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If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo

July 22, 2019 by Malin Leave a Comment

#CBR11 Bingo: Own Voices (the book is about a trans girl, written by a trans woman) (Can also easily fit into the categories of Youths!, Award Winner and/or Rainbow Flag) Official book description: 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 […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #ownvoices, bullying, cbr11, cbr11bingo, contemporary fiction, friendship, if i was your girl, LGBTQIA, Malin, Meredith Russo, Rainbow Flag, romantic, Young Adult, Youths!

Malin's CBR11 Review No:49 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #ownvoices, bullying, cbr11, cbr11bingo, contemporary fiction, friendship, if i was your girl, LGBTQIA, Malin, Meredith Russo, Rainbow Flag, romantic, Young Adult, Youths! ·
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I read this for the Read Harder Challenge, but I would have read it anyway.

If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo

June 20, 2019 by narfna Leave a Comment

So I wrote in my initial review of this book: “Something about the climax of this book didn’t work perfectly for me, will try to suss out why later, but the rest of this was lovely. Really glad I read it. You know a book is good when you’re so caught up in it you don’t notice you’re reaching the last pages, and then it’s over and you’re sad.” It’s been a little too long since I finished this now, and I can’t really remember […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: if i was your girl, LGBTQIA, Meredith Russo, narfna, Own voices, read harder challenge 2019, Young Adult

narfna's CBR11 Review No:56 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: if i was your girl, LGBTQIA, Meredith Russo, narfna, Own voices, read harder challenge 2019, Young Adult ·
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