#I definitely had to. take a deep breath with the very gen z teenage girl gossip friendship nonsense lmao. but it’s fine.
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Just Happy To Be Here
YA contemporary
a Indian-American trans girl at an all-girls school trying to make friends and get treated like any other girl at school
she also wants to get into the exclusive old-fashioned school sisterhood with a rumored scholarship, but is thrust into a larger argument about whether the club should exist at all
about just wanting to be a normal messy teen girl during the current rise of transphobic legislation in the US
#just happy to be here#naomi kanakia#aroaessidhe 2024 reads#Yeah this is pretty good! a complex and nuanced depiction of being a trans girl.#I definitely had to. take a deep breath with the very gen z teenage girl gossip friendship nonsense lmao. but it’s fine.#I feel like that and the plot about this sybils group is kinda silly in itself but obviously is there to serve the broader themes/narrative#about how trans girls are treated and the very real threats at the moment. The scene where the cps (?) person comes to her house is. pretty#horrifying. I also appreciated the extensive author’s note about this.#sapphic books#trans books#oh also I love the design choice for this cover. very different from the current trends.#photos can be used in meaningful ways in cover design i promise. it's not all the bad photoshop of the 2000s
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