Twelve Long Months
by Brian Malloy
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I am thrilled that there are more books for young adults and teens with gay characters. I hope the amount keeps growing and that books address all types of issues with being gay (or being related to someone who's gay or being friends with someone who's gay, etc).
I understand that this book wants to take the perspective of the girl who finds out her biggest crush is gay and how she reconciles herself to him, but it just falls short from a girl perspective. In the beginning of the story, I love...more
I understand that this book wants to take the perspective of the girl who finds out her biggest crush is gay and how she reconciles herself to him, but it just falls short from a girl perspective. In the beginning of the story, I love...more
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Read in June, 2008
Molly has had a major unrequited crush on her chem lab partner for ages, and when he plans to move to New Jersey to work for his uncle as a house-painter, she is delighted that he will be so close to her in NYC where she will be attending Columbia Univ. However, Mark is non-committal about hanging out, other than to ask if he can occasionally crash in her dorm room if he's in the city too late to catch the last train. Molly soon finds out that Mark is gay and is heartbroken and angry, although M...more
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Read in February, 2008
Aside from being an insightful portrait of a gay teenager, this is an absorbing novel about a girl from a small Midwestern town going to New York City for her freshman year in college. It's also nice to see a photographic book jacket where the characters actually have heads on their bodies.
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Read in August, 2008
It read like Megan McCafferty's series. I really felt for Molly. Her character was very well developed and I saw in her feelings all females go through. We don't all think we turned guys gay, but we definately all go through heartbreak.
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Not yet published...cant wait to get my hands on this one.
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