A Junior Library Guild Selection
A Lambda Literary Most Anticipated LGBTQ Book
A Bitch Media Feminist Read of the Month
A Book Riot Favorite Upcoming Book of the Month

"Written in the first-person, this coming-of-age story offers an intimate view of self-discovery. Queer community and history play a refreshing significance in Sasha Masha’s personal revelations. . . . a sensitive and vulnerable story of self-growth." —Kirkus Reviews

"Borinsky does an excellent job of taking the reader inside Sasha Masha’s troubled mind as he agonizes over his identity. The result is a memorably offbeat coming-of age-novel that is sure to resonate with readers." —Booklist

"In straightforward first-person prose, debut novelist Borinsky captures the ups and downs of teenage soul-searching, struggling to define one’s gender, and coming out as trans . . . Sasha Masha is a well-crafted, memorable protagonist whose voice rings true and whose experiences will resonate as he learns to accept that his journey, like any questioning person’s, is an ongoing one." —Publishers Weekly

"The book refreshingly ends without Alex defining his gender, pronouns, or path forward. However, the reader leaves knowing that Alex is surer in himself and ready to embark on a journey to a better, truer future. This #ownvoices novel is a reminder that “transitions” don’t always have a definite endpoint and an uncertain identity is not an invalid one." —Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

"Sasha Masha is a quiet, yet insightful novel, chronicling the confusing stages of understanding and exploring your gender identity and shows that gender is a spectrum and that it’s okay to not know where you land on it just yet. That it’s okay to experiment and find what feels right for you and that there’s no rush to put a label on it." —The Nerd Daily