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Arden Grey
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Sixteen-year-old Arden Grey finds escape in her love of film photography as she navigates toxic relationships and how they influence her identity.
An insightful, raw YA novel about a young photographer navigating toxic relationships and how they influence her identity
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Sixteen-year-old Arden Grey is struggling. Her mother has left their family, her father and her younger brother won't talk about it, and a classmate, Tanner, keeps harassing her about her sexuality—which isn't even public. She knows she likes girls romantically, but she thinks she might be asexual.
At least she's got her love of film photography and her best and only friend, Jamie, to help her cope. Then Jamie, who is trans, starts dating Caroline, and suddenly he isn't so reliable. Arden's insecurity about their friendship grows. She starts to wonder if she's jealous or if Jamie's relationship with Caroline is somehow unhealthy—and it makes her reconsider how much of her relationship with her absent mum wasn't okay, too.
Filled with big emotions, first loves, and characters navigating toxic relationships, Ray Stoeve's honest and nuanced novel Arden Grey is about finding your place in the world and seeking out the love and community that you deserve.
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Arden Grey by Ray Stoeve is praised for its realistic portrayal of interpersonal dynamics, thoughtfully addressing emotional abuse and toxic relationships. The book navigates Arden's personal journey towards self-improvement, offering hope and representation, particularly resonating with fans of character-driven narratives and realistic fiction.
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ISBN: 9781419746000
Publisher: Abrams
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 28 April 2022
Country: United States
Imprint: Amulet Books
Audience: Teenage
DIMENSIONS
Width: 140.0mm
Height: 210.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 288
About the Author
Ray Stoeve is the author of the young adult novel Between Perfect and Real, which was a 2021 Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection. They also contributed to the young adult anthology Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance. They received a 2016–2017 Made at Hugo House Fellowship and created the YA/MG Trans and Nonbinary Voices Masterlist, a database that tracks all books in those age categories written by trans authors about trans characters. When they’re not writing, they can be found gardening, making art in other mediums, or hiking their beloved Pacific Northwest.
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