Book jacket image for If I Can Give You That by Michael Gray Bulla

Quill Tree

9780063091702

STARRED REVIEW

If I Can Give You That

This thoughtful debut novel models multiple possible ways to be a queer teen, an activist, a family caretaker and a friend.

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Review of ‘If I Can Give You That’

Meeting new people in new places is definitely not Gael's thing. But his best friend, Nicole, a sophomore in college, is the leader of Plus, a gathering of LGBTQIA+ teens, and she thinks the group would be good for Gael, a transgender boy who attends a conservative high school in Tennessee. Nicole introduces him to…

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