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Logan starts off his senior year of high school broken hearted having been dumped by his gf of 3yrs. But a new girl shows up and she‘s tall, quirky, and fun. And no matter how much she tries to keep things platonic, Logan kisses her and that‘s when she has to tell him she was born a boy. I really liked this book a lot. There are complaints about Logan, we‘re in his head the whole way through. He‘s an 18 yo from rural Missouri. It‘s a double 👇🏼

High praise for Brian Katcher in writing this book. From the perspective of a cis-gender boy falling in love with a transgender girl. The evolution of Logan's maturity is spectacular. There were times I truly hated Logan for his close-mindedness, but Katcher wrote him to think through his mistakes and finally accept Sage and his love for her. #BBRC -about transgender @LibrarianRyan @Sarahreadstoomuch #YApril @Allylu

"You have to admit, Number Forty-Four Ninety-Three is an odd name for a dog."
"I keep telling you, that's what they called him in the animal shelter. He'll be confused if I change his name now."

This was a hard one to listen to. I have a gender fluid kid in my life that I love very much. I hope he never feels desperate and alone. And I worry about his safety all the time. Other people just really suck sometimes. It was an ok story, but the emotions attached to it were a little hard to take. Not the books fault. Or maybe it was supposed to make me feel that way.

Doing some audio-cross-stitching. I am probably not done reading for today, but I managed to catch this number on the timer. Yay!!
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I spent the morning running errands and cleaning the house, with an audiobook. I‘m not sure if I like this one yet. But I was in need and it was available at the library. Lol
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So many issues with this book. Transphobia, homophobia, fat-shaming... And that's just to start. I hated this one.
If you have time for it, I posted a longer, more detailed review here: https://bennilovesbooks.wordpress.com/2017/08/11/review-almost-perfect-by-brian-...
I recommend reading If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo instead. It handles this topic MUCH better.
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This novel is tough. On one hand, it's a powerful story about a boy falling for a transgender female. On the other, some aspects weren't handled super well and some were difficult to read. I considered stopping a couple of times, but the fact it won the Stonewall award kept me reading. Overall I'm glad I finished because though flawed, it's also an interesting story that illustrates some of the struggles transgender youth face.

Coming of age story of a transgender born-as-boy and her friend slash boyfriend slash angry not boyfriend slash protector. Very well done. Evocative. Heartbreaking. Hopeful. (This is not a spoiler. It's all on the cover copy.)