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I Am J

By Cris Beam (Trade Paperback, 2012)
J had always felt different. He was certain that eventually everyone would understand who he really was: a boy mistakenly born as a girl. Yet as he grew up, his body began to betray him; eventually J stopped praying to wake up a "real boy" and started covering up his body, keeping himself invisible -- from his parents, from his friends, from the world. But after being deserted by the best friend he thought would always be by his side, J decides that he's done hiding -- it's time to be who he really is. And this time he is determined not to give up, no matter the cost.

Cris Beam delivers a powerful and inspiring story of self-discovery as readers share in J's struggle to find his own path and to love his true self.
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  • Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
    • Format: Trade Paperback

    • Price: $8.99 US/$9.99 CAN

    • ISBN-13: 9780316053600

    • On Sale Date: 11/13/2012

    • Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

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J had always felt different. He was certain that eventually everyone would understand who he really was: a boy mistakenly born as a girl. Yet as he grew up, his body began to betray him; eventually J stopped praying to wake up a "real boy" and started covering up his body, keeping himself invisible -- from his parents, from his friends, from the world. But after being deserted by the best friend he thought would always be by his side, J decides that he's done hiding -- it's time to be who he really is. And this time he is determined not to give up, no matter the cost.

Cris Beam delivers a powerful and inspiring story of self-discovery as readers share in J's struggle to find his own path and to love his true self.

Cris Beam is the author of Transparent, a Stonewall Honor Book and Lambda Literary Award winner. She has an MFA in nonfiction writing from Columbia University and teaches creative writing at Columbia, New York University, and The New School. I Am J is her debut novel.
  • * " 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 share. Perhaps 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).

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  • Hardcover Book (1)
    • Hardcover Book, 2011
  • Trade Paperback (1)
    • Trade Paperback, 2012
  • Electronic Book (1)
    • Electronic Book, 2011

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I Am J
  • Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
  • Price: $8.99 US/$9.99 CAN
  • Pages: 352
  • Physical Dimensions: 5-1/2" x 8-1/4"
  • ISBN-13: 9780316053600
  • On Sale Date: 11/13/2012
I Am J
  • Publisher: None
  • List Price: $16.99
  • Pages: 352
  • Physical Dimensions: 5-1/2" x 8-1/4"
  • ISBN-13: 9780316053617
  • On Sale Date: 11/13/2012
I Am J
  • Publisher: None
  • List Price: $8.99
  • Pages: 352
  • Physical Dimensions: 5-1/2" x 8-1/4"
  • ISBN-13: 9780316053600
  • On Sale Date: 11/13/2012
I Am J
  • Publisher: None
  • List Price: $7.99
  • ISBN-13: 9780316122320
  • On Sale Date: 11/13/2012
I Am J
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Juvenile Fiction

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Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues - Homosexuality

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