Beautiful Music for Ugly Children
Publisher
Flux, an imprint of Llewlly Worldwide
Publication Year
2012
ISBN
9780738732510
Pages
271 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Gabe has always identified as a boy, but he was born with a girl's body. With his new public access radio show gaining in popularity, Gabe struggles with romance, friendships, and parents--all while trying to come out as transgendered. An audition for a station in Minneapolis looks like his ticket to a better life in the big city. But his entire future is threatened when several violent guys find out Gabe, the popular DJ, is also Elizabeth from school.
Grade Level
9-12
Lexile Measure
HL600L
Diversity Topics
LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Transgender; girl to boy; transgender teenager
Main Character
male teenager
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
mother and father
LGBTQ+
transgender male
Awards
Rainbow List, 2013 American Library Association
YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2013 American Library Association
YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, 2014 YALSA-ALA
Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award, 2014-2015
Nominee Indiana
Flume: NH Teen Reader's Choice Award, Fall, 2015
Nominee New Hampshire
Green Mountain Book Award, 2014-2015
Nominee Vermont
South Carolina Young Adult Book Award, 2014-2015
Nominee South Carolina
Lambda Literary Award, 2013 Finalist United States
Mike Morgan and Larry Romans Children's and Young Adult Literature Award, 2014 Winner United States
Stonewall Book Award, 2014 Winner United States
Keywords
music; radio show; disc jockey; DJ; high school; love; bullying
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Cronn-Mills, Kristin, "Beautiful Music for Ugly Children" (2012). Diverse Families. 52.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/52