If I Was Your Girl

Meet Amanda. Hers is a life of fear. Fear what people will think of her. Fear of what people may do to her. Fear of how she thinks of herself. Because Amanda used to be Andrew. After a suicide attempt and a beating at the hand of classmates, Amanda moves to live with her dad. Who she hasn't talked to in 6 years. Amanda starts school and makes friends. She attracts the attention of Grant, the handsome football player with secrets of his own. Amanda is afraid to tell him about her past and the repercussions if her secret gets out. But she and Grant get closer and closer and she realizes she loves him. She has friends, her father seems to accept her changes and she has a date to homecoming. Then someone she trusted, someone she considered a friend, destroys Amanda's world. Now Amanda must decide if she can face the consequences of the betrayal or run back to her former home. Will Grant be willing to see her as she sees herself- a girl who he may or may not be able to love. This is such a timely and heartbreaking novel of not only the transgender world, but the world in general. Everyone has secrets but some are dangerous. And even after you have shared your true self with the world, bad things can happen because people can be close minded and evil. I will be happy to have this book on my shelf for the students who relate to Amanda as well as the students who need to be understanding of Amanda. Happy reading my friends!