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    Journey to Joseph
    Journey to Joseph
    rhymeswithfry
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    A transgender medieval adventure: Abandoned while disguised as a boy, Hildegund's journey home will lead to unexpected destinations.
        
        Twice Featured:
        - Wattpad Editor's Choice February - March 2020
        - Official #Wattpride Reading List, June 2020
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        When a journey to the Holy Land during the Crusades requires Hildegund, a gender nonconforming teen, to dress as a man, Hildegund quickly embraces her new male identity as Joseph. But, when bandits kill his father and separate him from his companions, Joseph finds himself alone in a new land with a new identity and begins to ask the question: how can wearing male clothes be a disguise when it feels so authentic?
        
        Based on a true story, JOURNEY TO JOSEPH is the story of a journey across continents and across genders: an exploration of discovering who really you are and learning to stand on your own, all set against the backdrop of 12th century Europe.
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    • adventure
    • bildungsroman
    • comingofage
    • crusades
    • femaletomale
    • fiction
    • freethelgbt
    • ftm
    • histfic
    • historical
    • historicalfiction
    • lgbt
    • lgbtfiction
    • lgbtq
    • medieval
    • ownstory
    • ownvoice
    • queer
    • taygetsthegay
    • texttospeech
    • trans
    • transgender
    • transmale
    • ya
    • youngadult
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    Table of contents
    • Chapter 1: Trouble
      Fri, Jul 27, 2018
    • Chapter 2: Important Matters
      Fri, Jul 27, 2018
    • Chapter 3: Plans
      Fri, Jul 27, 2018
    • Chapter 4: Drinking
      Sat, Jul 28, 2018
    • Chapter 5: Doubts
      Sun, Jul 29, 2018
    • Chapter 6: Boyhood Dreams
      Sun, Jul 29, 2018
    • Chapter 7: Stew
      Wed, Aug 1, 2018
    • Chapter 8: Swordplay
      Thu, Aug 2, 2018
    • Chapter 9: A New Name
      Mon, Aug 6, 2018
    • Chapter 10: The Journey Begins
      Thu, Aug 16, 2018
    • Chapter 11: The Inn
      Wed, Aug 22, 2018
    • Chapter 12: Rumors
      Tue, Aug 28, 2018
    • Chapter 13: Monotony
      Wed, Sep 12, 2018
    • Chapter 14: Mercy
      Fri, Sep 21, 2018
    • Chapter 15: Relics
      Sat, Sep 29, 2018
    • Chapter 16: The East
      Tue, Oct 2, 2018
    • Chapter 17: Morning
      Fri, Oct 5, 2018
    • Chapter 18: The Tavern
      Tue, Oct 9, 2018
    • Chapter 19: Alone
      Thu, Oct 11, 2018
    • Chapter 20: Realizations
      Fri, Oct 12, 2018
    • Chapter 21: Revenge
      Fri, Oct 19, 2018
    • Chapter 22: Reactions
      Fri, Oct 19, 2018
    • Chapter 23: The Streets
      Tue, Oct 23, 2018
    • Chapter 24: Lost
      Fri, Oct 26, 2018
    • Chapter 25: Escape
      Wed, Oct 31, 2018
    • Chapter 26: Lessons
      Fri, Nov 2, 2018
    • Chapter 27: Oranges
      Fri, Nov 9, 2018
    • Chapter 28: Bread
      Fri, Nov 16, 2018
    • Chapter 29: Decisions
      Fri, Nov 23, 2018
    • Chapter 30: Friends
      Fri, Nov 30, 2018
    • Chapter 31: Chance Encounters
      Fri, Dec 7, 2018
    • Chapter 32: Grateful
      Sat, Dec 15, 2018
    • Chapter 33: Confusion
      Fri, Dec 21, 2018
    • Chapter 34: Epiphany
      Wed, Apr 10, 2019
    • Chapter 35: Trials
      Tue, Feb 26, 2019
    • Chapter 36: Joseph
      Sat, Dec 29, 2018
    • Afterword: The Historical Hildegund
      Thu, Jan 17, 2019
    • Further Reading
      Thu, Dec 10, 2020

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    A transgender medieval adventure: Abandoned while disguised as a boy, Hildegund's journey home will lead to unexpected destinations.
        
        Twice Featured:
        - Wattpad Editor's Choice February - March 2020
        - Official #Wattpride Reading List, June 2020
        ---------
        
        When a journey to the Holy Land during the Crusades requires Hildegund, a gender nonconforming teen, to dress as a man, Hildegund quickly embraces her new male identity as Joseph. But, when bandits kill his father and separate him from his companions, Joseph finds himself alone in a new land with a new identity and begins to ask the question: how can wearing male clothes be a disguise when it feels so authentic?
        
        Based on a true story, JOURNEY TO JOSEPH is the story of a journey across continents and across genders: an exploration of discovering who really you are and learning to stand on your own, all set against the backdrop of 12th century Europe.

    38 parts

    • Chapter 36: Joseph
      Sat, Dec 29, 2018
    • Afterword: The Historical Hildegund
      Thu, Jan 17, 2019
    • Further Reading
      Thu, Dec 10, 2020
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