Texts:
Speak- Laurie Halse Anderson
The Face on the Milk Carton- Caroline B Cooney
A Night Without Stars- James M Howe
Statement
An astute reader would notice near the beginning of the book that Polly refers to Beau Allaire as "her house," conveying earlier the fact that Max is a woman, while the rest of the text leaves her gender ambiguous for about 40 more pages.
Question
Is the prevalence of nicknames among the characters (Polly, Xan, Renny, Max, etc) significant? Is Max in particular given greater license for being different because she goes by many names?
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