If I Was Your Girl

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Meredith Russo

Meredith Russo's award-winning, big-hearted novel If I Was Your Girl is about being seen for who you really are, with a love story you can't help but root for!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?Stonewall Book Award WinnerWalter Dean Myers Honor Book for Outstanding Children's LiteratureA Publishers Weekly Best Book of the YearA Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the YearA Goodreads Choice Award Finalist A Zoella Book Club SelectionA Bustle Best YA Book of the YearIndieNext Top 10One of Flavorwire’s 50 Books Every Modern Teenager Should Read

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Author

Meredith Russo

Pages

280

Publisher

Macmillan

Published Date

2016-05-03

ISBN

1250078407 9781250078407

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"So much of this book was heartbreaking because so much of what Amanda goes through are things that trans youth go through in real life. Knowing it's actually a pretty idealized trans story makes it even harder to think about. Definitely a tearjerker but also heartwarming "

Meagan Khatthaname

"Definitely a heartwarming and heartbreaking story!"

Jonathan Kent

"I adored this book and the message behind it, it was very well written and a good love story! "

Madisyn Conley

"Edited: After learning about this author more I revoke my stars. I will not read anything or support this author again. Now I know why the book was in the free/discard section of the library. For someone who is trying to bring awareness to the abuse trans people go through, she is a pretty abusive person. I’m between 2.5 and 3 stars. This book was well written and had good character development, however, this book seemed longer than it needed to be and I wasn’t really sure what I was really supposed to be looking for as an endgame for the story until the last few chapters. I appreciate the explanation and effort put into the subject matter. Understandably this is a hard topic for anyone to discuss but I appreciated that it wasn’t done with an in your face manner. I didn’t realize the topic until I started reading it and only picked it up because the title and cover intrigued me."

MaryBeth

"I’m not really sure how I feel. I enjoyed this book but the ending I wasn’t very pleased with. It felt like so many horrible characters and only one good one. It felt like the ending was her finding herself. I felt like the ending left us on the unknown. So it was good but I wouldn’t read it again."

Madelyn Sargent

"amazing trans rep. this book was such a great read!! "

syn

"This book was powerful in a a very subtle way. I was rooting for Amanda the entire time. "

Rochelle Harris

"This is a great story,full of emotion and real struggle of learning to accept yourself when people won’t."

Virginia Herring

"The author abused her wife, as a warning. It's frustrating bc the book is excellent, but the author is an abuser. "

Theresa Tester

"Bring awareness to trans people. I loved it I went through so many emotions. I felt like I knew how trans people felt. Even though I’m not trans. Amazing book❤️"