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Seventeen-year-old Alyssa thought she knew who she was She had her family and her best friends and most important she had Sarah Sarah her girlfriend with whom she dreamed with about the day they could move far away and live out and proud and accepted for themselves instead of having to hide their relationship Alyssa never thought she would have to make that move by herself but disowned by her father and cut off from everyone she loves she is forced to move hundreds of miles away to live with Carly the biological mother she barely knows in a town where everyone immediately dismisses her as xCarlys girlx As Alyssa struggles to forget her past and come to terms with her future will she be able to build a new life for herself and believe in love again Or will she be forced to relive the mistakes that have cost her everything and everyone she cared aboutNational Book Award finalist Julie Anne Peters has written a compelling novel about coming out finding love and discovering your place in the world Alyssas story will speak to anyone who has known the joy and pain of first love and the struggle to start over again.



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Julie Anne Peters

For the last 20 years, I've been writing books for young readers. My YA novel, Luna, the story of a transgender teen beginning her transition from male to female, was a National Book Award finalist and an American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults. (Thank you award committee members.) My other books about gender queer youth include Keeping You a Secret, Far from Xanadu (retitled, Pretend You Love Me) , Between Mom and Jo, grl2grl: short fictions, Rage: A Love Story, She Loves You, She Loves You Not..., It's Our Prom (So Deal With It) , and my newest book scheduled for 2014, The Double Life of Swanee Durbin. Also check out my book about bullycide, By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead.

I'm a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, PEN America, the Authors Guild, and the Colorado Authors' League. I live with my partner, Sherri Leggett, in Lakewood, Colorado. (We're celebrating our 38th anniversary this year.

More information about me and my books can be found on my Web site: www.JulieAnnePeters.com



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