Original title: "Het mooiste meisje was een jongen" (The most beautiful girl was a boy) by Darren Beau and Diana Stribos.
Darren is born in the body of a boy, but from his earliest childhood, he wants nothing more than to be a girl. At first he 'hides' in a fantasy world, but more and more it becomes clear that he also wants to be seen and accepted in real life as he feels and as he really is.
Despite opposition from the environment, Darren starts a transition process with the support of his mother. Step by step they make progress together. It is a huge victory when she is allowed to wear girls' clothes at school. She is also allowed to go to the girls' toilets as a boy.
Immediately after the start of the puberty inhibitors, Darren develops at a breakneck pace. The rather withdrawn and shy Darren turns out to be capable of things that no one thought possible. In high school, Darren becomes extremely popular. The boys fight for Darren's attention. But how do the same boys who are in love with her react when they discover that the most beautiful girl in the class is actually a boy?
The reader follows Darren's transgender process from the first to the eighteenth year. Intimate and vulnerable, but also hilarious and relatable, bringing you close to Darren and empathizing with her.
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