Bruce Edlen - Jazz Mergirl

2016, Bruce Edlen, English, Jazz Jennings,

Full title: "Jazz Mergirl: The True Story of Jazz Jennings, a Transgender Girl Born in a Boy's Body" by Bruce Edlen.

The book is the compelling true story of a transgender girl born in a boy’s body. It tells how Jazz Jennings and her family navigate the challenging road of her transition into the bright and beautiful teen she is today. Jazz is an award-winning activist, author, artist, and TV Star of "I Am Jazz". 

Learn how Jazz champions equal rights, courageously speaking out to build understanding and acceptance of transgender and other unique and special people. Jazz also encourages kids who are different to accept and love themselves.

According to Wikipedia, Jazz Jennings was born in 2000, and she is an American YouTube personality, spokesmodel, television personality, and transgender rights activist, being one of the youngest publicly documented people to be identified as transgender. She caught national attention in 2007 when she was interviewed by Barbara Walters, which led to other high-profile interviews and appearances.

Her parents stated that Jennings was clear about her being female as soon as she could speak. Being known for her transgender advocacy, she is a co-founder of the TransKids Purple Rainbow Foundation, which she and her parents founded in 2007 to assist transgender youth.

In addition, in 2013, she founded Purple Rainbow Tails, a company selling rubber mermaid outfits to raise money for transgender children. She is a host of a YouTube series about her life, titled "I Am Jazz", and is a star of the TLC reality TV series, I Am Jazz, which focuses on her life with her family.

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