What Is Cycler Review

Jill McTeague is a smart, funny senior trying to plot her way to the senior prom

. The problem is that her monthly "blood transfusions" are starting to interfere with her well-charted plan to win over a particularly dreamy boy. Only Jill's parents know that four days out of the month when she's absent from school, Jill isn't having blood transfusions. In fact, she's not even herself during those four days. She's Jack, complete with all of Jack's boy parts. Most of the time Jill can squash her Jack memories after those four days, but lately Jack's been coming on strong, and Jill can't seem to keep Jack quarantined to his part of the monthly cycle. Even worse, the cycles become more frequent and less predictable. Jill is more and more confused by the Jack thoughts and feelings she's having as Jill, and she's terrified that her secret will get out. Meanwhile, the days keep ticking away and prom night is getting closer and closer, and Jill's not even sure who she will be when the big night finally gets here. Thomas Sabo

Jill's day-to-day interactions with her yoga-addicted father, domineering mother, a bisexual hot-tie named Tommy, and Ramie, her best friend, who has a keen sense of bizarre fashion, add to the comedy and the conflict of Jill's struggle with gender lines. Tensions soar between good-girl Jill and bad-boy Jack when Jack starts having feelings for Jill's best girl friend, Ramie. While Jill works to keep Jack quiet, Jack feels caged and restless and starts looking for ways to escape. Jill's mom gets involved and puts Jack under house arrest when Jack refuses to keep the family secret any longer and starts wrecking Jill's girly appearance and sneaking off to see Ramie.

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Although this quirky teenage comedy, written alternately from both Jill's and Jack's perspectives, may seem a little risque, its charming story, endearing characters, and important themes will attract a wide variety of readers. Teachers should be aware that the novel does include sex scenes, but they are necessary for both plot and character development as these young adults wrestle with self-identity, gender, sexuality, and societal norms. More importantly, Cyder's message is that it is OK to struggle with sexuality, self-identity, and self-expression, and the book opens the door to conversations about issues that are important and relevant to teens' lives but often taboo to talk about. While this book explores lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered themes, the novel will appeal to anyonegay or straight-who has ever struggled to navigate the difficult and clumsy waters of young love and self-identity and needed compassion and understanding along the way.

by: allanleelovemonica

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