Slip

SLIP is a Young Adult Science Fiction novel about transgender identity.All 17-year-old Xavier can think about is graduating high school and moving to a place where no one will look twice at him. Everyone at school thinks hes gay but hell take the rumors over everyone knowing his truth. For 17-year-old Natasha lifes pretty good. Shes popular has two best friends and is dating the captain of the football team the object of Xaviers crush. After witnessing a traumatic event at a Halloween bash Xavier and Natasha experience a night which forces them to view the world through each others eyes. Soon Natasha is faced with the grim realization that her identity dictates how the people in her life treat her. Meanwhile its a concept which Xavier knows painfully well. As they struggle to accept certain truths of their realities they can tell no one whats happening to them. No one would believe them anyway because they barely believe it themselves.