Becoming Jennifer

Some summers change you quietly, before you ever have the words. Thirteen-year-old Jamie Grant is caught in between worlds. It is the summer before high school in Kansas City, Kansas, a season of heat, waiting, and becoming. To everyone else, Jamie is still a boy, following rules, keeping his...

Some truths refuse to stay hidden. Some names demand to be spoken. In the summer before high school, Jamie Grant learned how to survive by disappearing. She hid her true self, Jennifer, in journals, rituals, and fleeting moments of being seen. Now, in late August 1994 in Kansas, hiding is no...

Some summers change everything. Others finally let you breathe. Still Jennifer: Becoming Jennifer Book Three is a tender, affirming coming of age story about identity, love, and the quiet power of belonging. Jennifer Marie Grace enters her first summer no longer fighting to explain who she is...

Some truths are discovered quietly. Others must be defended. Jennifer Grace thought she had already crossed the hardest line: choosing her name, claiming her life, and stepping into the world as herself. But becoming visible is not the same as being safe. As sophomore year begins, Jennifer finds...

A Summer Between Shadows and Sunlight. After a year of turmoil and self-discovery, Jennifer Grace is ready for something entirely new: an ordinary, extraordinary summer. With her girlfriend Cinnamon at her side, Jennifer travels from the familiar rhythms of home to the dazzling, anonymous...