Review by: KK
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This book, like all of Julie Ann Peter’s books, is really intense, though well articulated. It is about a girl, Mike (her full name is Mary-Elizabeth), and she’s lesbian. She lives in a small town, and is the only lesbian person in the town, though the people in the town don’t care about that. They just ignore the fact that she isn’t straight. Her best friend, Jamie, is a guy, and like her, he’s the only gay guy in the town, but the other people in town really don’t care. Mike’s dad was an alcoholic who committed suicide two years earlier by jumping off the water tower. Her mom hasn’t said a word to her since the day of his funeral, and her older brother, Darryl, smokes, is on drugs, and drinks, though not as badly as her dad did. This year though, a girl named Xanadu comes to town, and Mike is instantly attracted to her. Xanadu leads Mike to start drinking, and even ditch school once. This is a very well written book about coming of age and learning who you really are deep inside. |
