Books by Cris Beam and Complete Book Reviews

Transparent: Love
Transparent: Love, Family, and Living the T with Transgender Teenagers
Cris Beam, Author . Harcourt $25 (323p) ISBN 978-0-15-101196-4
In this gripping, illuminating and deeply moving portrait of transgender teens in Los Angeles, the smallest incidents reverberate sharply. Beam, volunteering at a support center for trans teens, helps a young woman named Christina make changes on...
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I Am J
I Am J
Cris Beam, Little, Brown, $16.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-316-05361-7
J was born Jenifer but has never felt female. Now on the verge of 18, he wants to be "more than just a hovering brain without a body," and starts to transition to male. He binds his breasts; attends a school for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and...
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To the End of June: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care
To the End of June: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care
Cris Beam. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26 (352p) ISBN 978-0-15-101412-5
Castaway kids and adult caretakers piece together fragile bonds in this heart-wrenching panorama of American foster families. Beam (Transparent: Love, Family and Living the T with Transgender Teenagers), herself a former teen runaway and sometime...
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  • Loving Transgender Teens
  • Family Ties: PW Talks with Cris Beam
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