![]() ![]() ![]() Agent: Amy Tipton, Signature Literary Agency. It’s impossible not to root for Gabe as he finds the courage to live the life he wants. ![]() Gabe spins Elvis, Devo, and Prince on the radio, and old media meets new as his fans come together via Facebook. Cronn-Mills never minimizes those challenges (Gabe faces some terrifying abuse), avoiding a too-happy ending, but Gabe and Paige’s supportive friendship and Gabe’s love of music shine through. So much so, in fact, that the book sometimes feels like a PSA exposing the challenges a trans teen faces. My birth name is Elizabeth, but Im a guy. Gabe’s difficulties-from dealing with freaked-out parents and bigoted classmates to navigating love, sex, and whether to use the men’s or women’s room-are well documented. This is Beautiful Music for Ugly Children, on community radio 90.3, KZUK. Cronn-Mills, whose The Sky Always Hears Me and the Hills Don’t Mind featured a teenage girl grappling with her sexuality, has clearly done her research. Overshadowing it all: everyone knows him as Elizabeth. He’s about to graduate from high school, he’s just started hosting a radio show, and he’s got a crush on his best friend Paige. ![]()
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