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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 Winner
Walter Dean Myers Honor Book for Outstanding Children's Literature
iBooks YA Novel of the Year
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
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“Narrator Samia Mounts…eloquently depicts the changes that take place after Andrew’s surgery—when he becomes Amanda….[and] expresses the delight Amanda feels as girlfriends accept her…Mounts provides a bittersweet tone as Amanda blossoms with the tender feelings of first love…Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
— AudioFile
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“If I Was Your Girl is important and necessary and brave and deeply, electrically inspiring.”
— Jennifer Niven, New York Times bestselling author -
“Powerful…breaks new ground.”
— O, The Oprah Magazine -
“A vivid, compassionate portrait of a teen finding her place.”
— Washington Post -
“A beautifully rendered YA novel…the first written by a transgender woman about the transgender teen experience.”
— San Francisco Chronicle -
“An illuminating debut guided by hope and overwhelming kindness.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred review) -
“A story that many trans teens—and adults—have been wanting: a sweet, believable romance that stokes the fires of hope without devolving into saccharine perfection or horrific tragedy…Full of love, hope, engaging writing, and truth.”
— Kirkus Reviews (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, an SLJ Popular Pick -
“Pure magic.”
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“This book is overflowing with rich character development yet moves at a quick clip…This is a fully realized narrative about the trials of teen life that can appeal to anyone regardless of their interest in LGBTQ subjects.”
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“This book will change minds and open hearts.”
— Nina LaCour, author of Everything Leads to You -
Gorgeously written, this powerful story of a transgender teen and her search for acceptance, love and safety is a must-read—for everyone, not just queer youth.
— Booklist
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An Amazon Best Book of the Month for May 2016
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Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
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An Indie Next List Top 10 Selection
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A Flavorwire Pick of 50 Books Every Modern Teenager Should Read
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A Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2016 So Far for Young Adults
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A BookRiot Pick of Most Anticipated Books of the Year
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A School Library Journal Top Pick
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A Kirkus Reviews Pick for Best Teen Books of 2016
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A Bustle Pick of Best YA Books of 2016
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A Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year Selection
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Among longlisted titles for Barnes and Noble Best New Books of the Year, 2016
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Among longlisted titles for Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year, 2016
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Among longlisted titles for Amazon.com Best Books of the Year, 2016
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Winner of ALA Stonewall Book Award - Winner, 2016
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Among longlisted titles for Barnes and Noble Best New Books of the Year, 2016
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Among longlisted titles for Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year, 2016
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Among longlisted titles for Amazon.com Best Books of the Year, 2016
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Winner of ALA Stonewall Book Award - Winner, 2016
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About Meredith Russo
Meredith Russo 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. She is the lucky parent of Vivian and Darwin, the two best children on the planet.
About Samia Mounts
Samia Mounts is an Earphones Award–winning narrator. Born in Germany, raised in Korea, and educated at the University of Arizona and the Boston Conservatory, she fronts and writes music for her electropop music project, Samia XI, records voice-overs for commercials, animations, and video games, and is the author of young adult novel, Frunk the Skunk.