Amber Smith’s “Something Like Gravity” Is a Novel About Teenage Love Involving a Transgender Male
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In today’s episode number 55, we meet local New York Times best-selling author Amber Smith who writes stories about teenagers whose experiences reflect her own personal struggles while growing up.
Amber’s two previous novels earned her wide acclaim. Her first book, “The Way I Used to Be” was a New York Times best-seller which addressed sexual assault with a young female protagonist. Amber is an advocate for increased awareness of gendered violence and LBGTQ equality.
Today, Amber first reads from her third book, “Something Like Gravity,” which she hopes will encourage inclusion and acceptance. She starts the show with a short reading from the opening of the book, where we meet Chris, a young transgender male.
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Amber Smith is the New York Times bestselling author of novels for young adults. Her debut, The Way I Used to Be(2016), was selected for the American Library Association’s Amelia Bloomer List of Feminist Literature and Texas Library Association’s TAYSHAS List, named a Bank Street Best Book of the Year, and nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award in YA Fiction, Connecticut’s Nutmeg Book Award, and Indiana’s Eliot Rosewater Award. Her second novel, The Last to Let Go (2018), received starred reviews from Booklist and VOYA, and was named a most-anticipated book by B&N Teen Blog, Elite Daily, and Bookish. Her latest book, Something Like Gravity published in June 2019.
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