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An emotional winning touchdown Kirkus

Two best friends A shared birthday Six years

ERIC There was the day we were born There was the minute Morgan and I decided we were best friends for life The years where we stuck by each others sideas Morgans mom died as he moved across town as I joined the football team as my parents started fighting But sometimes I worry that Morgan and I wont be best friends forever That therell be a day a minute a second where it all falls apart and theres no turning back the clock

MORGAN I know that every birthday should feel like a new beginning but Im trapped in this mixedup body in this wrong life in Nowheresville Tennessee on repeat With a dad who cares about his football team more than me a mom I miss more than anything and a best friend who can never know my biggest secret Maybe one day Ill be ready to become the person I am inside To become her To tell the world To tell Eric But when

Six years of birthdays reveal Eric and Morgans destiny as they come together drift apart fall in love and discover who theyre meant to beand if theyre meant to be together From the awardwinning author of If I Was Your Girl Meredith Russo comes a heartwrenching and universal story of identity first love and fate

Praise for Birthday

In addition to being exquisitely written BIRTHDAY showcases the best of YA Its ability to instill empathy in readers Written by a trans author BIRTHDAY gives an essential perspective into the trans experience Refinery29