Jumpstart The World - A Teen Transgender Novel

by Catherine Ryan Hyde

Elle's on her own - at 15 she has to move into her own apartment because her mom's boyfriend can't deal with her.

She meets her neighbor Frank - he's older, and has a girlfriend.

Frank is different than any guy she's ever met. He listens to her. He's gentle. And Elle's falling in love with him.

But then Elle finds out that Frank is transgender.

It changes everything she thought she knew about herself. It changes everything she thought she knew about friendship. It changes everything she thought she knew about the world.

And now Elle has to figure out: Just how powerful is love?


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Becoming Chloe

By Catherine Ryan Hyde

Jordy, 17 and gay, has run away from a life of abuse at home. Homeless in New York City, he rescues Chloe, 18, a lost soul struggling to cope with her horrible past and the intense depression she's trapped in.

Together, they take a cross country journey where Jordy tries to prove to Chloe that the world does has beauty and kindness in it - something he's not even sure of himself.


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