Pretend You Love Me
Julie Anne Peters
In this fresh, poignant novel, Mike is struggling to come to terms with her father’s suicide and her mother’s detachment from the family. Mike (real name: Mary Elizabeth) is gay and likes to pump iron, play softball, and fix plumbing. When a glamorous new girl, Xanadu, arrives in Mike’s small Kansas town, Mike falls in love at first sight. Xanadu is everything Mike is not — cool, confident, feminine, sexy…. straight.Julie Anne Peters has written a heartbreaking yet ultimately hopeful novel that will speak to anyone who has ever fallen in love with someone who can’t love them back.
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Details
ISBN | 9780316127417 |
Genre | YA Fiction (Young Adult) |
Publication Date | 10-May-11 |
Publisher | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
Format | Trade Paperback |
No. of Pages | 304 |
Language | English |
Rating | NotRated |
Original Title | Far from Xanadu |
Paper Type | Electronic Format Available |
Subject | Juvenile Fiction / Girls & Women; Juvenile Fiction / Love & Romance; Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / Homosexuality |
BookID | 10068 |