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Both Can Be True

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Both Can Be True	comment	Both Can Be True is a 2021 middle grade novel by Jules Machias.Ash Haley is a genderfluid kid starting seventh grade at Oakmont Middle School. Daniel Sanders is a sensitive eighth-grader who volunteers to walk dogs at the vet. When Daniel rescues Chewbarka, an elderly Pomeranian, from being euthanized, Ash helps him care for her and hide her from adults. Ash and Daniel start to fall in love, but there's a problem - Daniel thinks Ash is a girl.
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Both Can Be True / int_18d15922	type	Title Drop
Both Can Be True / int_18d15922	comment	Title Drop: Ash writes a song that they hope will be "a light in the dark for anyone who feels like they have to be one thing or the other when both can be true."
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Both Can Be True / int_28cd01ca	type	Disappeared Dad
Both Can Be True / int_28cd01ca	comment	Disappeared Dad: Daniel's dad moved out in August. He was supposed to visit the family on weekends, but mostly hasn't. The official reason he left was so his commute would be shorter, but Daniel and his identical twin Mitch know it's really a trial separation.
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Both Can Be True / int_4623b3bb	type	Why Couldn't You Be Different?
Both Can Be True / int_4623b3bb	comment	Why Couldn't You Be Different?: Ash's dad claims to be a trans ally, but he spends most of his visits with Ash nagging them to pick a gender. He calls them a naive child who doesn't understand the concept of trans. Griffey's religious mom thinks he's going to Hell for being gay. Esme, a girl in Oakmont's Rainbow Alliance, buys girl clothes in secret, hides them at home, and changes into them in the school bathroom so her parents won't find out. She worked all summer to afford makeup, but when her dad finds it, he throws it out. He threatens to send her to live with her aunt in Texas if he ever finds out she's dressing like a girl again.
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Both Can Be True / int_532f8e61	type	Instant Humiliation: Just Add YouTube!
Both Can Be True / int_532f8e61	comment	Instant Humiliation: Just Add YouTube!: Ash's well-meaning friend Camille filmed the Gatorade attack and posted it online in an attempt to force the school to put a stop to the bullying. When Ash confronted her over it, she took it down, but by that point Tyler and his friend Jackson had already downloaded and reposted it to brag about what they'd done. The video went viral. Things got so bad that Ash and their mom moved to a new school district.
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Both Can Be True / int_59f5238	type	D-Cup Distress
Both Can Be True / int_59f5238	comment	D-Cup Distress: Zoey hates having large breasts because of the way boys stare at her. She tells Olivia, "Trust me, this is a problem you do not want. Every guy looks at me like I'm a piece of meat."
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Both Can Be True / int_5ad19153	type	Phone Word
Both Can Be True / int_5ad19153	comment	Phone Word: Ash's phone number is 555-3265, which spells "DANK." Their best friend Griffey is jealous because his number only spells "LAMP."
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Both Can Be True / int_5c8d980b	type	Secret Pet Plot
Both Can Be True / int_5c8d980b	comment	Secret Pet Plot: Daniel keeps Chewbarka in a tent in a small patch of woods. He steals dog food and diapers from the vet.
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Both Can Be True / int_7ac5c1de	type	Unishment
Both Can Be True / int_7ac5c1de	comment	Unishment: Ash gets lunch detention for wearing socks with swear words on them, but the detention room is so peaceful and quiet compared to the cafeteria that they wish they could get detention every day.
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Both Can Be True / int_81414673	type	AM/FM Characterization
Both Can Be True / int_81414673	comment	AM/FM Characterization: At first Ash listens to classical music only when they're a girl, and hard rock only when they're a boy. Later they realize that their dad has made them feel like everything they do has to be gendered, and there's no reason they can't listen to "girl music" as a boy or vice versa.
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Both Can Be True / int_8984e5d1	type	Commonality Connection
Both Can Be True / int_8984e5d1	comment	Commonality Connection: Zoey, Olivia, and Jordan, the members of the punk band Tyrannosaurus Rocks, became best friends in sixth grade because they all like punk, hate country, have a younger sister and an older brother, and are good at math.
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Both Can Be True / int_c13fe9b0	type	Spin the Bottle
Both Can Be True / int_c13fe9b0	comment	Spin the Bottle: Daniel has been fighting with Mitch and has fallen out with his best friend Cole because during a game of Spin the Bottle, he kissed Fiona Jones, the girl Mitch and Cole both liked.
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Both Can Be True / int_c2612ea8	type	Lost Pet Grievance
Both Can Be True / int_c2612ea8	comment	Lost Pet Grievance: Daniel is grieving for his border collie Frankie, who had to be put down in July.
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Both Can Be True / int_c799691c	type	"Which Restroom?" Dilemma
Both Can Be True / int_c799691c	comment	"Which Restroom?" Dilemma: On Ash's first day at Oakmont, they can't decide whether to use the boys', girls', or gender-neutral restroom. They're afraid that if they use the neutral bathroom the other kids will think they're a freak, and if they use either of the gendered bathrooms, everyone will think they're either Ashley or Asher forever. Ash is about to use the neutral bathroom when they see Daniel, who as far as they know is straight. They go in the girls' room instead, even though they've been feeling more like a boy lately.
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Both Can Be True / int_cb6b1aba	type	Held Back in School
Both Can Be True / int_cb6b1aba	comment	Held Back in School: During their first attempt at sixth grade, Ash missed a month of school due to appendicitis, and while they were in the hospital, their parents split up. Both of those distractions caused them to flunk the year, which is why they're still in seventh grade at almost fourteen.
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Both Can Be True / int_da360137	type	Prone to Tears
Both Can Be True / int_da360137	comment	Prone to Tears: Daniel cries over everything from awkward situations at school to dog food commercials. His mom tells him he needs to grow out of it, which only makes him feel more like crying.
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Both Can Be True / int_db4266d3	type	Sleep Deprivation
Both Can Be True / int_db4266d3	comment	Sleep Deprivation: Daniel becomes so exhausted from Sneaking Out at Night to take care of Chewbarka that his grades suffer.
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Both Can Be True / int_e3109dae	type	Switching P.O.V.
Both Can Be True / int_e3109dae	comment	Switching P.O.V.: Ash and Daniel narrate alternating chapters.
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Both Can Be True / int_f44ad3e1	type	Twin Switch
Both Can Be True / int_f44ad3e1	comment	Twin Switch: Fiona is friends with Daniel but not Mitch, so Mitch comes up with a plan for Daniel to ask her to meet him so Mitch can show up instead and woo her. Daniel protests that Fiona already has a boyfriend, but when Mitch threatens to tell their mom that he's been sneaking in late at night smelling like pee, Daniel agrees to do it. Fiona sees right through the deception and is furious at both of them.
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Both Can Be True / int_ff6ae1f6	type	Evil-Detecting Dog
Both Can Be True / int_ff6ae1f6	comment	Evil-Detecting Dog: A few months ago, Ash, who was presenting as a girl at the time, had a crush on Tyler, who had just moved into their old apartment complex. Ash's dog Booper growled at him, but Ash was attracted to him anyway. When Tyler found out Ash was genderfluid, he and some local bullies jumped them before school, pinned them to the ground, and poured purple Gatorade up their nose.
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Both Can Be True	hasFeature	American Literature (# to D) / int_c680d8f3
Both Can Be True	hasFeature	Canine Fiction / int_c680d8f3
Both Can Be True	hasFeature	D-Cup Distress / int_c680d8f3
Both Can Be True	hasFeature	Held Back in School / int_c680d8f3
Both Can Be True	hasFeature	Instant Humiliation: Just Add YouTube! / int_c680d8f3
Both Can Be True	hasFeature	Literature of the 2020s / int_c680d8f3
Both Can Be True	hasFeature	Lost Pet Grievance / int_c680d8f3
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Both Can Be True	hasFeature	Secret Pet Plot / int_c680d8f3
Both Can Be True	hasFeature	Sleep Deprivation / int_c680d8f3
Both Can Be True	hasFeature	Sneaking Out at Night / int_c680d8f3
Both Can Be True	hasFeature	Spin the Bottle / int_c680d8f3
Both Can Be True	hasFeature	Switching P.O.V. / int_c680d8f3
Both Can Be True	hasFeature	Unishment / int_c680d8f3
Both Can Be True	hasFeature	"Which Restroom?" Dilemma / int_c680d8f3
Both Can Be True	hasFeature	Why Couldn't You Be Different? / int_c680d8f3

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