I am J by Cris Beam
An emotional, heartbreaking, and ultimately inspiring story of a transgender teen.
* " Easily the best book to date about the complicated condition of being a transsexual teen, not only sharing important information that is artfully woven into the plot but also creating, in J, a multilayered, absolutely believable character whose pain readers will sharePerhaps most importantly, the author brings clarity and charity to a state of being that has too long been misunderstood, ignored, and deplored." -- Booklist, starred review
Cris Beam is the author of Transparent, a Stonewall Honor Book and Lambda Literary Award winner. She has an MFA in writing from Columbia University and teaches creative writing at Columbia, New York University, and The New School. I Am J is her debut novel. While living in LA, Cris volunteered at Eagles, a high school for gay and transgender kids. During the 2.5 years Cris taught there, she became deeply involved with a complex but marginalized tribe of transgender teens who had nowhere to go but the streets, one of whom became her foster daughter.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780316053617 |
| ISBN 10 | 0316053619 |
| Title | I am J |
| Author | Cris Beam |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown & Company |
| Year published | 2011-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Prizes | Commended for Lambda Literary Awards (Children/Young Adult) 2012, Commended for Lambda Literary Awards (Transgender Fiction) 2012, Commended for Tayshas Reading 2012, Commended for Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (Fourteen and Up) 2012, Short-listed for Rhode Island Teen Book Award 2013, Short-listed for Delaware Diamonds Award (High School) 2012 |
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