# The Girls I've Been

**Author:** Tess Sharpe
**Grade range:** Grades 9–12
**Age range:** 14–17
**First published:** 2021
**Page count:** 370
**Genre:** Realistic Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780593353806`
**ISBN-10:** `0593353803`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/the-girls-ive-been
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

A New York Times Bestseller \* A USA Today Bestseller \* In this feminist, suspenseful thriller the daughter of a con artist is taken hostage in a bank heist—and will need to tap into all her skills in order to survive. “If you’re looking for a queer YA contemporary book with complex characters, loads of action to keep you reading WAY past your bedtime — and a story so well written I might have shed a tear over it — you need to read The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe. It will keep you captivated until the last page.” —Culturess Nora O'Malley's been a lot of girls.

## Where this book is assigned

### Virginia Readers' Choice

- **recommended** · 9th grade · Virginia — [source: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 2024-2025 winner (High)](https://vslatoday.org/VRC-past-titles)
- **recommended** · 10th grade · Virginia — [source: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 2024-2025 winner (High)](https://vslatoday.org/VRC-past-titles)
- **recommended** · 11th grade · Virginia — [source: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 2024-2025 winner (High)](https://vslatoday.org/VRC-past-titles)
- **recommended** · 12th grade · Virginia — [source: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 2024-2025 winner (High)](https://vslatoday.org/VRC-past-titles)

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