The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet

"As if middle school weren’t hard enough already, 12-year-old Al Schneider thinks she likes girls, and her stomach hurts all. the. time. She tries to hold it in, but a near-disaster in gym class sets Al on a trajectory to find out what’s really wrong – and the answer doesn’t make everything all right. A hilarious, touching and raw story of a middle schooler who has to add “chronic illness” to the list of things that make her feel different. (For ages 10 to 14)"