[LM_NET] BOOK: Totally Joe by Howe

[Frederick Muller <mullinator52@GMAIL.COM>]

Howe, James. Totally Joe. Alladin Mix, 2005
[0-689-83958-8//978-0-689-83958-8]
Here we have flamboyant 7th grade Joe and his friends from the 'Misfits" (an
earlier book.)  This book is written as an English assigment - a
alphabiography where each chapter begins with a letter of the alphabet.  Joe
express his feelings of being a gay teenage in Junior High School.  He finds
his first boyfriend but there is no "disgusting kissing" but unfortunately
his boyfriend is still in the closet so things do not work out.  One day a
new boy moves into town and Joe finds a true boyfriend.  This 189 book is
the story of a gay teenager and his relationships with his friends and
family.  It deals with what his feelings, not any "disgusting kissing" (or
other physical things.)  This is a book to be read by both gays and straight
teenagers.

-- 
Frederick Muller, Librarian
Halsted Middle School Library
Newton, NJ
mullinator52@gmail.com
My book reviews are compiled at http://www.mullersreviews.com
My book review blog is at http://MullerInTheMiddle.blogspot.com

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