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If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo

If I Was Your Girl

Meredith Russo

Flatiron Books · Paperback · June 26, 2018

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!

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Who it’s for
A serious, tender YA romance with emotional stakes and an author you may already trust.
Genres
YA Romance - LGBTQ+, Coming of Age, YA Own Voices
Published
Flatiron Books, June 26, 2018

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About this book

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.

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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 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 Goodreads Choice Award Finalist A Zoella Book Club Selection A Bustle Best YA Book of the Year IndieNext Top 10 One of Flavorwire’s 50 Books Every Modern Teenager Should Read

Tender Stakes

A serious, tender YA romance with emotional stakes and an author you may already trust.

Come here for

  • romantic tension
  • LGBTQ+ YA tenderness

Expect

  • contemporary teen feelings
  • intimate, reflective pacing

Where it sits

YA Romance - LGBTQ+72%
Coming of Age50%
YA Own Voices36%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • YA LGBTQ+
  • YA Romance - LGBTQ+
  • Bullying for Teens
Authors
Meredith Russo
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Published
June 26, 2018
Format
Paperback
Reading lane
YA LGBTQ+