Posted by: John on: November 8, 2009
Borris, Albert. Crash into Me. 2009. 257p. Simon Pulse, $16.99. (978-1-4169-7435-2). Gr. 10-12. Four teenagers—who connect on the internet—take an odyssey across the United States to visit the sites of celebrity suicides before they kill themselves in Death Valley. The four in the suicide pact couldn’t be more different: isolated Owen, the narrator; lying Audrey, […]
Posted by: John on: November 8, 2009
Tomas, J. Without Sin. 2009. 240p. Prizm, $13.95. (1-60370-684-4). Gr. 10-12. Sixteen-year-old Jacob Smithson, a boy with a temper, falls passionately in lust—and love—with 18-year-old Avery Dendritch on the first day of classes at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Boarding School for Boys where he was sent after being kicked out of public school for fighting. […]
Posted by: John on: November 8, 2009
Drummond, Mara Christine. Transitions: A Guide to Transitioning for Transsexuals and Their Families. 2009. 127p. Lulu.com, $16.50. (978-0-557-05261-5). Gr. 10+. People who have a gender identity that differs from their physical gender suffer a great deal of stress in determining what steps to take for a happier life. Drummond provides a dispassionate directive that begins […]
Posted by: kthorning on: November 1, 2009
Whatling, Michael. A Vigil for Joe Rose: Stories of Being Out in High School. 2009. 201 p. iUniverse, $15.95 (9781440107855-9), Gr 9-12. Whatling gathered life stories about what it was like to be out in high school from seven male students in Montreal, and retold their stories in this volume, maintaining as much of their […]
Posted by: Laurie on: October 31, 2009
Polito, Frank Anthony. Drama Queers! 2009. 416 p. Kensington, $15.00 (9780758231642). Gr. 9-12. You don’t have to a be a thespian to enjoy the transformation of band fag Bradley Dayton to “Brad-licious” when he is smitten by the acting bug. Determined to become a star his senior year, Brad is the diva of drama queers, […]
Posted by: Laurie on: October 31, 2009
Winter, Jonah. Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude. Il. Calef Brown. unp. Atheneum, $16.99 (9781416940883). Gr. K-3. Gertrude is a lyrical introduction to Stein’s prose and a visual treat featuring Picasso and Matisse as a few of the prominent guests who visited the Stein/Toklas salon in Paris. Their life together with Basket, the poodle, […]
Posted by: Laurie on: October 31, 2009
Peters, Julie Anne. RAGE: A Love Story. 2009. 304 p. Knopf, $16.99 (9780375852091). Gr. 10-12. Johanna spends time in her alternative universe, Joyland, while Reeves lives in real-time, seeking refuge in a space called the Pit. When fantasy and reality collide, all the romantic, alluring, gorgeous and exciting expectations turn to painful, desperate hard rage. […]
Posted by: michaelfrombrooklyn on: October 31, 2009
Hurwin, Davida Wills. Freaks and Revelations. November 2009. 240 p. Little, Brown and Company, 16.99 (9780316049962) Told in alternating first person accounts, this is the story of two teenagers in California from 1973 to 2005. One is an angry neo-Nazi punk rocker and the other is a thirteen year old gay hustler thrown out of his […]
Posted by: michaelfrombrooklyn on: October 31, 2009
Cart, Michael. How Beautiful the Ordinary: twelve stories of identity. October 2009. 368 p. Harper Teen, $16.99 (978-0-06-115498-0). Gr. 9-12. Watching two lovers exchange words in the night. The excitement of your first kiss, your first sexual experience, your first Dyke March. Meeting someone new on myspace. The stories from Michael Cart’s new collection relate […]