Out of Blue Comes Green, M.E. Corey
Out of Blue Comes Green, M.E. Corey
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Out of Blue Comes Green

Author: M.E. Corey

Narrator: Benjamin Callins

Unabridged: 9 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/23/2024

Synopsis

After a killer school talent show performance in full masculine presentation, trans boy Kinkade is quickly knocked back down to earth when his crush rejects him, and the whole school sees him in the dress his mother forced him to wear for a family photo. So when the new girl, Madi, assumes he is cis and asks him out, he accepts without correcting her. After years of being ignored by his old crush and bullied by other boys, Kinkade just wants to convince Madi that he’s a regular guy’s guy. To impress her and finally win the approval of his peers, Kinkade agrees to his best friend Libby’s suggestion that they enter a competition to become the band for prom despite his misgivings. In between band practice, weightlifting, and dates, Kinkade accidentally becomes an animal-shelter volunteer under an assumed name—and it’s there among the unconditional acceptance of dogs that he finally receives the affirmation he’s been longing for. But it’s going to be harder than he thought to play the show, get the girl, and become the man he’s meant to be.

About M.E. Corey

M. E. Corey is a guitar player, high school teacher, and adolescence-trauma survivor. When he isn’t teaching or writing, he travels, walks his rescue dogs, and hangs out with the love of his life with whom he’s raising a super cool kid. Out of Blue Comes Green is his debut novel. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

About Benjamin Callins

Benjamin Callins is a trans, Métis, Canadian audiobook narrator who has done a variety of voiceover work. He’s best known for his role of Terry in The Dragon Prince. He grew up in the Okanagan and found his passion for acting with his local theatre, where he played Horton the Elephant in Seussical the Musical.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Papayamariah

I was honored to receive an ARC of this book from the author. What a lovely story. My biggest take away is hope. This book is filled with it! It's also filled with very human characters struggling, and often succeeding, through life. That sounds cliche but it's refreshing to read about real teenager......more

Goodreads review by Anna

I really don't want to be the first negative review for this book but it looks like that's going to be the case. First and foremost, this book needs a MASSIVE massive content warning. Not only is there a detailed suicide attempt on page, but there is so much transphobia that you're pretty much drowni......more

Goodreads review by M.

Read during the #TransRightsReadathon! Rep: Trans main character, Black side character Content warnings: Lots and lots of transphobic remarks and actions, depictions of suicide attempts, homophobic slurs, deadnaming, misgendering, dysphoria, sexual harassment, forced outing, emotionally/verbally abusi......more

Goodreads review by Marybeth

Thank you Storygram Tours, M.E. Corey, Page Street YA for sending me an arc for tour. And thank you NetGalley for sending me an eARC 🥰🫶 . I really enjoyed this debut book as I think it tells a different trans experience from what I’ve read before. Our MC, Kinkade is early in his social transition and......more

Goodreads review by Danelle

The main character syndrome that this boy has is off the charts.......more

Quotes

Corey’s debut novel is a rough and brutal look at the consequences that non-gender-affirming families and schools can have on individuals and what it really means to be a man.

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