Gay high school students form a small support group called the Geography Club. Then there's Terese's politically active friend, Ike.īut how can a group like this get together at school without drawing attention to themselves? "We just choose a club that's so boring, nobody in their right mind would ever in a million years join it. HarperTempest, 6.99 (226pp) ISBN 978-0-06-001223-6. There's his best friend Min, who reveals that she is bisexual, and her soccer-playing girlfriend Terese.
Soon Russel meets other gay students, too. Then his online gay chat buddy turns out to be none other than Kevin, the popular but closeted star of the school's baseball team. Brent Hartinger's debut novel is a fastpaced, funny, and trenchant portrait of contemporary teenagers who may not learn any actual geography in their latest school club, but who learn plenty about the treacherous social terrain of a typical American high school and the even more dangerous landscape of the human heart. Russel Middlebrook is convinced he's the only gay kid at Goodkind High School. Geography Club: The Movie 29 Pins 7y B Collection by Brent Hartinger Similar ideas popular now Geography Geography Behind The Scenes Sleep Club Visiting Ready Movies Films Cinema Behind the scenes But I confess that by 5 AM, I was ready to get some sleep. My intellectual aim is to extend work on the. A modern classic about a group of teens discovering sexuality and identity, perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli, Adam Silvera, and David Levithan.īrent Hartinger's debut novel is a fast-paced, funny, and trenchant portrait of contemporary teenagers who may not learn any actual geography, but who learn plenty about the treacherous social terrain of high school and the even more dangerous landscape of the human heart. In this paper I offer a geographers reading of Brent Hartingers American teen novel Geography Club.
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