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If I Was Your Girl

By: Meredith Russo
Narrated by: Samia Mounts
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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

Accolades & Awards

Stonewall Book Award
2017
Literature & Fiction Stonewall Book Award Difficult Situations LGBTQ+ Heartfelt Bullying & Abuse Bullying Romance Tearjerking Teen Romance

Critic reviews

"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." -<i>Booklist</i>

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Very entertaining movie and can visualize it being put on the big screen. Movies are for entertainment and this story is that.
Overall, it was a great read. Thanks Meredith, jcc

Where's the movie?....I'm waiting

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As a trans woman myself, I really enjoyed If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo. The story was charming and entertaining, and touched on a lot of feelings and fears I had growing up, and transitioning. There were points in the story that made me cry, some that made me laugh, and overall it was very enjoyable. My only complaints are that, by the author's own admission in the final chapter, Amanda was too perfect. She was completely passable, was able to transition before she started to suffer the effects of male puberty, and nothing was going to give her away, unless she told someone. This, of course, is her big mistake. But all-in-all, I felt she had it way too easy. Her father never misgenders her, never calls her by her dead name by mistake, it was just too easy for her. But still, I enjoyed the story, and I have to say the narrator, Samia Mounts, was awesome! She is easily the best narrator of any audio book I've ever heard. I highly recommend If I Was Your Girl, by Meredith Russo.

Very Good Transgender YA Romance

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No words can express how I feel after reading this book . I am and forever a fan . As a 29 year old transgender woman I felt like i had walked in Amanda's shoes per say . I think any human being who reads this book will gain insight into a trans persons mind , world , whatever . I can't even put into words about this book . truly amazing would not begin to describe , outstanding , marvelous all of the above . it felt so real like walking besides her on her journey . I can't wait to see what Meredith writes next . and the narrator kept me on edge the whole story amazing job . in so many words I love it .

My heart fell apart ..

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what a good book ! i loved it and will recommend it so anyone it could benifit!

beautiful story

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love it it's awsome and loveable for people like me! check this book out plz

amazing

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