James Lecesne
Author of The Letter Q: Queer Writers' Notes to their Younger Selves
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Works by James Lecesne
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Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys: True Tales of Love, Lust, and Friendship Between Straight Women and Gay Men (2007) — Contributor — 103 copies
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- Canonical name
- Lecesne, James
- Birthdate
- 1954-11-24
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
- Organizations
- Trevor Helpline (cofounder)
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This is not my favorite YA book in the world, but it is valuable for the discussion of hate crimes against homosexual teens. Unfortunately, there is so much else going on in the book that there isn't a really clear statement made about the crime itself, except that it's very, very bad. It is suggested that there is no black and white when it comes to hate crimes, and it's true that the perpetrator in this book had only a shadowy motive at best, but for young adults I think this ambiguity might be translated as boring.… (more)
Some great bits in here! It would excerpt very well--maybe as classroom reading. But I found it a little bit repetitive.
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- Works
- 6
- Also by
- 3
- Members
- 629
- Popularity
- #40,058
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 37
- ISBNs
- 28
- Languages
- 3
It's pretty readable, which is why I'm giving it more than one star, but the plot is obnoxious.