Beautiful Music for Ugly Children

Kirstin Cronn-Mills

Oct 2012 · North Star Editions, Inc.

About this ebook

"This is Beautiful Music for Ugly Children, on community radio 90.3, KZUK. I’m Gabe. Welcome to my show." My birth name is Elizabeth, but I’m a guy. Gabe. My parents think I’ve gone crazy and the rest of the world is happy to agree with them, but I know I’m right. I’ve been a boy my whole life. When you think about it, I’m like a record. Elizabeth is my A side, the song everybody knows, and Gabe is my B side—not heard as often, but just as good. It’s time to let my B side play. .

Ratings and reviews

There are no words to describe how amazing this book is. There are no words to describe how this magnificent novel makes me feel. It moved me to tears, to laughter, and I even screamed "JOHN DON'T DIE" out loud. I will forever treasure this book. It's in my top 5 best books I've ever read!!!

This book was so good! I literally read it in one night because I couldn't stop. I was very skeptical about reading it at first because most books I've read with trans* leads have been awful because the authors couldn't seem to be able to understand how it actually is to be Trans* I'm recommending this book to everyone!

The title really intrigued me and I'm so glad with this purchase its a typical outcast type book but with more of a normal twist to it making it relatable than most in that category.

About the author

Kirstin Cronn-Mills is the author of Minnesota Book Award finalist The Sky Always Hears Me And the Hills Don’t Mind and Beautiful Music for Ugly Children. Cronn-Mills received her doctorate degree from Iowa State University and currently teaches in North Mankato, Minnesota, where she lives with her husband and son.