A Boy Like Me

by Jennie Wood

Paperback, 2014

Status

Available

Call number

PZ7.W593 Boy 2014

Publication

215 Ink (2014), 270 pages

Description

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.

Awards

CLMP Firecracker Award (Finalist — 2015)
ALA Rainbow Book List (Selection — Young Adult Fiction — 2016)

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

270 p.; 8 inches

ISBN

0692238069 / 9780692238066

Barcode

34500000553037
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