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.
Details
| ISBN | 9780316127417 |
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| Copyright Date | 2011 |
| Publication Date | May 10, 2011 |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| No. of Pages | 304 |
| Language | English |
| Rating | Not Rated |
| Genre | YA Fiction (Young Adult) |
| Subject | Juvenile Fiction / Girls & Women; Juvenile Fiction / Love & Romance; Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / Homosexuality |