Pretend You Love Me

A poignant novel about queer identity from National Book Award finalist Julie Anne Peters.

Mike (real name: Mary Elizabeth) is gay and likes to pump iron, play softball, and fix plumbing. In addition to her identity, Mike is struggling to come to terms with her father's suicide and her mother's detachment from the family. When a glamorous new girl, Xanadu, arrives in Mike's small Kansas town, Mike falls in love at first sight. Xanadu is everything Mike is not: cool, confident, feminine, sexy...and straight.

Originally published under the title Far From Xanadu, this heartbreaking yet ultimately hopeful novel will speak to anyone who has ever fallen in love with someone who can't love them back.

Author: Julie Anne Peters
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 05/10/2011
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.6lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780316127417

About the Author
Julie Anne Peters is the critically acclaimed author of Define "Normal, " Keeping You a Secret, Pretend You Love Me, Between Mom and Jo, She Loves You, She Loves You Not..., It's Our Prom (So Deal With It), and Luna, a National Book Award finalist.