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.
Stonewall Book Award Winner
Walter Dean Myers Honor Book for Outstanding Children's
Literature
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
A Zoella Book Club Selection
A Goodreads Choice Award Finalist
A Bustle Best YA Book of the Year
IndieNext Top 10 List
One of Flavorwire's 50 Books Every Modern Teenager Should Read
"This new novel for teens breaks new ground...powerful." --O
Magazine "A beautifully rendered YA novel . . . 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 "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 "Amanda's story is
neither overly sentimental nor didactic. A thoughtful, truthful,
and much needed coming-of-age tale." --Horn Book Review "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 "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, #1 New
York Times bestselling author of Dumplin' "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
"If I Was Your Girl will change minds and open hearts." --Nina
Lacour, critically acclaimed author of 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
Stonewall Book Award Winner Walter Dean Myers Honor Book for Outstanding Children's Literature A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year A Zoella Book Club Selection A Goodreads Choice Award Finalist A Bustle Best YA Book of the Year IndieNext Top 10 List One of Flavorwire's 50 Books Every Modern Teenager Should Read "This new novel for teens breaks new ground...powerful." --O Magazine "A beautifully rendered YA novel . . . 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 "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 "Amanda's story is neither overly sentimental nor didactic. A thoughtful, truthful, and much needed coming-of-age tale." --Horn Book Review "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 "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, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin' "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 "If I Was Your Girl will change minds and open hearts." --Nina Lacour, critically acclaimed author of 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
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