I read it.  It was nice.  Kinda sweet.  An interesting perspective on someone's life and development.

I can see why someone who is dealing with the same issues would find it helpful in their life.  The only reason I can see to ban it from libraries is to deny that kind of help to people who would benefit from it, and that seems cruel.

I wish we had more people expressing themselves the way Maia Kobabe did in that book, and fewer expressing themselves by being angry and banning books.

Another Government Employee: It doesn't sound like my kind of material (no offense).

It isn't mine either.  I'm not a fan of memoirs or even biographies.  When I read I want to leave the real world behind, not visit someone else's pain and real world struggles.  I see enough of that in my own life and the news.

I read this because I wanted to see what all the fuss is about, and I can tell you there is nothing for anyone to fuss at here.

This should be just more "teen lit" about life development and puberty that exposes teens and preteens to another person's lives and experiences of growing up, and the troubles they faced.  It should be sitting on the shelf with Judy Bloom and the Babysitter's club.

It is worth reading though.  It both helps the reader understand someone else's experiences and makes it clear exactly how farked up the people banning it are.