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Title: The Drowning of Stephan Jones by Bette Greene ISBN: 0-7857-0138-9 Publisher: Bt Bound Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 Format: Hardcover List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (19 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Interesting thoughts about Prejudice.
Comment: I really liked the Book The Drowning Of Stephan Jones. The reason why I liked the book is because it gave a lot of detail on how people feel about people who are gay.Today we see that people who will label gays with serotypes and will call people who are gay really bad names. The people who live in big cities today are less discriminative towards the "person" who is gay, but still hostile towards the group which is gay. People in big cities, today don't send prejudice letters to person who is gay, but perform hate crimes. They also don't go around and throw steaming hot pizza in their faces, like Andy did to Stephan in the book. If you live in a small town like, Stephan did in the book or in real life, I would have to say that the treatment of people who are gay is very different. In the book we see that Andy and his group of friends send really perjudice letters to Stephan and Frank. They also call Frank and Stephan really bad names. Today , if you live in a smaller city and people found out that you were gay that they would write bad notes to you. People would also write mean names on your locker at school or they would write bad names on your car or they may try to get you kicked out of the city. In the book we see that the people in the book try to protest against people who are gay, by telling them to leave the town, so that they don't spread their "evil" thoughts.
Rating: 5
Summary: Impact on my life is an understatement!
Comment: This was one of the first 'Gay' themed books that I read after coming out 8 years ago. This book was so powerful, I can still vividly remember the scene on the bridge in my mind. A scene that Bette Greene, the Author, described so well that the image, and the actions still haunt in the back of my mind today.
I so recommend this book to all.. Gay and Straight.. Young and Old... This is a fantastic story of Prejudice and Hate directed towards a group (a couple in this case) of people that are no different from anyone else, except they happen to love someone of the same sex.
A book MUST be just so incredible so as to still haunt your thoughts so many years after reading it. I nearly get driven to tears when I remember the scene with Steven on the bridge. I will not say anymore about it just incase you have not read the book yet.
Please.. PLEASE! Get this book! You will NEVER be sorry!!!
Rating: 5
Summary: Sarah`s review
Comment: This book will always be one of the best books. The reason I chose this book was because of the muder and lessons. This book is about a boy who commites hate crimes against a gay cuple, and his girlfriend standing up for what she believes in. My favorite character is Clara because even if she loves Andy she wants to go against his believes. My favorite part of the book is in the court room.
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Title: Chocolate War (Laurel Leaf Books) by Robert Cormier ISBN: 0440944597 Publisher: Laurel-Leaf Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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