When Cameron Post’s parents die suddenly in a car crash, her shocking first thought is relief. Relief she’ll never have to tell them that, hours ea...
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Aug 31, 2011
Emily
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This was a book that I *wanted* to like far more than I actually did. I'm a bookseller and I was hoping that this might be the contemporary title to hand to girls instead of (or in addition to) My Most Excellent Year or Will Grayson, Will Grayson, both of which are wonderful novels that feature boys who come out.
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One summer day, Cameron and her best friend Irene stave off boredom by shoplifting and making out with each other; More...
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One summer day, Cameron and her best friend Irene stave off boredom by shoplifting and making out with each other; More...
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Jun 24, 2011
Carrie
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emily m. danforth has written a beautiful, moving coming-of-age story, and I recognize some of my teenage self in Cameron Post, though I was never as wry or as smart about the world of grown-ups. What I really love about this book is how real all the characters feel, not just Cam but the girls she has crushes on, her best friend Jamie, and even her Aunt Ruth, who truly believes that sending Cameron to be de-gayed at Promise is in Cameron's best interests. This book invites you into a world tha
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Feb 15, 2012
Jessica
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Thirteen year-old Cameron Post is somewhat nervously discovering her sexuality the summer that both her parents are killed in a car accident. As she’s struggling to understand her grief, she can’t quite shake the notion that she has been orphaned as punishment for kissing a girl – and liking it. Cameron falls under the guardianship of her born-again aunt Ruth who, upon discovering Cameron’s “sinful” sexual identity, packs the girl off to be reformed at a school called God’s Promise.
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Feb 13, 2012
Kelsey
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The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a different book than a lot of what is out there in YA right now- and I think that's a good thing. It doesn't spoon feed a message to the reader about gay rights, which angered me at first. At one point, I just wanted to stop reading because of how close-minded and frighteningly people reacted to Cameron being gay. I wanted emily m. danforth to just flat out say it- being gay is okay, it's not a disease, and these people trying to write it off as one are evil.
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Feb 17, 2012
Sineala
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Feb 12, 2012
Vikki
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I am in love with this book, which falls under my favourite category, Poignant Coming-of-age Story. Cameron Post is the mother of all coming of age stories. I have been unable to stop talking or thinking about since I first read an advance reading copy in September. I have thrust it into the hands of everyone I know who loves books, whether they’ve read YA before or not. The Miseducation of Cameron Post transcends YA. It holds it’s own against adult reads such as The God of Animals by Aryn Kyle,
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Jan 01, 2012
Krystal
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This was one of the last books I finished in 2012. The novel was also one of the best books I read in 2012. emily m. danforth is a debut author I cannot wait to read another book from. Cameron's voice is so raw and real, the reader will connect to her instantly and feel like her friend throughout the book. This is one of those books that will actually allow the reader to grow with the main character. Cameron begins the novel when she is twelve and precocious to More...
This was one of the last books I finished in 2012. The novel was also one of the best books I read in 2012. emily m. danforth is a debut author I cannot wait to read another book from. Cameron's voice is so raw and real, the reader will connect to her instantly and feel like her friend throughout the book. This is one of those books that will actually allow the reader to grow with the main character. Cameron begins the novel when she is twelve and precocious to More...
Jan 19, 2012
Shanyn
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YAY. Yay.
The first thing I thought when I finished The Miseducation of Cameron Post is that I would have LOVED this book when I was a younger reader flying through Catcher in the Rye and Perks of Being a Wallflower. I'm saying this in hopes to begin to explain the content of this book, because what I write won't do it justice. And saying I would have loved it then doesn't mean I didn't love it now, because I did.
The story that Emily Danforth has created is epic. Not epic More...
The first thing I thought when I finished The Miseducation of Cameron Post is that I would have LOVED this book when I was a younger reader flying through Catcher in the Rye and Perks of Being a Wallflower. I'm saying this in hopes to begin to explain the content of this book, because what I write won't do it justice. And saying I would have loved it then doesn't mean I didn't love it now, because I did.
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Feb 05, 2012
Kelly
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2.5.
There's a lot here I liked and a lot here that didn't work for me. I'm not sure how I feel about Cameron, if I feel anything about her at all, and I have to be honest in saying this is going to be such a difficult novel to sell to teen readers.
It's an accomplished novel, and it's a powerful story about sexual awakening and sexual repression, set against the ideas of rural close-mindedness, grief, and religion. But...I just don't know I ever found the characters all t More...
There's a lot here I liked and a lot here that didn't work for me. I'm not sure how I feel about Cameron, if I feel anything about her at all, and I have to be honest in saying this is going to be such a difficult novel to sell to teen readers.
It's an accomplished novel, and it's a powerful story about sexual awakening and sexual repression, set against the ideas of rural close-mindedness, grief, and religion. But...I just don't know I ever found the characters all t More...
Jan 04, 2012
Suzanne
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Very, very enjoyable YA coming-of-age, coming-out, coming-to-terms with yourself novel. It reads almost as two novels--the first a coming out story set in Mile City, Montana, and the second at the ex-gay boarding school. I loved the gentleness that Danforth treated all of her characters with--even the ones I didn't agree with. I loved that the truth Cam needed to hear, that her sin did not cause her parent's death, came from the mouth of the closest thing to a villain that the book has (and that
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Nov 10, 2011
A beautiful book about a girl's difficult coming of age as a lesbian in a small-town Evangelical setting. The characters were so well-drawn that I found myself skimming the lovely descriptions and nostalgia-evoking details in order to get to the meat of the action. Which just means I'll have to read it again to enjoy it on a deeper level.
I found myself rooting for Cam the whole way, experiencing grief, guilt, infatuation, fear and love right along with her. There is no black and whi More...
I found myself rooting for Cam the whole way, experiencing grief, guilt, infatuation, fear and love right along with her. There is no black and whi More...
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Feb 21, 2012
Emily
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Two things about this book: it's beautifully done. I haven't ever lived in Eastern Montana, but I've driven across it a few times, and the sense of place and time (the late 80s and early 90s) is perfect. The voice is wonderful. One of the cover blurbs compares Cameron Post to Holden Caulfield, but although she's as prickly and unhappy as he is, she's much more likable. Danforth deftly captures the struggles of growing up gay in small-town Montana, but also small-town Montana itself, from the sun
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Feb 07, 2012
Beth
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The afternoon my parents died I was out shoplifting with Irene Klauson.
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In the summer of 1989, twelve-year-old Cameron Post kissed her best friend, Irene. The next day, her parents died in a car accident. For Cameron, the two events would be forever linked, not that she could explain that to her born-again Aunt Ruth, who moves into Cameron's house in Miles City, Montana to become her guardian. Cam knows enough not to talk about her attraction to other girls, let alone More...
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In the summer of 1989, twelve-year-old Cameron Post kissed her best friend, Irene. The next day, her parents died in a car accident. For Cameron, the two events would be forever linked, not that she could explain that to her born-again Aunt Ruth, who moves into Cameron's house in Miles City, Montana to become her guardian. Cam knows enough not to talk about her attraction to other girls, let alone More...
Feb 04, 2012
Nina
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There's really nothing I can say in this review that will do this amazing novel justice. The Miseducation of Cameron Post is an incredibly well written debut from Emily M. Danforth, with one of the most controversial plots I've read in a long time.
The scenes from Cameron's childhood really set the mood for the rest of this book. We are lead through warm summer days in Montana, swimming at the lake, kissing in barns, renting and watching 99cent videos, living with a very religions aun More...
The scenes from Cameron's childhood really set the mood for the rest of this book. We are lead through warm summer days in Montana, swimming at the lake, kissing in barns, renting and watching 99cent videos, living with a very religions aun More...
Jan 20, 2012
Lori (Pure Imagination)
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I don't know where to even begin with this review. I loved this book, and I don't think that I can possibly explain all the reasons why I loved it. You're just going to have to trust me. That cover made me click the link to Goodreads, but the blurb made me think I have to have this book. It sounded completely unique to me and it definitely was. It was also nothing like I was expecting. It was even better.
The Miseducation of Cameron Post is richly detailed and very character driven and More...
The Miseducation of Cameron Post is richly detailed and very character driven and More...
Dec 29, 2011
Barb
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I received this book through Goodreads.
This was a really thought provoking story of a teenage girl dealing with her coming of age.
She has difficulties more varied than lots of girls her contemporary. The way she and her family and friends search for the solutions to her many questions, is very true to what would probably happen in reality.
What might be right for one person,isnt necessarily the correct path for all.
Would recommend picking this novel up, when it
This was a really thought provoking story of a teenage girl dealing with her coming of age.
She has difficulties more varied than lots of girls her contemporary. The way she and her family and friends search for the solutions to her many questions, is very true to what would probably happen in reality.
What might be right for one person,isnt necessarily the correct path for all.
Would recommend picking this novel up, when it
Jan 19, 2012
Normally, when I pick up a book of 466 pages I think "there must be something the author could have cut - why does it have to be so long?" But after reading Cameron Post, I can't think of a single passage I'd want to scrap. I wasn't even able to skim over anything, the story and writing was so compelling.
The subject matter isn't easy - there is a lot of drug and alcohol use, sexual situations, bad language - but all of it was integral to the story.
Loved so ma More...
The subject matter isn't easy - there is a lot of drug and alcohol use, sexual situations, bad language - but all of it was integral to the story.
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Feb 17, 2012
Anna
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Said by some to be the "Annie on My Mind" for this generation, I consider that a fair assessment (though I do admittedly hold a soft spot for the original). It is not, however, for the faint of heart -- more adult in descriptive detail and narrator reflection that many teen reads (a good example of the fuzzy line between teen vs. adult read) which demands an audience that has the patience to persevere.
Feb 20, 2012
Kricket
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cameron post is orphaned at the age of 12 when her parents are killed in a car accident. her conservative christian aunt ruth moves to rural montana to become her guardian. cameron must battle her grief as she comes of age. complicating matters a bit, she likes girls.
the story takes place in the late 80s/early 90s, and the outlook for homosexuals in rural montana is not a cheerful one. adding aunt ruth's religious beliefs to the picture means that ultimately, cameron gets sent away t More...
the story takes place in the late 80s/early 90s, and the outlook for homosexuals in rural montana is not a cheerful one. adding aunt ruth's religious beliefs to the picture means that ultimately, cameron gets sent away t More...
Aug 22, 2011
Sarah
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Thoroughly enjoyable reading, awesome story telling of a young girl finding her way through the trials of being a teenager. Fun and vivid characters that make you feel as though you've known them. Leaves you wanting more of Cameron Post.
Feb 05, 2012
Emily
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I really wanted to like this book. But frankly, the first 187 or so pages really aren't that interesting, and the main conflict doesn't even arise until page 242. I did a lot of skimming before finally giving up altogether.
Feb 15, 2012
Greenie
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I didn't really care for how it just sort of left us hanging at the end, but overall it was ok.
Feb 17, 2012
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Feb 20, 2012
Very quiet, but very lovely book. And the ending! God, the ending was beautiful!
