false <![CDATA[Empress of the World]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170349013m/47944.jpg 47944 4 Nicola Lancaster is spending eight weeks at the Siegel Institute Summer Program for Gifted Youth, a hothouse of smart, articulate, intense teenagers. She soon falls in with Katrina (Manic Computer Chick), Isaac (Nice-Guy-Despite-Himself), Kevin (Inarticulate Composer) . . . and Battle. Battle Hall Davies is a beautiful blonde dancer, and everything Nic isn't. The two become friends-and then, startlingly, more than friends. What do you do when you think you're attracted to guys, and then you meet a girl who steals your heart? 46927 2001 Empress of the World total:539|5:133|4:194|3:157|2:46|1:9| 539 2013 831 83 4 3 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Fri Aug 24 22:29:24 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 24 22:32:22 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Apr 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 16 12:49:56 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 30 12:13:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 10 07:30:38 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 30 10:45:34 -0700 2007 Bloom to try more YA, especially if they have good queer subplots or storylines. but all i found at first were the uber-boy ones, like Rainbow High. this feels more like a smart kid South of Nowhere so far.

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Empress of the World is a fairly short book about teenagers at a summer institute for the gifted. I liked the lack of angst the teens showed about most stuff - it was there, but minimized - the interplay of one charact...more...]]> 3 2 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Oct 10 03:34:32 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 10 03:34:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Dec 17 14:46:23 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 16:57:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Tue Sep 08 13:55:48 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 13:58:48 -0700 2009 As someone who would like to eventually study sexuality & gender identity, this was one of my first literary forays into the world of queer-&-questioning youth, which interest me particularly, as I am one myself.
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The characters were great, and they made the book; Nic and Battle are a really well-made pairing. But the book is a summer camp romance, ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 26 21:14:32 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 21:15:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 11 22:53:35 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 23:36:49 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Apr 20 14:11:18 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 14:16:31 -0700 2009 If I had even a clue about this book when I was a pre-teen I wouldn't have been so confused growing up. Well maybe, I'd still be confused but atleast I'd have som...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Mon Jul 20 15:43:52 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 15:44:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jun 07 02:00:26 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 02:04:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Oct 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 09:48:02 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 04 13:52:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 13:30:47 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 13:51:48 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Oct 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 04:59:53 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 11 14:35:04 -0800 2009 Juno-esque dialogue and many lists, it's really good and realistically depicts the brainy and, in some cases, less p...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 09:23:11 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 07:44:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 23 14:24:15 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 15:19:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=47944