Christine Gouda’s nickname Tink doesn’t work anymore. But what name does she want to go by? Tink’s sixth grade year - her final year in elementary school - is full of cringingly painful trials in normalcy: uncomfortable Halloween costumes, premature sleepover parties, crushed crushes, and changing friendships. Through it all, Tink’s voice rings with profound authenticity and utter novelty as she comes to realize that what you call yourself, and how you do it, has a lot to do with who you are.
Beloved author Karen Romano Young has written a heartbreakingly honest account of what it means to be between girl and woman, elementary and middle school, inside and out - and the complications that come with naming.