A moving YA debut about a trans boy finding his voiceand himself, Ray Stoeves Between Perfect and Real perfectly captures the rollercoaster ride of being a queer high school senior. Stoeve gives voice to the heartbreaks and triumphs of regular kid life in that time when were all trying to figure out who weve been, who we are, and who we want to be. A beautiful read (Daisy Eagan, writer and Tony Awardwinning actor).A 2021 Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection Dean Foster knows hes a trans guy. Hes watched enough YouTube videos and done enough questioning to be sure. But everyone at his high school thinks hes a lesbianincluding 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 nownot 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?

Binding: Paperback;320 pages; Publisher: Abrams; Classification: YFB; Weight: 450 g; Dimensions: 142 x 208 x 28

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