If I Was Your Girl
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Publication Year
2016
ISBN
9781250078407
Pages
280 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Amanda Hardy only wants to fit in at her new school, but she is keeping a big secret, so when she falls for Grant, guarded Amanda finds herself yearning to share with him everything about herself, including her previous life as Andrew.
Grade Level
9-12
Lexile Measure
HL770L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Single parent; Bisexuality; Transgender; single father; bisexual teenager; transgender teenager; boy to girl
Main Character
female teenager
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
single father
LGBTQ+
transgender female; bisexual female
Awards
Australian Family Therapists' Award for Children's Literature, 2017, Young Adult
Cybils Awards, 2016, Nominee, Young Adult Fiction
Goodreads Choice Award, 2016, Nominee, Young Adult Fiction
Stonewall Book Award-Mike Morgan and Larry Romans Children's and Young Adult Literature Award, 2017, Winner, Children's (Young Adult Literature)
Thumbs Up! Award, 2017, Nominee, Young Adult Literature
Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children's Literature, 2017, Honor Book, Children's Literature
Best Books for Teens, 2016
Best of the Best Books, 2016 Teen Fiction
Best Young Adult Books, 2016
Booklist Editors' Choice: Audio for Youth, 2016
Booklist Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, 2017 Fiction
Booklist Top 10 Quick Picks, 2017
Kirkus Book Review Stars, 2016
Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book, 2016 Young Adult
Rainbow List, 2017 Young Adult Fiction
YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2017 Young Adult Fiction
YALSA Teens' Top Ten, 2017 Teen
Keywords
gender identity; bullying; social issues; high school; prom; friendship; homophobia; secrets
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Russo, Meredith, "If I Was Your Girl" (2016). Diverse Families. 143.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/143