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It’s true: After 17-year-old Ben’s father announces he’s gay and the family splits apart, Ben does everything he can to tick him off: skip school, smoke pot, skateboard nonstop, get arrested. But he never thinks he’ll end up yanked out of his city life and plunked down into a small Montana town with his dad and Edward, The Boyfriend. As if it’s not painful enough living in a hick town with spiked hair, a skateboard habit, and two dads, he soon realizes something’s not quite right with Billy, the boy next door. He’s hiding a secret about his family, and Ben is determined to uncover it and set things right. In an authentic, unaffected, and mordantly funny voice, Michael Harmon tells the wrenching story of an uprooted and uncomfortable teenaged guy trying to fix the lives around him–while figuring out his own. From the Hardcover edition.

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The decoder card to the universe wasn't included in the box of cereal God gave humanity. At the ripe old age of seventeen, I'd at least figured out that no matter how hard you try to guess what happens next, you can't. Life wasn't set up tha...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Dec 15 15:21:18 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 15:28:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 25 17:45:29 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 13:09:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Nov 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 08:51:23 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 08:57:26 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 19 09:29:18 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 19 11:58:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 13:18:54 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 13:20:15 -0700 2009
The teaser I wrote for school:

When Ben’s father came out as gay, his mom immediately split. Ben was left with his dad and his dad’s boyfriend Edward. Angry at his father for ruining his life, he starts doing drugs just to spite h...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Apr 14 08:51:29 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 08:55:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 03:19:07 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 07:08:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 17:29:17 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 13:36:42 -0700 2009 Now 17, his father and momdad, Edward, decide to take Ben and move back to the Ea...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 07:14:17 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 02 05:24:28 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 1 false false Thu Feb 21 15:33:38 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 11:00:14 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Fri Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 13:40:58 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 13:08:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 07:30:16 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 10:51:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 06:07:44 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 10:50:03 -0700 2009 1 Last Exit to Normal by Michael Harmon is the story of Ben Campbell and his life after his dad suddenly announces to Ben and his mother that he is gay. What happens tears Ben’s family apart. His mother leaves him with his dad and doesn’t look back. Ben tries to get even with his father by doin...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Feb 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 10:22:05 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 19:02:55 -0800 2009
For starters, the characters are well d...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Aug 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 20:37:24 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 09:15:25 -0700 2009
This book moves well. The only critical part is some of the dialogue, even the internal dialogu...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 20 14:10:41 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 14:17:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 15 10:00:44 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 12:28:54 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Feb 09 10:39:38 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 10:42:17 -0800 2009
i'm not sure how i feel about that yet.

...but, i think that is w...more...]]>