When Everything Feels Like the Movies
$23.53
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
9 August 2016
Summary
Everyone wanted to break me. But stars aren’t broken, they explode. And I was the ultimate supernova.
My name was Jude. They called me Judy. I was beautiful either way.
School was basically a movie set. We were all just playing our parts. The Crew, the Extras, the Movie Stars. No one was ever real … especially me. I didn’t fit any category.
All the girls watched me - I could walk so much better than them in heels, and my make-up was always flawles…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472151278 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1472151275 |
| Author: | Raziel Reid |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | ATOM |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 9 August 2016 |
| Weight: | 162g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 174mm x 15mm |
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Critics Review
Raunchy, riotous, and real, this book is a total breath of fresh air. Hilarious and original, Jude is my new bae. A triumph
Raunchy, riotous, and real, this book is a total breath of fresh air. Hilarious and original, Jude is my new bae. A triumph. - Juno Dawson, author of Under My Skin and This Book Is Gay
Everyone is going to have an opinion on [this] … An uncompromising and often uncomfortable read, but also very compulsive and funny. - the Bookseller, Ones to WatchBrave and caustic … After winning Canada’s Governor General’s Award for children’s literature, Reid’s novel was the subject of a petition protesting its ‘vulgar’ content. Just another example of the ugly prejudice it so affectingly indicts. - IndependentAn important novel, about what can happen when you inspire hatred because you don’t fit into any supposed ‘normal’ category …. a raw and original book - Telegraph, Best YA of 2016A young adult novel with bite - GraziaBrave, powerful, and can hopefully go some way toward helping young readers understand gender and sexuality - AttitudeBrilliant … It’s sharp, uncannily accurate and dotted with touching moments that utterly wring you out … Unnerving yes, but it also reveals just how talented Reid is at capturing so fully the pain of growing up and discovering who you are … It’ll be hard to forget in a hurry. - Belfast TelegraphAbout The Author
Raziel Reid
Raziel Reid’s debut novel When Everything Feels like the Movies was featured on Canada Reads 2015. Raziel’s screen adaptation of the book has been optioned by Random Bench Productions. He currently lives in Vancouver where he teaches Creative Writing for Young Adults at the University of British Columbia, and is working on his next book.
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