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SYNOPSIS: (From the back of the book): James loves Andy but Andy
loves mark, a situation complicated further by the fact that this love triangle
unfolds secretly in sixth-grade Catholic School. No one at Saint Marks is
aware that Andy, a budding comic book writer, is obsessed with Mark, the captain
of the school's basketball team. To Andy, falling in love with a straight
boy seems as hopeless as his own unlikely quest to join the team and become a
star basketball player alongside the object of his affections. However,
all is not lost. Mark is on the outs with his girlfriend, whom all the
boys are crazy about. All except James, the "school fag" and Andy's
childhood pal. Only now Andy wants desperately to lose James, whose more
obvious sexuality threatens to open the closet door on Andy.
EDITORIAL REVIEW:
This wry account of adolescent same-sex stirrings avoids the flamboyant drag
queens, messy crystal meth addiction and suicidal moments of its predecessor,
The Tragedy of Miss Geneva Flowers (though it does share that story's
optimistic ending), focusing instead on teen angst that's more hormonal than
melodramatic. Eleven-year-old Andy, the novel's precocious narrator, enters
sixth grade at his buttoned-down Catholic school in St. Paul, Minnesota., aching with
bottled-up desire—specifically for star athlete Mark—even though the captain of
the basketball team is apparently courting the prettiest girl in the school. At
the same time, because he's still closeted, Andy is increasingly flustered by
his friendship with school "faggot" James and tries to distance himself from his
obvious but persistent best friend. Meanwhile, the sports stud whose handsome
blondness Andy covets is struggling secretly with his own conflicted sexuality.
Though this isn't being marketed as a YA title, Babcock's empathic rendering of
his young characters' voices makes it more than suitable for readers the age of
the three boys who form the novel's romantic tangle. Editorial review
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Joe Babcock is the author of
this tale for boys who may be confused, or experimenting...or just like good
reading!

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FORMAT:
Paperback, 137 pages
VIEW MULTIMEDIA: NO MULTIMEDIA AVAILABLE
PUBLISHER: Caroll &
Graf.
AVAILABILITY: In stock! Ships
within one business day.
LANGUAGE: English.
VIEWER
DISCRETION: Mature subject matter.
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA (2005).
DATE ADDED TO OUR
LIBRARY: August 8, 2008.
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