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Category Archives: 2010
The End: Five Queer Kids Save the World
Nora Olsen, 2010. Just what the title says: when a war breaks out in 2014, five queer teens find one another and conspire to save the planet. There’s a weird framing device where the war is actually caused by an … Continue reading
Posted in 2010, biracial, bisexual, black, dystopia, european, fantasy, gay male, gaytopia, lesbian, Nora Olsen, queer adult, queer protagonist, trans
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The Good Girl’s Guide to Getting Kidnapped
Yxta Maya Murray, 2010. Fifteen-year-old Michelle straddles two worlds – her comfortable foster home with a doctor for her guardian, and her old life as Princess P in a family of gangsters. Now Michelle is applying to private school and … Continue reading
Poor Rich
Jean Blasiar, 2010. It’s challenging to review these books from small presses. I want to encourage indie publishing (NOT self-publishing!) and give tiny presses and new authors a chance, but it’s really difficult to overlook poor copyediting and, well, poor … Continue reading
The Cardturner: A Novel about a King, a Queen, and a Joker
Louis Sachar, 2010. I grew up with Sachar’s Wayside School stories, and while his award-winning Holes wasn’t really my thing, I enjoyed it nonetheless. The Cardturner is more my speed – a coming-of-age story with a lot of esoteria around … Continue reading
Posted in 2010, fantasy, lesbian, Louis Sachar, passing mentions, problem novel, queer adult, realistic, romance
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Love Drugged
James Klise, September 2010. Jamie knows he’s gay, and part of him wants to embrace it, but when he sees all the homophobia happening in the world – and at his school – he doesn’t want to come out of … Continue reading
Posted in 2010, fantasy, gay male, gay-bashing, high school, James Klise, latina/o, problem novel, queer protagonist
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Wildthorn
Jane Eagland, September 2010. Seventeen-year-old Louisa Cosgrove thinks she’s on her way to be a paid companion for a rich friend of her family’s, but when her carriage arrives at her destination, it’s an insane asylum – and the staff … Continue reading
The Frenzy
Francesca Lia Block, September 2010. I remember, as a teen, loving the spiky, poppy prose confection that was Weetzie Bat. I reread it in library school for my YA lit class, and it stood the test of time. So I … Continue reading
Jumpstart the World
Catherine Ryan Hyde, October 2010. Hurrah for the recent spate of high-quality books about trans kids! I really liked Almost Perfect and I Am J, but both fell apart at the end; the former got too melodramatic and the latter … Continue reading
Scars
Cheryl Rainfield, March 2010. This traditional problem novel manages to be both gruesome and cookie-cutter. It addresses teen Kendra’s cutting, her parents’ financial problems, her crush on sexy and sassy Meghan, and her quest to remember who raped her when … Continue reading
Rhythm and Blues
Jill Murray, February 2010. Here’s a protagonist with her head on straight. She’s part of a breakdance crew, and comfortable with her place in it – she’s not the star, not the best gymnast, just a solid performer and … Continue reading
Posted in 2010, black, canadian, gay male, Jill Murray, lesbian, queer protagonist, realistic, secondary queer character
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