If I Was Your Girl - Softcover

Meredith Russo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1474923836 ISBN 13: 9781474923835

Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd, 2016

Synopsis

Selected as the launch title for the Zoella Book Club Autumn 2016.

'So powerful and poignant... I honestly just think this book will change a lot of people's lives.' --Zoella

Amanda Hardy is the new girl at school. Like everyone, all she wants is to make friends and fit in. But Amanda is holding back. Even from Grant, the guy she's falling in love with. Amanda has a secret. At her old school, she used to be called Andrew. And secrets always have a way of getting out.

A book about loving yourself and being loved for who you really are.

About this title

About the Author

MEREDITH RUSSO was born, raised, and lives in Tennessee. She started living as her true self in late 2013 and never looked back. If I Was Your Girl was partially inspired by her experiences as a trans woman. Like Amanda, Meredith is a gigantic nerd who spends a lot of her time obsessing over video games and Star Wars.

Review

ALA Stonewall Book Award Winner
Walter Dean Myers Award for Excellence in Children’s Literature Honor Book
Goodreads Choice Award Finalist
iBooks YA Novel of the Year
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
A Kirkus Best Book of the Year
Lambda Literary Award Finalist
An Amazon Best Book of the Year
A Barnes & Noble Best Book of the Year
A NewYork Public Library Best Book of the Year
A Chicago Public Library “Best of the Best”
A Zoella Book Club Pick
A Bustle Best YA Book of the Year
ALA’s 2017 Best Fiction for Young Adults List
A YALSA Top 10 Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers
A YALSA Teens’ Top 10 Pick
An ABA IndieNext Top 10 Pick

"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, starred review

“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

“A thoughtful, truthful, and much-needed coming-of-age tale.” ―The Horn Book Review

“This new novel for teens breaks new ground. Powerful.” ―O Magazine

“A beautifully rendered YA novel, and the first written by a transgender woman about the transgender teen experience.” ―San Francisco Chronicle

“A vivid, compassionate portrait of a teen finding her place.” ―The Washington Post

"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

“Beautiful, smart, and so urgently needed, If I Was Your Girl should be required reading for every teen―scratch that, every person―in America. This book is exactly what YA is for: to break ground, to break hearts, to teach us empathy, to find the universal in the specific. I loved every word. You will, too.“ ―Julie Buxbaum, New York Times bestselling author of Tell Me Three Things and What to Say Next

“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, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin' and Ramona Blue

“If I Was Your Girl is important and necessary and brave, and deeply, electrically inspiring. Read this wonderful book. Just read it.” ―Jennifer Niven, New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places and Holding Up the Universe

“If I Was Your Girl will change minds and open hearts.” ―Nina Lacour, author of We Are Okay, Hold Still, and Everything Leads to You

“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

“Pure magic.” ―Book Riot

Edition details

• Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1474923836
• ISBN 13: 9781474923835
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304