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“If she liked you back, would you pursue her?

Would you want to be her boyfriend?”

“Yeah. Absolutely. There’s nobody like her. And I don’t

mean the transgender part. I mean her, you know? Just her.

There’s something beneath that armor. She hasn’t let me in,

so I can’t be certain, but I can feel it. There’s something about

her that makes it worth trying despite all the rejection…”

Kellan, star quarterback and secret manga artist, has fallen hard for Maddie, a trans-girl and Twitch streamer. They’ve gone to school together for years, but Kellan never noticed her until she started presenting as her authentic self. Now she’s all he can think about, even as the rest of his world is crumbling.

But she’s terrified that he’s deluded, not seeing her for who she really is. Will she take a chance and let him in? Will they be able to overcome a cruel society that would rather erase Maddie than accept her? Or will Kellan walk away when the pressure becomes too much?

Written by #OwnVoices transgender author Riley Rian, I Love You Just the Way You Are is a timely coming-of-age novel about opening your heart and discovering the power and magic of love.