Several months ago, Violet told me about the amazing blog Musings From Neville's Navel, and I've been following that blog ever since. Engie (who runs that blog) is always singing the praises of The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth, so I decided to see what she liked so much about it and put it on hold at the library.
Once I started reading it, I could not put it down. Seriously, it's that good. There are funny parts and completely serious parts, and it's not the kind of book I usually read, but oh my glow cloud it was amazing.
The main character, whose name is pretty obviously Cameron Post, begins the book by kissing a girl. The same day, Cameron's parents die in a car accident. She doesn't learn about this until the next day, and for a while she blames herself for their deaths, because isn't it a sin to kiss someone of your own gender? Her Aunt Ruth comes to live with her and her grandmother to take care of Cameron. All's going fine, Cameron's hiding her relationships with girls from everyone, until that changes. A girl she's been getting it on with tells her (the girl's) mother and the church's pastor about their relationship, blaming it all on Cameron. Ruth sends Cameron off to a religious correctional school.
If you're looking for a good queer book or just a good book in general, you need to read this. I actually recommended it to my school librarian, and she said she'd order it for the library, so yeah! *pumps my fists*
--Sylveon
Once I started reading it, I could not put it down. Seriously, it's that good. There are funny parts and completely serious parts, and it's not the kind of book I usually read, but oh my glow cloud it was amazing.
The main character, whose name is pretty obviously Cameron Post, begins the book by kissing a girl. The same day, Cameron's parents die in a car accident. She doesn't learn about this until the next day, and for a while she blames herself for their deaths, because isn't it a sin to kiss someone of your own gender? Her Aunt Ruth comes to live with her and her grandmother to take care of Cameron. All's going fine, Cameron's hiding her relationships with girls from everyone, until that changes. A girl she's been getting it on with tells her (the girl's) mother and the church's pastor about their relationship, blaming it all on Cameron. Ruth sends Cameron off to a religious correctional school.
If you're looking for a good queer book or just a good book in general, you need to read this. I actually recommended it to my school librarian, and she said she'd order it for the library, so yeah! *pumps my fists*
--Sylveon