over the horizon, but serving in the navy opened my eyes to what possibilities might be within my grasp. I encountered many forks in the road, sometimes I made the right choice, sometimes my decisions were terribly wrong.

Eric has finally reached the end of what he swears must have been the longest semester ever, and this weekend he has plans to celebrate. One of his friends is throwing a costume party, and the prize for most dramatic transformation? Turns out the guy hosting the party has an extra place on the ski trip he always takes over winter. Eric can definitely imagine himself on a snowboard, and he is determined to come up with the ultimate costume. He has always thought he might make a fairly attractive and convincing woman, but to pull this off he is going to need some help....

Prom is approaching, and Jeremy has his eye on Amanda. Well, every guy has his eye on Amanda, and a few of the girls too. She’s the hottest girl in school, so Jeremy doesn’t actually think he has a shot.

The provocative best seller She's Not There is the winning, utterly surprising story of a person changing genders. By turns hilarious and deeply moving, Jennifer Finney Boylan explores the territory that lies between men and women, examines changing friendships, and rejoices in the redeeming power of family. Told in Boylan's fresh voice, She's Not There is about a person bearing and finally revealing a complex secret.