Girl Mans Up

Name: Girl Mans Up
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.25 (4 reviews)
Author: M-E Girard
ISBN: 9780062642868

Author: M-E Girard

Narrator: Emma Galvin

Unabridged: 9 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 09/06/2016

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Lgbtq+, Social Themes

Synopsis

Lambda Literary Award Winner! “Pen is an inspiration to anyone who’s struggled to be understood, and a vital addition to the growing world of genderqueer protagonists.” —New York Times Book ReviewAll Pen wants is to be the kind of girl she’s always been. So why does everyone have a problem with it?They think the way she looks and acts means she’s trying to be a boy—that she should quit trying to be something she’s not. If she dresses like a girl, and does what her folks want, it will show respect. If she takes orders and does what her friend Colby wants, it will show her loyalty.But respect and loyalty, Pen discovers, are empty words. Old-world parents, disintegrating friendships, and strong feelings for other girls drive Pen to see the truth—that in order to be who she truly wants to be, she’ll have to man up.M. E. Girard’s Girl Mans Up is perfect for fans of Meredith Russo, Becky Albertalli, Alex Sanchez, and Jaye Robin Brown!Entertainment Weekly Best YA Book of 2016 * Children’s Book Council Books Best Book of 2016 * Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Coming-of-Age Novel of 2016 and Best Teen Book of 2016 with Unforgettable Protagonists * Publishers Weekly Fall 2016 Flying Starts * William C. Morris YA Debut Award Finalist

About M-E Girard

M-E Girard’s debut, Girl Mans Up, won the Lambda Literary Award and was a finalist for the William C. Morris Award. She lives just outside of Toronto, Canada, where she splits her time between writing YA fiction, being a mom to a toddler, and working as a registered nurse. M-E dedicated the bulk of her nursing career to working with special-needs kids, and more recently she was an ER and ICU nurse during the first waves of the pandemic. A 2013 and 2015 Lambda Literary Fellow, M-E is a proud feminist who is endlessly fascinated with what it means to be a girl—especially a queer, fat girl. You can find her online at www.megirard.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rick on January 31, 2019

Girl Mans Up M-E Girard YA contemporary fiction, own voices queer rep. Pen (don’t call her Penelope) Oliveira lives in a small Ontario town with her Old-World Portuguese parents and her big brother Johnny. As she heads into her junior year at St. Peter’s Catholic School, she’s got a lot more on her min......more

Goodreads review by Miranda on December 10, 2020

Happy Pride Month y'all! Click the link to check out my favorite PRIDE booksThe Written Review Introducing Pen - the antidote to all those cookie-cutter YA heroines Pen's not a girly-girl, she's not a tomboy, she wants to be one of the guys but she doesn't want to become a guy. Nobody around her can......more

Goodreads review by Hailey on April 20, 2017

4.5* This was so good. Such a raw, authentic story exploring gender identity through the life of a young Canadian (yay!) butch lesbian. Definitely would recommend!......more

Goodreads review by Eloise on January 11, 2018

2.5 Too many things were not okay for me in this book, iIt was really difficult to get through. Not only are her so called "friends" awful, but her parents are even worse. Sooo negative, by the end I skipped the very many conversations with her parents. And I get that some people are sadly like that......more

Goodreads review by Maja (The Nocturnal Library) on September 04, 2016

4.5 stars Girl Mans Up, M-E Girard’s astonishingly honest book, might just be one of the best things that happened to YA fiction in a very, very long time. There have been books about gay, lesbian and trans teens, but I don’t think there are many, and certainly not this good, about genderqueer charac......more