If I Was Your Girl
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ISBN10: 1250078415
ISBN13: 9781250078414
Trade Paperback
320 Pages
$11.99
CA$16.25
Stonewall Book Award Winner
A Walter Dean Myers Award Honor Book
A YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Nominee
Amanda Hardy is the new girl in school. Like anyone else, all she wants is to make friends and fit in. But Amanda is keeping a secret, and she’s determined not to get too close to anyone.
But when she meets sweet, easygoing Grant, Amanda can’t help but start to let him into her life. As they spend more time together, she realizes just how much she is losing by guarding her heart. She finds herself yearning to share with Grant everything about herself, including her past. But Amanda’s terrified that once she tells him the truth, he won't be able to see past it.
Because the secret that Amanda’s been keeping? It's that at her old school, she used to be Andrew. Will the truth cost Amanda her new life, and her new love?
Meredith Russo's If I Was Your Girl is a universal story about feeling different—and a love story that everyone will root for.
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Praise for If I Was Your Girl
"Poignant and rare. If I Was Your Girl is the type of book you read and want to immediately share, because it's too important to keep to yourself."—Julie Murphy, New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin'
"If I Was Your Girl is important and necessary and brave, and deeply, electrically inspiring."—Jennifer Niven, New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places
"If I Was Your Girl is real and raw and layered and wonderful."—Alex Gino, Stonewall Award-winning author of George
"If there's any justice in the world, we're all witnessing a YA powerhouse in the making."—Forever YA
"This is everything a coming-of-age novel should be—honest, complicated, and meaningful. Transcends the typical 'issue' novel to be a beautiful tale in its own right."—School Library Journal, SLJ Popular Pick
"Russo, a trans woman, writes with authority and empathy, giving readers not only an intellectual but also an emotional understanding of Amanda and her compelling story. Never didactic, this debut is a valuable contribution to the slender but growing body of literature of trans teens."—ALA Booklist
"An illuminating debut guided by hope and overwhelming kindness.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“A necessary, universal story about feeling different and enduring prejudices . . . full of love, hope, and truth.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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The bus smelled of mildew, machine oil, and sweat. As the suburban Atlanta sprawl disappeared behind us, I tapped my foot on the floor and chewed a lock of my newly long hair. A nagging voice reminded...
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Meredith Russo
