A Boy Like Me by Jennie Wood

A Boy Like Me by Jennie Wood

Born a girl, Peyton Honeycutt meets Tara Parks in the eighth grade bathroom shortly after he gets his first period. It is the best and worst day of his life. Determined to impress Tara, Peyton sets out to win her love by mastering the drums and basketball. He takes on Tara's small-minded mother, the bully at school, and the prejudices within his conservative hometown. In the end, Peyton must accept and stand up for who he is or lose the woman he loves.

Jennie Wood is the creator of the critically acclaimed, award-winning Flutter, a graphic novel series published by 215 Ink. Featured in the New York Times, Boston Globe, and on Law & Order: SVU, Flutter is one of the best LGBT graphic novels of 2013 and 2015, according to The Advocate. Flutter, Volume Two: Don't Let Me Die Nervous is a recent INDIEFAB Book of the Year finalist and a Virginia Library Association Diversity Honor Book.

Jennie is also the author of the YA novel, A Boy Like Me, which is a Next Generation Indie Book Awards finalist, an INDIEFAB Book of the Year finalist, and one of Foreword Reviews' 10 Best Indie YA novels for 2014. She is an ongoing contributor to the award-winning, New York Times best-selling FUBAR comic anthologies. Also a musician, Jennie lives in Boston and teaches at Grub Street, an independent writing center.

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ISBN 13	9780692238066
ISBN 10	0692238069
Title	A Boy Like Me
Author	Jennie Wood
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	215 Ink
Year published	2014-07-30
Number of pages	270
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.