I'm not the lead blogger but here's some thoughts about Deliver us from Evie.
This book is definitly more for older kids then for younger ones as some of the books in the semester have been. I liked how Kerr took the issue of homosexuality and put it into a rural town full of farmers who did not have any previous experiences with homosexual people. I also likeds how Kerr did not put the people into a stereotypical situations. The most important aspect of this book I think is being yourself and also that there are consequences for your actions. Like when Parr put up the sign about Evie he had consequences and discovered that there were consequences for his actions. Also Evie always knew who she was and never tried to fight it no matter what people said to her. Overall this gives a good message and take the concept of homosexuality and rural town and discusses it in a matter to not be offensive to anyone.
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I haven't started reading Deliver Us from Evie yet, so I am going to write about Doing it.I really enjoyed this book. I like how the chapters were split up between the 3 different boys, so you could hear the story from their perspective instead of just having a narrator talk for them. The book relates to real life how high school boys are growing up and running into experiences where they have to make choices and learn from them. They were all confused on what they really wanted for themselves. I liked the style of writing. The author is from England and he used vocabulary from there. It made the book interesting and fun for me to read. I studied abroad in Austrlaia last semester and some of the words were familiar to me. In class we talked about how the back of the book says it is hilarious, and if the class really thought that it was meant to be hilarious. I didn't find the situations the boys went through with the girls to be funny, but the use of the slang words and some thoughts going through their head were funny to me. For example, how Jonathon thought he had cancer on his Knobby, and his visit to the doctors office was funny to me. Overall it was a great book!
I agree with your thought about doing it. I really don't think it was hillarious but it was realistic. The situations the boys were in is very similar to young adolecents today. It seams like sex is more apealing to teens and adolecents today. I liked both these books because they touched on issues that are talked about but not really expressed I really liked the book deliver us from Evie. I am from Los Angeles and yes I have been to West Holywood many time. I have a number of friends who are homosexual and the issues dosn't bother me any. I moved here at the begining of fall semester and I veiw chico as a faily rual area. Homosexuality in LA had become almost a fad. The gay population on my highschool often were the prom kings and ASb officers. Since I have moved here I have not noticed much diversity considering LA is full of it. Homosexuality is a very controversal issues. In an urban area I found that is was more liberal and that issues like homesexuality are not a dominate as other issues. I find that the more rual I get the more conservative it become, where homosexuality isn't more accepting. This book really looked at homosexuality differnt. It was stated above tha in a rual are do not have previous experience. I think that by putting them in the area makes it aware that homosexuality is everywhere. I don't think that there aren't any previous experiences but because of the sigma it may have in a rual area then it isn't as open.
Despite living close to a large city, I grew up in a fairly closed-minded town. It was not uncommon to hear stories of people being treated differently based solely on their sexual preference, and the word gay is generally used as a synonym for stupid without contention.
One of my close friends cut all contact with our friends who still live in our hometown because he feared they would not accept him. I can relate to the setting in Deliver Us From Evie, because it reminds me a great deal of my town.
Due to extenuating circumstances, I had to read Doing It in public most of the time, and I felt embarassed even having the book. Some of the descriptions surprised me because they were so detailed, but I can imagine being intrigued and in awe of the book when I was younger. It may be controversial, but I prefer that the topic be discussed openly. I'd rather have kids learn by reading "Doing It" than by actually doing it.
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