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A trans pianist makes a New Year's resolution on a frozen Wisconsin night to win regionals and win back his ex, but a new boy complicates things in Edward Underhill's heartfelt debut YA rom-dram, Always the Almost.. Sixteen-year-old trans boy Miles Jacobson has two New Year's resolutions: 1) win back his ex-boyfriend (and star of the football team) Shane McIntyre, and 2) finally beat his slimy arch-nemesis at the Midwest's biggest classical piano competition. But that's not going to be so easy. For one thing, Shane broke up with Miles two weeks after Miles came out as trans, and now Shane's stubbornly ignoring him, even when they literally bump into each other. Plus, Miles' new, slightly terrifying piano teacher keeps telling him that he's playing like he "doesn't know who he is" -- whatever that means.
About the Author
Edward Underhill grew up in the suburbs of Wisconsin, where he could not walk to anything, which meant he had to make up his own adventures. He began writing (very bad) stories as a kid and wrote his first (also very bad) novel in his teens. He currently lives in California, where by day he writes music (most frequently for cartoons) and by night he writes stories, which aren't as bad as they used to be. As a queer trans man, he is passionate about books where queer and trans kids can find themselves in the pages. If you are one of those kids, he promises there will always be a place for you in his books. Edward's debut novel, ALWAYS THE ALMOST, releases from Wednesday Books/Macmillan on February 14, 2023.
