Pants Project, The

Liv, who is struggling with gender identity and identifies as a boy, attends a school with a uniform policy that requires her to wear a skirt. She develops a series of plans to deal with the problem and recruits her friends to help have the uniform policy modified so she can finally wear pants. This realistic story about a student trying to change her situation to feel more authentic and comfortable would be useful as a class read-aloud, literature circle title, or for a classroom library for grades 6-8. It addresses problem solving, acceptance, and friendship and will allow for some increased understandings about gender identity and the transgender experience.