Sophia the Pet Shop Boy: a Transgender Coming of Age Story
By Lisa Shea
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44 pages / 6800 words
Simon's world is finally turning around. He's at last gotten his very first real job, working at a local pet store in Grafton, Massachusetts. He's out of the reach of his overbearing older brother who somehow manages to do everything perfectly. Captain of the football team. Captain of the baseball team. In comparison, Simon is a failure. Nothing in his life ever seems to be right.
Even when Cindy starts hanging out at the pet shop, too, it's not her beautiful blonde hair or her porcelain skin which draws in Simon. It's the clothes she wears. The delightfully flowing dresses and skirts.
The a new boy, Marcus, arrives from New York City and an accidental slip of the tongue reveals a secret that Simon can barely comprehend. Suddenly Simon realizes that it's not that he's a boy who is made all wrong. He realizes that maybe, just maybe, he's a girl who is finding her new path in life.
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Sophia the Pet Shop Boy is Book 1 of a connected novelette series. The series is sweetly written and is suitable for teens and up.
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I love writing in a variety of genres. I currently have over 300 books published in all lengths from full 500+ page novels down to short stories. I love writing series. Some are with unconnected characters, like the 14 full-length medieval novels with a sword being passed from heroine to heroine. Some have connected characters, like the 31 mini-mysteries featuring a detective in Salem, Massachusetts. All of my books are written "clean" with no explicit intimacy, no harsh language, and no explicit violence. All are suitable for teens and up.For a full listing of my books please visit:http://www.lisashea.com/lisabase/writing/gettingyourbookpublished/lisalibrary.html
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Sophia the Pet Shop Boy - Lisa Shea
Sophia
the Pet Shop Boy
A Transgender Coming of Age Story
Book 1
Lisa Shea
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Chapter One
You jerk! You sold me a dead turtle!
Simon took in a long, deep breath. He was a sophomore in high school now. Fully sixteen years old. He could handle a cranky red-headed mother of two. The two
seemed about eight years old. The boys were clinging to their mother’s pant legs, their unruly mops of red hair fluffed like nests over eyes shining with tears.
Simon slowly walked around the front counter of the pet store to stand alongside the mother. At her feet was a ten gallon tank. It held one lopsided rock, one small high-edged bowl of muddy water, and one juvenile painted turtle. The turtle’s shell was black, while its legs were a beautiful striped pattern of red, yellow and orange on black. It was about the diameter of a flattened baseball.
It was not moving.
Simon sighed.
He dropped down to a knee and carefully reached in with both hands.
Twin number one wrinkled his face in disgust. Ewwww.
He tucked further behind his mother.
Simon paid him no mind. He gently wrapped his fingers around the turtle’s base and lifted him up. He brought the turtle’s small black-yellow eyes to face his own.
He murmured, Hey there, little guy.
The turtle blinked. Once.
Simon nodded in satisfaction. He drew to his feet and placed