Book cover illustration for Abrams books. AD Hana Nakamura. Between Perfect & Real is about Dean Foster, a teenager who knows he’s a trans man. Through a gender swap theater performance, Dean realizes that he wants everyone to see him as he really is before he goes to college. At the bottom left, we see Dean as he’s currently seen by his girlfriend and entire school, while the top right shows Dean as how he hopes to be seen — how he truly identifies.