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| Original Title: | Geography Club |
| ISBN: | 0060012234 (ISBN13: 9780060012236) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Russel Middlebrook #1 |
| Characters: | Russel Middlebrook, Kevin Land |
| Literary Awards: | Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2005) |
Brent Hartinger
Paperback | Pages: 226 pages Rating: 3.74 | 14271 Users | 779 Reviews
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| Title | : | Geography Club (Russel Middlebrook #1) |
| Author | : | Brent Hartinger |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 226 pages |
| Published | : | February 17th 2004 by HarperCollins (first published March 1st 2003) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. LGBT. Fiction. GLBT. Queer. Contemporary. Gay |
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I knew that any wrong action, however slight, could reveal my true identity...Russel is still going on dates with girls. Kevin would do anything to prevent his teammates on the baseball team from finding out. Min and Terese tell everyone they're really just good friends. But after a while, the truth's too hard to hide - at least from each other - so they form the "Geography Club." Nobody else will come. Why would they want to? Their secret should be safe.
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Ratings: 3.74 From 14271 Users | 779 ReviewsWeigh Up Epithetical Books Geography Club (Russel Middlebrook #1)
In a nutshell, guy finds out he's not the only kid who identifies as non-heterosexual and so they create a club so they can hang out. How to get no one else to join? Name it some thing terribly boring. Life, love and learning happen.Geography Club is a book that I should have read sooner rather than later, because now, years after I read The God Box and Out of the Pocket, when queer characters like Jesper Fahey and queer authors like Nina Lacour are on the scene, this book feels shallow and tooI enjoyed this book quite a lot, made me rethink some of high school and what mindset a lot of the kids had.Kind of sad really how stongly we want to be popular then and how little it really matters in the now.Seems like too much work for me now!:)
WHAT A BOOK!!!I must confess I had that book in my driver for A LONG TIME now, but I was never in the mood for a realistic romance. And a debut author (I have had bad experiences with both. *shudder*). But then as I was cruising the net I saw that they had adapted it into a movie. I of course was quick to rent it BUT... Having learned my lesson with the Twilight Saga, where I first saw the movies that later destroyed the whole Saga for me, I maturally decided to read the book first.I FINISHED IT
It is my second read of this book. I cried harder the second time. We all lived in a world where being different is bad, ridiculed and not welcome. I think it is a bit ironic that people keep telling us to be different, to think different. But here we are getting shit for being different. And that even more suck in high school where they say has the best memories but it is also where anyone can find themselves in a toughest situation. And this book is about getting through that and also about
5 STARS!! I dont read a lot of Young Adult, but something about the description and the book cover intrigued me. It reminded me of some of the TV shows I used to watch in my younger years... Freaks and Geeks, My So Called Life, etc. And I was not disappointed, I love love loved this book! Told entirely from Russel Middlebrooks POV, this story is full of humor, wit and important life lessons. I cant wait to read the rest of this series!!
Id like to start with this book with a confession: I would not have read this book if I had not been assigned to read a book on Gay and Lesbian Fiction. Gay rights are an important subject to me and although I have no problems with books or media on the subject, I also had no real desire to seek it out. This book, along with another gay superhero book Ive read previously (Hero by Perry Moore) may change all of that. I loved, loved, loved this book and it has become one my favorite books this
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