What Makes You Beautiful
Logan knows he likes boys, but has not come out, and no one knows that he likes to sometimes wear girls' clothes and makeup. Then Logan starts at a school for the arts. There he meets Kyle, who is straight. Logan experiments with nail polish and more feminine clothes. Logan begins questioning his gender and decides to use they pronouns while trying to figure things out. Logan meets a classmate's mother, who is a transgender woman, and begins to come to terms with their gender identity. Realizing they are not a gay boy, but a transgender girl, Logan asks for people to call them Veronica. As a girl, does Veronica stand a chance with Kyle? Learn more in this moving high/low YA romance.
Distributed in the U.S by Lerner Publishing Group
Author: Bridget Liang
Publisher: Lorimer Children & Teens
Published: 08/01/2020
Pages: 168
Binding Type: Library Binding
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.50w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781459414136
Audience: Young Adult
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2020 pg. 154
Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2020 - Recommended - Readable
About the Author
BRIDGET LIANG is a mixed race, queer, transfeminine, autistic, disabled, fat fangirl. They came into their queerness in Hamilton, Ontario, and co-founded RADAR Youth Group at the LGBTQ Wellness Centre (the Well), the first queer group in a Hamilton high school. They were instrumental in the passing of an equity policy in the Hamilton Wentworth District School Board. A budding academic, community researcher, workshop and group facilitator, performance artist, and writer, Bridget has been published in the anthologies Meanwhile, Elsewhere from Topside Press and Resilience from Heartspark Press. Much of their work revolves around intersectionality and arts-based research. This is their first novel for teens. Bridget lives in Toronto, Ontario.
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