The Young Adult Book Club edition by Dave Ferraro Literature Fiction eBooks
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Beginning a new year of high school is always tough, but when Dustin comes out of the closet prior to his senior year, and his best friend Heather has a tough break-up, things are looking more challenging than usual. To top it off, Heather is told that her transcripts need to demonstrate more leadership abilities if she’s going to get into the colleges she’s applying to. So the two of them decide to create a new school club, one surrounding their mutual love for young adult books.
Students they never would have expected show up to the book club and they bond over the books they discuss, looking past their differences and growing closer with each meeting, where new friendships are born as well as unexpected romances. At the same time, they are exposed to books that they love and learn a little history of the medium along the way.
The Young Adult Book Club is a feel-good novel about good books and surviving high school with the help of friends. Comes complete with a recommended young adult book reading guide.
The Young Adult Book Club edition by Dave Ferraro Literature Fiction eBooks
THE YOUNG ADULT BOOK CLUB is a sweet and VERY tame gay teen boy romance. While there are some rather vague references to sex, none is depicted (unless you count a brief, G-rated skinny dipping scene featuring the two main characters, Andrew and Dustin). So the book is totally suitable for LGBTQ students 12 and up.There is a bit of bullying - almost par for the course in any gay male teen novel - but there isn't too much dwelling upon the subject. Too, Dustin (object of the bullying) is beautifully defended in almost every case by his diverse group of friends - including Travis, Rick and Chance as well as his "bestie" Heather. The author really provided some great friends for Dustin and did a good job of developing the novel's most important supporting roles. Unlike the home-life scenario in most YA gay male teen novels, the book reveals very little about Dustin's mother and almost nothing about Andrew's family. But we really get to know, like and respect their friends (and fellow book club members) - even one or two characters who aren't very likeable in the opening pages.
Yet with all these good points, I really didn't think the book was all it could have been largely because it reads like a press release issued by some Young Adult Novel Publishers' Trade Association. In the course of the narrative, author Ferraro must have plugged, in some detail, perhaps 200 different YA novels - and, alas, only one or two of them gay-themed books (at least as far as I could tell). I can see where, with a school's Young Adult Book Club being the major plot device, some YA titles and authors would have to be mentioned; but here it was way overboard and the story frequently got bogged down with all the literary product placement.
I was also disappointed that Jon's troubled character and emotions were not more deeply explored. He did have his brief moment at the end but I really would liked to have known more about him - and his relationship with his cruel father.
Even so, don't infer that I'm asking for a sequel. This book was pleasant enough; I don't regret the time invested in reading it. And I DID learn a fair amount - too much actually - about non-gay YA lit in general. But I would likely skip the sequel should one be published.
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The Young Adult Book Club edition by Dave Ferraro Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
I do love to switch from heavier, angstier books in the genre to the lighter ones and back. And the absense of angst is not something that bothered me in this story, quite the contrary. And the idea that the book club discussions could bring the best out of you in the real life, well it warms my book lover's heart, naive and sweet as it is.
No, the book is not getting the higher rating because of the characters. Two (or I should say three) main characters are somewhat developed, the others I just felt were there because they needed to say their lines. They are not caricatures and the writing overall is not bad at all, but not layered characters either IMO.
I still recommend the book for the sweet fluff to spend an hour.
I read this book with some trepidation, because the author's own description seemed half-hearted somehow. Dave Ferraro should have been prouder of this book - and I'm sure he is.
YA books with a gay central character matter a lot to me; 'cause I know they'll matter a lot to some lonely teen out there doing what every teen has done since forever - deal with him/herself as a gay person, and cope with the mess of being a teenager on top of it.
The idea of a more-or-less self-confident gay boy with a pretty and hugely popular female best friend is not too far-fetched today. The idea that they would end up creating a school club about Young Adult literature is more far-fetched, but the result was, for me, very educational. But in spite of the various bullying-related issues that cropped up, as expected, in this story, the point is strongly made that the bullying is not necessarily decisive in its effect, and not always the dominant reality in a gay teen's life. The appealing protagonist in this book is backed up - to his own increasing surprise - by an increasing circle of friends for whom his being gay is just part of who he is. Are there teens who are so lucky in this world? I sure hope so. There is coping, angst, romance, friendship, forgiveness, and redemption in this book. As well as a history of Young Adult literature. That's a lot for the money. Bravo
THE YOUNG ADULT BOOK CLUB is a sweet and VERY tame gay teen boy romance. While there are some rather vague references to sex, none is depicted (unless you count a brief, G-rated skinny dipping scene featuring the two main characters, Andrew and Dustin). So the book is totally suitable for LGBTQ students 12 and up.
There is a bit of bullying - almost par for the course in any gay male teen novel - but there isn't too much dwelling upon the subject. Too, Dustin (object of the bullying) is beautifully defended in almost every case by his diverse group of friends - including Travis, Rick and Chance as well as his "bestie" Heather. The author really provided some great friends for Dustin and did a good job of developing the novel's most important supporting roles. Unlike the home-life scenario in most YA gay male teen novels, the book reveals very little about Dustin's mother and almost nothing about Andrew's family. But we really get to know, like and respect their friends (and fellow book club members) - even one or two characters who aren't very likeable in the opening pages.
Yet with all these good points, I really didn't think the book was all it could have been largely because it reads like a press release issued by some Young Adult Novel Publishers' Trade Association. In the course of the narrative, author Ferraro must have plugged, in some detail, perhaps 200 different YA novels - and, alas, only one or two of them gay-themed books (at least as far as I could tell). I can see where, with a school's Young Adult Book Club being the major plot device, some YA titles and authors would have to be mentioned; but here it was way overboard and the story frequently got bogged down with all the literary product placement.
I was also disappointed that Jon's troubled character and emotions were not more deeply explored. He did have his brief moment at the end but I really would liked to have known more about him - and his relationship with his cruel father.
Even so, don't infer that I'm asking for a sequel. This book was pleasant enough; I don't regret the time invested in reading it. And I DID learn a fair amount - too much actually - about non-gay YA lit in general. But I would likely skip the sequel should one be published.
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