tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024002801067718054.post4566458057985049690..comments2024-01-22T08:32:58.608-05:00Comments on For Those About to Mock: 2015 Contenders: Gracefully Grayson, by Ami PolonskyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024002801067718054.post-38537327165026512422015-01-15T09:46:47.506-05:002015-01-15T09:46:47.506-05:00I hadn't heard of that one! I'll have to h...I hadn't heard of that one! I'll have to have a look for it.Sam Eddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01008209097162183766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024002801067718054.post-60887191701503740102015-01-14T15:02:49.283-05:002015-01-14T15:02:49.283-05:00Another middle-grade book with LGBTQ elements to a...Another middle-grade book with LGBTQ elements to add to your list (not a new one): My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park, by Steve Kluger. Highly enjoyable book. Of the multiple subplots, one is about a theater-obsessed boy coming out as gay (to his friends and family who aren't in the least surprised and are very accepting), and having his first relationship. Takes place in 9th grade, and the descriptions of the relationship are romantic rather than sexual so it seems middle-grade appropriate (there are a couple very mild mentions of how someone looks in a swimsuit being distracting, and the like, but I don't think anything that would give pause to most parents of kids 6th grade and up).Genevievenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024002801067718054.post-72871927507960937162014-11-19T15:30:28.533-05:002014-11-19T15:30:28.533-05:00That makes me feel better!
Thanks for the kind wo...That makes me feel better!<br /><br />Thanks for the kind words about the review too :)Sam Eddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01008209097162183766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024002801067718054.post-91498877848324255782014-11-19T15:20:57.407-05:002014-11-19T15:20:57.407-05:00You used the right pronouns! If the person identif...You used the right pronouns! If the person identifies as she, then the proper pronoun is "she"! <br /><br />Nice review, good overview of the book's strengths and weaknesses. Thanks!Marjoriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08086300075775926044noreply@blogger.com