![]() ![]() Russel, the narrator in both books, has a great voice-he's wry, self-deprecating, sarcastic and smart (from Poison Oak): In The Order of the Poison Oak, three of the characters from the first book work as camp counselors for the summer. ![]() From what I remember of high school (like I could forget-it's seared into my memory), BH gets it dead-on. To avoid harassment, they don't tell anyone what it really is, and come up with the most boring name possible, a club that no one in their right mind would want to join. In Geography Club, a group of kids start a GLB support group at their school. ![]() There's an important message, but it's not overbearing. As in any other good book, the characters, the story, the writing-they all come first. They're books about a kid who happens to be gay, not an after-school special-esque series of Books about Gay Teens. ![]() I'd recommend the Hartinger books over the Sanchez in a heartbeat. It's hard to be a gay teenager." The book was okay, but not super. It felt like I was constantly being brained with a frying pan while someone was chanting, "It's hard to be a gay teenager. In Rainbow Boys, the writing was very definitely secondary to the message. ![]()
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