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The Miseducation of Cameron Post
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Emily M. Danforth
Suzan Grindrod
, July 29, 2012
When I picked up this book to read I really had no idea what to expect. As a first novel for this author it could easily have been heavy-handed in its treatment of the subject matter (the coming-of-age/sexual awakening of a gay teen), the characters a collection of two-dimensional people in small town Montana. Instead I found it to be a well-written and compelling story, told in an authentic teen voice. The protagonist -- Cameron, an adolescent girl whose parent die at the beginning of the book -- as well as a full cast of supporting characters (Cameron's friends, her family members, the members of the fundamentalist Christian mega-church that she is forced to attend with her aunt, and finally the staff of the school to which Cameron is sent to "cure" her of her homosexuality) are all fully fleshed out and complex. I'll admit that the parts that dealt with the church congregation and the school made my skin crawl at times, but the author did a great job of showing why these churches can be appealing to people in a Stepford kind of way. A really fine YA novel that I hope will speak to teen readers of all persuasions.
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Rain Came Down
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David Shannon
Suzan Grindrod
, July 24, 2012
Funny story about a chain reaction caused by a downpour, but really David Shannon, couldn't you have thought a little outside the box when you assigned the gender roles in this book? On the female side we had a mom, a little girl who cries because she's splashed with water, a hair stylist, a passenger in a taxi, and a chicken. On the male side there was a dad, a policeman, a baker, a house painter, a grocer, a pizza maker, an ice cream seller, a taxi driver, a produce delivery man and a boy who sails a boat in the gutter. Maybe it's because Sally Ride was on my mind today, but honestly, had we not advanced any further in 2000 when this book was published? It's not even nontraditional anymore to have police women or male hairdressers! I'm disappointed.
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