My life has been so different since this two year. If you ask me about being gay, I would say last year is one of the turning point! I read Geography Club at the high school library last year and I like it very much. It brought me to think more about being gay and thin more about those things. Geography is a book by Brent Hartinger. It is about Russel Middlebrook, a closeted gay kid in high school who thought that he is the only gay kid in the school. One day he went to the online chatroom and found that there's another guy in high school who is also gay. They met somewhere in town, the boy was the famous jock at school- Kevin Land. They fell in love and they started a secret group called Geography Club. Something bad turned out at the end and Kevin kept closeted and Russel was out to the entire school.
I also read the sequel of it as well, The Order of the Poison Oak and The Split Screen. Those are all cool books and it is totally funny and reveal all the high school things. The way how Brent let Russel talking about his life is funny too!Russel Middlebrook is totally a adorable character in the book and I wish I could have some close friend that have similar character/ personality like Russel.
After I read Geograhy Club, I e-mailed Brent and talked a lot about being gay. He was so nice to answer all the e-mails and make me feel more positive about being gay!
Brent Hartinger's website:
5 comments:
hey jon,
i got caught up on your blog today. i have the Geography Club, but haven't read it yet. Some other good books are: A Seperate Peace. It was written in the 1950's about two best friends in high school and I liked The Best Boy in the World. Did you read A Boy's Life in Utah's Blog? he made it private now, so we can't read it. I wonder what happened?
I am going to read that book, thanks for posting about it!
I read The Order of Poison Oak and liked it too.
I recommend:
Through it Came Bright Colors by Trebor Healey.
In such Dark Places by Joseph Caldwell.
The Weekend by Peter Cameron.
The folding Star by Alan Hollinghurst.
At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill.
I like your blog and I have linked it to mine
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It's always good when famous people write back. It makes you feel special and lets you know they are real people!
Great post.
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