{"id":443,"date":"2009-10-25T14:46:17","date_gmt":"2009-10-25T19:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rainbowlist.wordpress.com\/?p=443"},"modified":"2009-10-25T14:46:17","modified_gmt":"2009-10-25T19:46:17","slug":"love-is-the-higher-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/archives\/443","title":{"rendered":"Love Is the Higher Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-444\" title=\"loveisthehigherlaw\" src=\"http:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/loveisthehigherlaw.jpg?w=198\" alt=\"loveisthehigherlaw\" width=\"158\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/loveisthehigherlaw.jpg 331w, https:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/loveisthehigherlaw-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 158px) 100vw, 158px\" \/>Levithan, David. <em>Love Is the Higher Law.<\/em> 2009. 176 p. Knopf. $15.99. (978-0-375-83468-4). Gr. 8-12.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What meaning did the tragic events of the 9\/11 bombing of New York\u2019s Twin  Towers have for teenagers who lived through them? And what significance and emotional resonance might they have for teens today? These are the questions that Levithan explores through the eyes and interactions of Claire, Peter, and Jasper. But it is their growing friendship and \u2013 in the case of the two boys, who are gay \u2013 their emerging romantic relationship that provide the answers and the lasting emotional resonance.\u00a0 <em>\u2013 Michael Cart<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Levithan, David. Love Is the Higher Law. 2009. 176 p. Knopf. $15.99. (978-0-375-83468-4). Gr. 8-12. What meaning did the tragic events of the 9\/11 bombing of New York\u2019s Twin Towers have for teenagers who lived through them? And what significance and emotional resonance might they have for teens today? These are the questions that Levithan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[59,149],"class_list":["post-443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-5","tag-david-levithan","tag-love-is-the-higher-law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}