Beautiful Music for Ugly Children
| Author | Kirstin Cronn-Mills |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Transgender youth |
| Genre | Young adult fiction |
| Publisher | North Star Editions |
Publication date | October 1, 2012 |
| Publication place | United States |
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| ISBN | 9780738732510 |
Beautiful Music for Ugly Children is a young adult novel by Kirstin Cronn-Mills, published October 8, 2012, by North Star Editions. The book tells the story of Gabe, a transgender high school student. It received various awards and was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature.
When Cronn-Mills was writing the book, she frequently visited RECLAIM, "a Twin Cities-based organization that offers counseling and other services to transsexual [sic] and LGBT youth." Anyone who donated at least ten dollars to the organization received a copy of Beautiful Music for Ugly Children.