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[close] Sometimes love is almost not enough to save a relationship and both Derrick and Justin begin to have their doubts as they watch relationships around them rise and fall. Justin and Derrick both want to have new experiences, new choices and make new friends, which leads to them questioning their own relationship. They soon discover that some of the people they consider friends have their own secrets, some darker than others. The couple begins to see how people react towards homosexuality and just how people want to deal with it and them. [close]

[close] Imagine what it would be like if John Waters got together with TROMA and they wrote a book. Then read The Frankenstein Fairy. Kevin was the star center of his high school’s varsity basketball team, so nobody really cared that he was assembled from the spare, stitched together body parts of several different babies who died at birth and then reanimated into a living being. In fact, he was the most popular kid at school. His scars and stitches were virtually invisible. Kevin had a limitless future ahead of him, with the promise of a lucrative professional basketball career. But then one fateful night, Kevin was outed as gay. After two weeks of a complete downward spiral, Kevin found himself in Saturday detention, with three other kids, all of whom had nothing at all in common. Or so they thought. When a vile enemy and the school itself turned against them and set out to destroy them for their secrets, their only chance of survival was to learn from one another and coexist. [close]

[close] The Fallen Snow, by John J Kelley
www.thefallensnow.com

* Now available on NOOK and KOBO (in addition to KINDLE and paperback)

* In celebration, SEVEN SIGNED COPIES will be given to goodreads members in US, UK and Canada
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* ForeWord Reviews calls the novel "from the heart ... a timeless tale," awarding it 5-stars and naming it a current Finalist in their 2012 Book-of-the-Year Awards to be announced in June.

* Here's what early readers have said ...

"a masterful coming of age tale"

"one of the best book I've read dealing with love and war"

"strong, calm and meaningful"

"a wonderful first novel ... Kelley is definitely a writer to watch"

"Kelley's prose is evocative, creating a sense of place"

"an enchanting read"

"the characters come alive"

"gripping, entertaining and moving"

"put it on your 'next to read' list. Then read it next!" [close]