How Beautiful the Ordinary - Michael Cart, Francesca Lia Block, David Levithan, Ron Koertge, Eric Shanower, Julie Anne Peters, Jennifer Finney Boylan, William Sleater & Emma Donoghue

How Beautiful the Ordinary

By Michael Cart, Francesca Lia Block, David Levithan, Ron Koertge, Eric Shanower, Julie Anne Peters, Jennifer Finney Boylan, William Sleater & Emma Donoghue

  • Release Date: 2009-10-06
  • Genre: Fiction for Young Adults
Score: 3.5
3.5
From 10 Ratings

Description

A girl thought to be a boy steals her sister's skirt, while a boy thought to be a girl refuses to wear a cornflower blue dress. One boy's love of a soldier leads to the death of a stranger. The present takes a bittersweet journey into the past when a man revisits the summer school where he had "an accidental romance." And a forgotten mother writes a poignant letter to the teenage daughter she hasn't seen for fourteen years.

Poised between the past and the future are the stories of now. In nontraditional narratives, short stories, and brief graphics, tales of anticipation and regret, eagerness and confusion present distinctively modern views of love, sexuality, and gender identification. Together, they reflect the vibrant possibilities available for young people learning to love others—and themselves—in today's multifaceted and quickly changing world.

Reviews

  • Amazing

    5
    By Alexia723
    I read an advanced readers copy of this about a year ago, when I was struggling with coming out and having a girlfriend and being very secretive and scared all of the time. This book helped me so much, and it will be on my bookshelf forever, as far as I am concerned. Any teenager who is struggling should read this collection.