Year Published: 2000
Publisher:Harcourt Inc.
ISBN: 0152023674
Pages: 186
Classification: Fiction
Genre: Drama
Interest Level: 9-12
Reading Level: 5
Subjects: Homosexuality, Prejudice, Rodeo,
Reader's Annotation: What if you find yourself strangely attracted to an older boy who is smart, tough, complicated, gorgeous, and gay? What will you do?
Summary: John Ritchie spends a week at rodeo school where he meets Kit, a handsome and graceful rodeo. After returning from the rodeo school, John finds out that Kit is gay. They meet often during summer and they become close. John realizes that he is develops deeper feelings for Kit and discovers that he is gay. John struggles about his sexuality. He beats up Kit to prove to his friends that he was not gay. John looses his friendship with Kit but accepts sexuality.
Author Information: Jean Ferris was born in Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas on January 24, 1939. She received a Bachelor's Degree and Master's Degree from Stanford University in speech pathology and audiology. She worked as a secretary and as a clinical audiologist. She and her husband have two grown daughters. She enjoys travel, long walks and author visits.She is best known for her young adult novels.
Awards: Nominee 2000 YALSA Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Award Nominee 2000,ALA Michael Prinz Award,ALA Best Book For Young Adults 2002,New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age 2001 Winner, San Diego Book Award for Juvenile Fiction
Author Website: www.jeanferris.com
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