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  <title><![CDATA[Geography Club]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;P&gt;Russel Middlebrook is convinced he's the only gay kid at Goodkind High School. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; Then his online gay chat buddy turns out to be none other than Kevin, the popular but closeted star of the school's baseball team. Soon Russel meets other gay students, too. There's his best friend Min, who reveals that she is bisexual, and her soccer&amp;ndash;playing girlfriend Terese. Then there's Terese's politically active friend, Ike. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; But how can kids this diverse get together without drawing attention to themselves?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; &quot;We just choose a club that's so boring, nobody in their right mind would ever in a million years join it. We could call it Geography Club!&quot;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; Brent Hartinger's debut novel is a fast&amp;ndash;paced, funny, and trenchant portrait of contemporary teenagers who may not learn any actual geography in their latest club, but who learn plenty about the treacherous social terrain of high school and the even more dangerous landscape of the human heart. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; Ages 13+&lt;/P&gt;</default_description>
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      <name><![CDATA[Brent Hartinger]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[YA. Russel Middlebrook is convinced he's the only gay kid at his high school, but while hanging out online in a gay teen chat room, he discovers there's someone else out there, and soon gay people are popping out all over the place, though not actually <em>out</em>. This is a solidly mediocre contestant in t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2316612">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Substantially better than Totally Joe.  Geography Club follows the life of several teens at a medium/large high school who discover that they're not the only gay kids in school.  Rather than tempting fate and public outing they start a gay kids club under the most unappealing club title they could p...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34815067">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This one was a little thing, and a little preachy -- I suppose that I should season all my YA reviews with &quot;I am not the target audience&quot;, but for this one and for its sequel even more than most of my YA reviews.  I enjoyed it -- I found Russel an engaging character and there were parts of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6097986">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/>Russel Middlebrook is an average high school sophomore. He doesn’t stand out in sports or in specific social groups. He’s not unpopular—he has friends, but he feels alone. Yes, he’s an average high school student, but he has a secret--he is gay, and he’s pretty sure he’s the only g...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47023121">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you have not read this book by now, get to it! Characters will make or break a book, and in this case, Russel was immensely likable, intelligent, and honest. All the other characters were notable as well. They were real, likable, funny, genuine, and endearing.<br/>It depicts the high school scene...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76593435">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Russel Middlebrook lives in a small town, in high school, and gay--his big secret. One night, out of desperation and loneliness he decides to meet--in person--someone he met in a gay chat room who is apparently from his high school. He is surprised by it being one of the popular jocks, Kevin, and th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70751692">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book should be banned. They shouldn't be read by kids. I don't really like this book because it is mostly about this school with students who are gay and liz. Since their schoolmates hate people who are gay, these students/characters include an Asian started a club which is geography club. Geog...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74444293">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Russel is convinced he is the only gay student in his high school. Seeking friendship and a community where he can find acceptance he joins an online group, and is amazed that there is a member from his high school. A meeting is set and to his surprise, the other gay boy is one of the most popular j...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72452332">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[well i really liked this book. it taught me so much about america with homophobia. its like ppl are scared of gay ppl, or are scared of becoming gay....i dont know. so this book is about a guy named Russel in the...10th or 11th grade, and he is gay, and so are his friend Min, Kevin(a &quot;jock&quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77856078">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Before reading this, I'd skimmed over some reviews (I think on Amazon) and they were mediocre, sort of in the middle. I can see why, there are some plot holes, but overall, it's a cute book that deals with some very real issues. The idea is that our hero, Russel, is gay and hasn't told anyone -- not...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36225832">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Dredging the archives of my old YA blog--from back in the day when I was a YA para-librarian. Awesome!<br/><br/><br/>Geography Club?  Who would ever want to join a geography club?  Exactly. <br/><br/>            Five teens at Goodkind H.S. start a GLBTQ support group, but keep it a secret by calling...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29786538">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Well, I'm an adult and I usually don't read mainstream young adult fiction unless it's a crossover into another genre (or very famous). But, I knew this author from his other work, so I decided to check out his books.<br/><br/>Geography Club follows the story of Russel, a gay teen experiencing his...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23719764">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Reviewed by Me for TeensReadToo.com<br/><br/>Russel Middlebrook is pretty sure that he's gay. After all, he's not attracted to girls, and he spends every day after gym class studiously avoiding the other half-naked guys in the locker room. He's never had an actual experience with another guy, thou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21615442">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A very well-written look at adolescence in and out of the closet, trying to make and keep friends in high school, peer pressure and other honest aspects of adolescent sexuality.  Hartinger shows both the sympathetic and unpleasant sides of teen life, portraying both his protagonist's laudable and je...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18799308">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Russel is certain that he is the only gay kid at his school. One night he goes to a chat room for people in his town and finds out that there is at least one more. As he explores a little more, he finds out that there are several people, including one of his best friends. Because these students want...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12494025">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Nov 26 19:29:05 -0800 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Russel Middlebrook is gay, but he doesn’t want anyone to know.  He’s not the most popular kid at Goodkind High, but he’s not the least popular either.  Russel wants to keep it that way, so he only talks to other gay teens via the internet.  When Russel chats with one of them and discovers that...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9583991">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The writing didn't move me, but the story fun and honest....embarrassingly honest sometimes.  I read this for a class and we're going to be doing lessons plans for how we could teach this book.  It definitely has great space to discuss empathy and bystander intervention.  I am perturbed by the &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73351248">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm trying to read more gay YA books, but the problem with this one is that if you have a boringly ordinary (though gay) narrator/protagonist, you're going to end up with a fairly boring story I don't really care about. He's too self-absorbed to let anyone else become a fully realized character and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66825002">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think a lot of teenagers struggling with their sexuality can definitely identify with this book. It's much better than some of the other books I've read in this genre that depict an adolescent dealing with their sexuality, as I believe there's a dearth of good writing in this area. So I can't give...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50323102">more...</a>]]></body>
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