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  • My Brother's Name Is Jessica

  • By: John Boyne
  • Narrated by: Joe Jameson
  • Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (11 ratings)

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My Brother's Name Is Jessica

By: John Boyne
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Publisher's Summary

Penguin presents the audiobook of My Brother's Name Is Jessica, written by John Boyne, read by Joe Jameson.

Sam Waver's life has always been pretty quiet. A bit of a loner, he struggles to make friends, and his busy parents often make him feel invisible. Luckily for Sam, his older brother, Jason, has always been there for him. Sam idolises Jason, who seems to have life sorted - he's kind, popular and amazing at football, and girls are falling over themselves to date him.   

But then one evening Jason calls his family together to tell them that he's been struggling with a secret for a long time. A secret which quickly threatens to tear them all apart. His parents don't want to know, and Sam simply doesn't understand.  

Because what do you do when your brother says he's not your brother at all? That he thinks he's actually...your sister?

©2019 John Boyne (P)2019 Penguin Audio

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Well written story but misgendering

I thought the overall story and performance were good, but I felt that the theme of the story centering around gender identity of a gender diverse person was not handled sensitively. I am grateful that there are storylines covering important issues like gender and sexuality but I feel that the author could have maybe researched the experiences of more gender diverse people to get a true idea of what their experiences are and how it feels to be misgendered or 'dead named' (referred to in their given name). I don't feel that the way the character Jessica is referred to and talked about in this book is respectful.

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