Nettbutikk for bedrifter og skoler

Rave

Innbundet
Engelsk
Rave
Rave
  • Forfatter: Jessica Campbell
  • Format: Innbundet
  • Antall sider: 168
  • Språk: Engelsk
  • Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
  • EAN: 9781770464605
  • Utgivelsesår: 2022
  • Bidragsyter: Campbell, Jessica
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A queer coming-of-age story, complete with secret cigarettes, gross gym teachers, and a lot of church

It¿s the early 2000s. Lauren is fifteen, soft-spoken, and ashamed of her body. She¿s a devout member of an evangelical church, but when her Bible-thumping parents forbid Lauren to bring evolution textbooks home, she opts to study at her schoolmate Mariah¿s house. Mariah has dial-up internet, an absentee mom, and a Wiccan altar¿the perfect setting for a study session and sleepover to remember. That evening, Mariah gives Lauren a makeover and the two melt into each other, in what becomes Lauren¿s first queer encounter. Afterward, a potent blend of Christian guilt and internalized homophobia causes Lauren to question the experience.

Author Jessica Campbell (XTC69) uses frankness and dark humor to articulate Lauren''s burgeoning crisis of faith and sexuality. She captures teenage antics and banter with astute comedic style, simultaneously skewering bullies, a