Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence
Author: Marion Dane Bauer et al.
Translator: Eung-joo Cho
Publisher: Nanggiyola
278 pages | 188*128mm
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About This Book
Original stories by C. S. Adler, Marion Dane Bauer, Francesca Lia Block,
Bruce Coville, Nancy Garden, James Cross Giblin, Ellen Howard, M. E. Kerr,
Jonathan London, Lois Lowry, Gregory Maguire, LeslEa Newman, Cristina Salat,
William Sleator, Jacqueline Woodson, and Jane Yolen
Each of these stories is original, each is by a noted author for young adults,
and each honestly portrays its subject and theme--growing up gay or lesbian, or
with gay or lesbian parents or friends.
For the first-ever anthology of YA fiction devoted to
lesbian and gay themes, Bauer ( On My Honor ) has assembled original
stories by a stellar list of popular children's and YA authors, among them M. E.
Kerr, Nancy Garden, William Sleator, Jane Yolen, C. S. Adler and Bruce Coville.
With subjects ranging from first love to coming out, self-discovery to
homophobia, the collection offers an eclectic mix of voices. Newbery winner Lois
Lowry, for example, contributes "Holding," a poignant tale of a high school
student who confides in his best friend after the death of his gay father's
lover, while Francesca Lia Block weighs in with the wonderfully quirky "Winnie
and Teddy," in which a teenager comes out to his girlfriend during a momentous
road trip to San Francisco. Perhaps the book's most powerful moments are
provided by Jacqueline Woodson's shimmering "Slipping Away," a painful look at
one girl's discovery that there are some tests that a friendship simply cannot
withstand; and Gregory Maguire's "The Honorary Shepherds," which deftly employs
the language of a film treatment to describe two mixed-race students who
collaborate on a school video project. Honest, well-written and true to life,
these stories will do much to address the gap in gay literature for teens. Part
of the proceeds from the book will be donated to Parents and Friends of Lesbians
and Gays.
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