Between Perfect and Real (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781419746017)

Ray Stoeve's Between Perfect and Real is a moving YA debut about a trans boy finding his voice--and himself.

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

Dean Foster knows he's a trans guy. He's watched enough YouTube videos and done enough questioning to be sure. But everyone at his high school thinks he's a lesbian--including his girlfriend, Zoe, and his theater director, who just cast him as a "nontraditional" Romeo. He wonders if maybe it would be easier to wait until college to come out.

But as he plays Romeo every day in rehearsals, Dean realizes he wants everyone to see him as he really is now--not just on the stage, but everywhere in his life. Dean knows what he needs to do. Can playing a role help Dean be his true self?

"Perfectly captures the roller-coaster ride of being a queer high school senior. Stoeve gives voice to the heartbreaks and triumphs of regular kid life in that time when we're all trying to figure out who we've been, who we are, and who we want to be. A beautiful read." --Daisy Eagan, writer and Tony Award-winning actor

Author: Ray Stoeve
ISBN-10: 1419746014
ISBN-13: 9781419746017
Publisher: Amulet Books
Language: English
Published: 04/27/2021
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2021
Booklist 03/01/2021 pg. 51
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2021
School Library Journal 05/07/2021 pg. 1
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2021 pg. 125
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2021 - Superior,Well Above Average