Posted by: John on: September 29, 2009
Milk: A Pictorial History of Harvey Milk. Int. Dustin Lance Black; Forewrd. Armistead Maupin. 2009. 144p. Newmarket Press, $19.95. (978-1-55704-828-8). Gr. 10-12. In 1977, when Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, he was the first openly gay man to be voted into a major public office in the United States. […]
Posted by: John on: September 29, 2009
Gonzalez, Rigoberto. The Mariposa Club. 2009. 216p. Alyson, $14.95. (978-1-59350-106-8). Gr. 10-12. During their final years in high school, the Fierce Foursome—Maui, Trini, Isaac, and Lib—want to memorialize their high schools years by creating Caliente Valley High School’s first LGBT organization, the Mariposa Club, an action that brings out a mix of love from some […]
Posted by: John on: September 29, 2009
Alsenas, Linas. Hello My Name Is Bob. 2009. unp. Scholastic, $16.99. 978-0-545-05244-3). Gr. PreS-K. Self-claimed “boring” Bob has a lively panda bear friend Jack. Bob sits, hums, knits, dusts his plants, cooks, and does the laundry while Jack dances, explores the jungle, plays in a band, and surfs before he convinces Bob to go with […]
Posted by: kthorning on: September 21, 2009
Williams, David. The Boy in the Dress. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. Razorbill, 2009. 9781595142993 Ages 8-11 Twelve-year-old Dennis is a star soccer player coming to terms with the fact that he enjoys wearing dresses. He lives with his gruff dad and older brother, neither of whom understand or accept his fascination with Vogue magazine. Dennis […]
Posted by: blogando on: September 19, 2009
Marino, Peter. Magic and Misery. Holiday House, 2009. 978-0-8234-6. $17.95. Grades 8-12. James transferred into Mungers Mills High School during his junior year and ate by himself in the cafeteria until Toni Jo–TJ–got up the gumption to introduce herself one day when she found out that it was both of their birthdays. She describes her […]
Posted by: blogando on: September 1, 2009
Roth, Matthue. Losers. Scholastic Push, 2008. 9780545068932. $8.99. Grades 8 -10. Jupiter Glazer is a loser for too many reasons to list all of them here, but to summarize: he’s from another country, he has only one friend who’s a science geek, and he lives in a factory with his family in the warehouse district of […]
Posted by: John on: August 30, 2009
Hopkins, Ellen, Tricks. Margaret K. McElderry, 2009. 9781416950073. $18.99. Grades 8 to 12. Ellen Hopkins delivers another well-spun tale in verse with Tricks, the story of five teens led to prostitution through a series of internal and external factors. The characters are distinct and represent a broad sample of American family life. Some have struggled […]
Posted by: John on: August 11, 2009
Crutcher, Chris, Angry Management. Greenwillow, 2009. 9780060502478. $16.99. Grades 7 to 11. In this collection of three stories, assorted characters from an early morning counseling group in Eastern Washington come face to face with anger and rage. Sometimes it’s their own, as in the case of Montana West, the rebellious goth girl who channels the […]
Posted by: John on: August 7, 2009
Ryan, P. E. In Mike We Trust. HarperTeen, 2009. 978-0-06-085813-1. $16.99. Grades 7 to 10. Garth is scrawny, short, and closeted. Out only to his mother (who prefers he keep it that way) and his best friend Lisa, Garth is excited when his unconventional Uncle Mike comes for a visit. It quickly becomes apparent to […]
Posted by: John on: August 7, 2009
Fraiberg, Jordanna, In Your Room. Razorbill, October 2008. 978-1-59514-193-4. $8.99. Grades 7 to 9. The last thing Molly wants to do is spend the summer on her mother’s honeymoon in Boulder and Charlie could care less about Los Angeles. But, a fateful summer spent occupying each others’ rooms during their families’ house-swap brings the two […]