For Today I Am a Boy

A Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection for Spring 2014 A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice 2015 PEN/Hemingway Award, Finalist Longlisted for the 2014 Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize Lambda Literary Award, Finalist Publishing Triangle's Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction, Finalist "[A] sharply written debut...A coming-of-age tale for our time." —Seattle Times
At birth, Peter Huang is given the Chinese name Juan Chaun, “powerful king.” T…