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Between Perfect and Real

Between Perfect and Real - Paperback

by Ray Stoeve
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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Ray StoeveTheme:Topical/Friendship, Topical/LGBTQ+Audience:Ages 9-12Publish date:2022-03-15Pages:320
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Harry N. AbramsISBN-13:9781419746024ISBN-10:1419746022UPC:9781419746024Book Category:Juvenile FictionSize:8.20 x 5.50 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.7Product ID:SC9ZNXN77Y
A moving YA debut about a trans boy finding his voice--and himself, Ray Stoeve's "Between Perfect and Real perfectly captures the roller-coaster ride of being a queer high school senior. Stoeve gives voice to the heartbreaks and triumphs of regular kid life in that time when we're all trying to figure out who we've been, who we are, and who we want to be. A beautiful read" (Daisy Eagan, writer and Tony Award-winning actor).

A 2021 Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

Dean Foster knows he's a trans guy. He's watched enough YouTube videos and done enough questioning to be sure. But everyone at his high school thinks he's a lesbian--including his girlfriend, Zoe, and his theater director, who just cast him as a "nontraditional" Romeo. He wonders if maybe it would be easier to wait until college to come out.

But as he plays Romeo every day in rehearsals, Dean realizes he wants everyone to see him as he really is now--not just on the stage, but everywhere in his life. Dean knows what he needs to do. Can playing a role help Dean be his true self?
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Harry N. AbramsISBN-13:9781419746024ISBN-10:1419746022UPC:9781419746024Book Category:Juvenile FictionSize:8.20 x 5.50 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.7Product ID:SC9ZNXN77Y

Ray Stoeve is the author of the young adult novel Between Perfect and Real, which was a 2021 Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection. They also contributed to the young adult anthology Take The Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance. They received a 2016-2017 Made at Hugo House Fellowship and created the YA/MG Trans and Nonbinary Voices Masterlist, a database that tracks all books in those age categories written by trans authors about trans characters. When they're not writing, they can be found gardening, making art in other mediums, or hiking their beloved Pacific Northwest.


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