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From: Nancy Silverrod <nsilverrod>
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 15:53:28 -0700
We continue to give awards to good books featuring the African American experience, the Native American experience, etc. and to look for good books that look at the issues in the Middle East with a clear eye, so yes, we need books that, if the worst they do, is label people. More often they open doors and windows so that people can decide whether some of a larger possibility of labels apply to them, or if they choose to reject labels, while having learned something about themselves and/or others.
We did have some mentions of books featuring bisexual characters:
Bunn, Scott. Just Hold On. New York: Delacorte Press, 1982
Chambers, Aidan. Postcards From No Man's Land. New York: Dutton, 2002.
De Oliveira, Eddie. Lucky. New York: Scholastic, 2004.
Durrant, Lynda. My Last Skirt: The Story of Jennie Hodgers, Union Soldier. Clarion, 2006. Includes a questionable romance between two soldiers.
Frederick, Mariah. Head Games. New York: Atheneum, 2004.
Gardner, James Alan. Commitment Hour. New York : Avon Eos, 1998.
Garret Freymann-Weyr. My Heartbeat
Harris, E. Lynn. Invisible Life. Atlanta, GA: Consortium Press, 1991.
Hartinger, Bret. The Geography Club and its sequels, Order of the Poison Oak, and Split Screen
Johnson, Maureen. The Bermudez Triangle. New York: Razor Bill, 2004.
(involves some experimenting between two girlfriends, one of whom decides she's straight
Kerr, M.E. Hello, I Lied. New York: Harper Collins, 1997. (gay teen has a momentary attraction to a girl)
Leigh, Stephen. Dark Water's Embrace. New York: Avon/Eros, c1998.
Ryan, Sara. Empress of the World. New York: Viking, 2001
Sinclair, April. Coffee Will Make You Black. New York: Hyperion, 1994.
Sinclair, April. Ain't Gonna Be the Same Fool Twice. New York: Hyperion, 1996
Steinhofel, Andreas. The Center of the World. New York: Delacorte Press, 2005.
Sweeney,
<http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/491543.Aoibheann_Sweeney> Aoibheann. Among Other Things, I've Taken Up Smoking. Penguin, 2007.
Then we have a few books that are harder to categorize:
McLaughlin, Lauren. Cycler. Random House, 2008. Deals with bisexuality and transsexuality.
Plum-Ucci, Carol. What Happened to Lani Garver. San Diego: Harcourt, 2002. Lani Garver refuses labels-even when it means s/he becomes the victim of teen violence.
And one book featuring a transvestite (NOT TRANSEXUAL OR GAY) character: Debbie Harry Sings in French. By Meaghan Brothers. Holt: 2008.
After Johnny's father dies, his mother takes to her bed and he has to figure out how to pay bills, and keep them afloat. He starts drinking to deal with the stress, and when, four years later, his mother decides she's ready to function again, he's resentful of her interference in the life he's managed to put together for himself. After he ODs and spends some time in rehab, she sends him to live with an uncle. Despite not wanting to go, it turns out to be a good move for him. He finds a girlfrien...more
<http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2207435.Debbie_Harry_Sings_in_French
>
Nancy Silverrod, Librarian
San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin St.
San Francisco, CA 94102-4733
415-557-4417
nsilverrod at sfpl.org
Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind. -James Russell Lowell, poet, editor, and diplomat (1819-1891)
A closed mind is like a closed book: just a block of wood. -Chinese Proverb
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[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Sally Miller Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 3:00 PM To: ccbc-net Subject: [CCBC-Net] Question about GLSBQ literature
When we start questioning whether or not certain books are appropriate for a reading list concerning gender identities, don't we lose sight of the fact that everyone is a person first, more alike than dislike, everyone else in society? I worry that in our quest to help students realize that there are others like him or her, we begin creating boxes, instead of expanding horizons. Why, for example, do we welcome and ask for more books appealing to various alphabetic groups and yet remain silent when it comes to books about those who refuse to be assigned--I am thinking of the individual who is truly bisexual. Are there books for such teens, or is there a sort of taboo against them? Are they considered merely individuals who are still only partly "out"? If asked, would they assent to such a designation? And, most importantly, are there books for them? Have I overlooked resources? Thanks you for your help. Sally Derby
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Received on Fri 23 May 2008 05:53:28 PM CDT
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 15:53:28 -0700
We continue to give awards to good books featuring the African American experience, the Native American experience, etc. and to look for good books that look at the issues in the Middle East with a clear eye, so yes, we need books that, if the worst they do, is label people. More often they open doors and windows so that people can decide whether some of a larger possibility of labels apply to them, or if they choose to reject labels, while having learned something about themselves and/or others.
We did have some mentions of books featuring bisexual characters:
Bunn, Scott. Just Hold On. New York: Delacorte Press, 1982
Chambers, Aidan. Postcards From No Man's Land. New York: Dutton, 2002.
De Oliveira, Eddie. Lucky. New York: Scholastic, 2004.
Durrant, Lynda. My Last Skirt: The Story of Jennie Hodgers, Union Soldier. Clarion, 2006. Includes a questionable romance between two soldiers.
Frederick, Mariah. Head Games. New York: Atheneum, 2004.
Gardner, James Alan. Commitment Hour. New York : Avon Eos, 1998.
Garret Freymann-Weyr. My Heartbeat
Harris, E. Lynn. Invisible Life. Atlanta, GA: Consortium Press, 1991.
Hartinger, Bret. The Geography Club and its sequels, Order of the Poison Oak, and Split Screen
Johnson, Maureen. The Bermudez Triangle. New York: Razor Bill, 2004.
(involves some experimenting between two girlfriends, one of whom decides she's straight
Kerr, M.E. Hello, I Lied. New York: Harper Collins, 1997. (gay teen has a momentary attraction to a girl)
Leigh, Stephen. Dark Water's Embrace. New York: Avon/Eros, c1998.
Ryan, Sara. Empress of the World. New York: Viking, 2001
Sinclair, April. Coffee Will Make You Black. New York: Hyperion, 1994.
Sinclair, April. Ain't Gonna Be the Same Fool Twice. New York: Hyperion, 1996
Steinhofel, Andreas. The Center of the World. New York: Delacorte Press, 2005.
Sweeney,
<http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/491543.Aoibheann_Sweeney> Aoibheann. Among Other Things, I've Taken Up Smoking. Penguin, 2007.
Then we have a few books that are harder to categorize:
McLaughlin, Lauren. Cycler. Random House, 2008. Deals with bisexuality and transsexuality.
Plum-Ucci, Carol. What Happened to Lani Garver. San Diego: Harcourt, 2002. Lani Garver refuses labels-even when it means s/he becomes the victim of teen violence.
And one book featuring a transvestite (NOT TRANSEXUAL OR GAY) character: Debbie Harry Sings in French. By Meaghan Brothers. Holt: 2008.
After Johnny's father dies, his mother takes to her bed and he has to figure out how to pay bills, and keep them afloat. He starts drinking to deal with the stress, and when, four years later, his mother decides she's ready to function again, he's resentful of her interference in the life he's managed to put together for himself. After he ODs and spends some time in rehab, she sends him to live with an uncle. Despite not wanting to go, it turns out to be a good move for him. He finds a girlfrien...more
<http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2207435.Debbie_Harry_Sings_in_French
>
Nancy Silverrod, Librarian
San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin St.
San Francisco, CA 94102-4733
415-557-4417
nsilverrod at sfpl.org
Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind. -James Russell Lowell, poet, editor, and diplomat (1819-1891)
A closed mind is like a closed book: just a block of wood. -Chinese Proverb
-----Original Message----- From: ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu
[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Sally Miller Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 3:00 PM To: ccbc-net Subject: [CCBC-Net] Question about GLSBQ literature
When we start questioning whether or not certain books are appropriate for a reading list concerning gender identities, don't we lose sight of the fact that everyone is a person first, more alike than dislike, everyone else in society? I worry that in our quest to help students realize that there are others like him or her, we begin creating boxes, instead of expanding horizons. Why, for example, do we welcome and ask for more books appealing to various alphabetic groups and yet remain silent when it comes to books about those who refuse to be assigned--I am thinking of the individual who is truly bisexual. Are there books for such teens, or is there a sort of taboo against them? Are they considered merely individuals who are still only partly "out"? If asked, would they assent to such a designation? And, most importantly, are there books for them? Have I overlooked resources? Thanks you for your help. Sally Derby
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