If I Was Your Girl
The book tells the story of Amanda Hardy, who moves to a small town in Tennessee to live with her father. She wants to make friends and fit in, but Amanda has a secret: she used to be Andrew, and fears that the truth could cost her her new life, and her new love. It's slated for publication in 2016.
The book tells the story of Amanda Hardy, who moves to a small town in Tennessee to live with her father. She wants to make friends and fit in, but Amanda has a secret: she used to be Andrew, and fears that the truth could cost her her new life, and her new love. It's slated for publication in 2016.
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Edition language: English
I saw the discussion on Twitter about how some reviewers found this book too happy or too idealistic. That discussion is why I picked up this book to read, so who says "negative reviews" (the reviewers gave it a 2.5-3 stars, which in my opinion is not negative, it is average) don't get readers to pi...
January 16- 22Amanda Hardy is the new girl in school in Lambertville, Tennessee. Like any other girl, all she wants is to make friends and fit in. But Amanda is keeping a secret. There’s a reason why she transferred schools for her senior year, and why she’s determined not to get too close to anyone...
Many people have accepted the idea that sexuality and gender presentation have nothing to do with the value of a person. In the course of my lifetime there has been an enormous change in social attitude from mocking, sneering “humor” to a demand for equal rights under the law. Ireland is still killi...
As I was reading this novel, I kept thinking, what in the hell are you doing Amanda? I really thought she was overly confident and risky. I know she was finally becoming who she wanted to be but the pace at which was arriving at it with, was scaring the pants off me! Amanda was a new student, living...
I'm so happy to have a YA book with a trans cover model, written by a trans author, that is half a story about just being oneself in the world and half about trauma associated with coming to the point where one can be oneself. Russo says in her afterward that she absolutely made Amanda be the "ideal...
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