If I Was Your Girl

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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 Transgender people go through a lot. They get bullied and harassed. Mostly because of their change. In my eyes, trans females have it the hardest. People will call you a wuss and tease you more than if you were a trans male. In the English language, we have a term for a ‘boyish girl’ (ie: tomboy) but not for a ‘girlish guy’. This book really shows how bad it is for trans females and how their lives can be totally changed. If I Was Your Girlfriend” is the second single off Prince’s 1987 critically acclaimed album Sign “☮” The Times. sampled a live performance of "If I Was Your Girlfriend" for his song " Thugs Get Lonely Too"; the title is also a nod to another Prince composition called "Gigolos Get Lonely Too," performed by The Time. The song was recorded in 1993 but did not see official release until 2004, when the Prince samples were removed. 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.

If I Was Your Girl is real and raw and layered and wonderful." —Alex Gino, Stonewall Award-winning author of George If I was Your Girl follows a young transwoman who has is going to live with her estranged father because of the relentless bullying at her old school. When our main protagonist arrives, Amanda, she is met with lots of friends and even interest from a couple of the popular boys. Amanda is accepted, and she is well-liked and, for once in her life, she is "normal." It's all she ever wanted, except she is still dealing with her internal fears that somehow someone might find out her secret and is it ok for her to be in a relationship with a boy without disclosing her past. In a world that will tear you apart for being even the slightest bit different from the supposed "societal norm," she still wanted to give herself a chance to honest and open about herself. Amanda's story is neither overly sentimental nor didactic. A thoughtful, truthful, and much needed coming-of-age tale." — Horn Book Review stars for me, since i'm not really into YA romance novels, but a million stars for all the ways in which this book is going to matter to the right reader. all in all, i really enjoyed reading about amanda and her journey to becoming the person she really is and who she wants to be. and please, read the author’s note at the end of the book. if the ending didn’t make me sad enough already, that part actually made me bawl my eyes out and i had to sit still for a while and think about it before being able to just slightly move on.I brought my wrist up to my chest and looked down. The identification bracelet said my name was Andrew Hardy. If I died, I realized, Andrew was the name they would put on my tombstone. You should eat.” He glanced at me as he pulled out of the parking lot. His lenses had become transparent, and behind them, his eyes were a flat, almost grayish brown. “There’s a diner close to the apartment. If we get there now we’ll have the place to ourselves.” In terms of side characters, I was… kind of mixed. I thought Amanda, Chloe, Anna, and Layla made a really great girl gang, and I liked how supportive they were. Buuuuuuuut they sort of ran together in my head. I liked them a lot while reading, but reviewing this, I’m sort of thinking of them as Religious Girl, The Gay One, and The One I Don’t Even Remember, which isn’t a good sign. I will say that I have super positive things to say about the love interest - Grant is one of the sweetest love interests I have ever seen in YA, and I liked him a lot throughout. [Except for a few things at the end.] And in the same vein, there’s a certain character in this book who I loved until the ending. Here is their go fund me. I do not think rape and domestic abuse are forgivable crimes. I will no longer be reading or supporting anything by this author. But I wanted something more from the plot. We definitely don't need another trans horror story, but I wish one of the first mainstream YA trans books by a trans author didn't play it so safe. Russo has adapted the trans experience to make it easier for cis readers to digest - again, this is understandable, but sad too. I also wanted the romance to be more developed, less sappy, cheesy and "I'll love you no matter what". It fell into a bunch of the same old YA tropes. It remained unexplored, unquestioned, unrealistic. Grant is arguably a manic pixie dreamboy.

Oh guys the friendships in this book .... I just have one thing to say : GIRLS SUPPORTING GIRLS NO MATTER WHAT. urn:lcp:ifiwasyourgirl0000russ:epub:a06aa364-f27e-465c-b61d-a75f72c37c83 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier ifiwasyourgirl0000russ Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t6g256b67 Invoice 1652 Isbn 9781250078407 A rating cannot summarize how I feel about this book. I'm glad it exists. I am so thankful that we have a YA book with a transgender MC, a transgender author, and a transgender cover model. I want transgender and cisgender readers alike to read about Amanda's experiences.The hospital bed creaked as Mom sat and rubbed my leg through the thin blanket. A forced smile tightened her apple cheeks but failed to reach her eyes. Her clothes looked baggy; she must not have eaten since I was admitted, to have lost so much weight. Listen to me.” Her hand squeezed my leg hard enough that the pain broke through the fog of my meds. When she spoke next, I listened. “Anything, anyone, is better than a dead son.” 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!

If there's any justice in the world, we're all witnessing a YA powerhouse in the making." —Forever YA russo does a good job covering the various angles - parents who are supportive or at least want to be supportive but fear so much for their child's safety, knowing how much of the world is made of assholes, the social clumsiness of people who mean well but don't always know what's appropriate, the weight of the constant and casual sexual assessment of men, and the fear of misplaced trust. which i think is the best part of this book and the reason it was smart to not get bogged down in the medical or physical components - this is a really fast-paced book, where the pacing allows the details to blur as the reader is carried along. although there are obviously many elements specific to the trans experience, there's also so much that's universal here - this could be any YA romance-with-a-secret - any girl worried a boy won't like her anymore when he finds out her past: Stars rounded up to 4. This is a VERY important book!!! "If I Was Your Girl" is a YA Novel that parents should encourage their children to read!!! So why did I read this book? Because of all of the hate going on as of late, and because of the new discriminatory law directed towards the transgender community in North Carolina. The man whistled and slapped Dad’s shoulder. “Well, no wonder I ain’t seen her before! If I had a daughter as cute as this’n I’d keep her hid away too.” My cheeks burned. “You just tell me if any of the boys get too fresh, now, and I’ll loan you my rifle.”I like the story telling. It's told between the present and the past but not bewildering. The process of transgender is described in a light and uncomplicated way and it is a satisfactory for me. Through this book I found out that once a transgender surgery is done, one doesn't immediately become a woman. Like Amanda said: But overall this is a book I think everyone needs to read - ownvoices trans stories published by major publishers are rare and we're privileged to have this one. It's enlightening and important and offers a message of hope despite a world that can seem bleak for queer people When it’s safe for you to come home. I told ’em I was worried ’bout what you might do when you’re alone, since I can’t take any more time off work. I couldn’t survive it if I came home and found you…” she trailed off, staring at the light-yellow wall. Classifiche". Musica e Dischi (in Italian) . Retrieved May 28, 2022. Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Prince". The man said goodbye, winked again, and walked stiffly to his seat. I turned my attention straight ahead. Out of the corner of my eye I noticed Dad doing the same.