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Transgender & Nonbinary FictionLGBTQ+ Young Adult

Almost Perfect

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  • 2009 first published
  • 364 pages
  • 7 editions
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Brian Katcher's Almost Perfect (2009) is a trans fiction and LGBTQ+ young adult fiction novel. The story is set in Missouri and Boyer. It deals with single-parent families, transgender people, high schools and schools.

30 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 7 editions.

It runs to roughly 364 pages — 6–7 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Almost Perfect

You only hurt the ones you love.Logan Witherspoon recently discovered that his girlfriend of three years cheated on him. But things start to look up when a new student breezes through the halls of his small-town high school. Sage Hendricks befriends Logan at a time when he no longer trusts or believes in people. Sage has been homeschooled for a number of years and her parents have forbidden her to date anyone, but she won't tell Logan why. One day, Logan acts on his growing feelings for Sage. Moments later, he wishes he never had. Sage finally discloses her big secret: she's actually a boy. Enraged, frightened, and feeling betrayed, Logan lashes out at Sage and disowns her. But once Logan comes to terms with what happened, he reaches out to Sage in an attempt to understand her situation. But Logan has no idea how rocky the road back to friendship will be.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Subjects

  • Friendship in fiction
  • Identity in fiction
  • Single-parent families in fiction
  • Single-parent families
  • Schools in fiction
  • Transgender people
  • Dating, Social customs
  • High schools
  • Schools
  • Transgender people in fiction
  • Missouri in fiction
  • Friendship
  • Identity
  • High schools in fiction
  • LGBT
  • Transgender

Quick answers

Who wrote Almost Perfect?

Almost Perfect was written by Brian Katcher and first published in 2009.

What genre is Almost Perfect?

It is usually shelved as Transgender & Nonbinary Fiction and LGBTQ+ Young Adult.

How long is Almost Perfect?

The median edition has 364 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Almost Perfect?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Art of Being Normal, Beautiful Music for Ugly Children and I am J.

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