The trials of growing up a homosexual in a straight society. The protagonist is Ben Smith, 14, who falls in love with another boy with whom he publishes a school paper. Trouble starts when someone photographs them kissing. A first novel.
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On the Las Vegas Strip, blockbuster casinos burst out of the desert, billboards promise "hot babes," actual hot babes proffer complimentary drinks, and a million happy slot machines ring day and night. It’s loud and excessive, but, as the Project on Vegas demonstrates, the Strip is not a world apart. Combining written critique with more than one hundred photographs by Karen Klugman, Strip Cultures examines the politics of food and water, art and spectacle, entertainment and branding, body and sensory experience. In confronting the ordinary on America’s most famous four-mile stretch of pavement, the authors reveal how the Strip concentrates and magnifies the basic truths and practices of American culture where consumerism is the stuff of life, digital surveillance annuls the right to privacy, and nature—all but destroyed—is refashioned as an element of decor.
A collection of 20 short stories, with illustrations by 20 artists from the fine art, graphic art and comic book worlds - including Charles Burns, Paul Hornschemeier and Caroline Hwang. The hardback edition was a finalist in the Granta's 2009 Story Prize, alongside the works of Jumpa Lahiri and Tobias Wolff. In these stories, oddly modern moments occur in the most familiar of public places.
You are indestructible. Three whispered words transfer an astonishing power to Jacob Fielding that changes everything. At first, Jacob is hesitant to use the power, unsure of its implications. But there's something addictive about testing the limits of fear. Then Ophelia James, the beautiful and daring new girl in town, suggests that they use the power to do good, to save others. But with every heroic act, the power grows into the specter of a curse. How to decide who lives and who dies? In this nail-biting novel of mystery and dark intrigue, Jacob must walk the razor thin line between right and wrong, good and evil, and life and death. And time is running out. Because the Grim Reaper doesn't disappear. . . . He catches up.
Imagine waking up in a hospital with no recollection of your past, only to discover that your life is shrouded in mystery. This is the reality for Sami Benton, a young woman who emerges from a three-month coma following a car accident. With no memories to guide her, Sami must rely on the information provided by her cousin Becky and her husband Harry, who reveal that Sami’s parents have passed away and that she now lives with them and their two children in Bristol. Determined to move forward, Sami begins to rebuild her life, finding employment at a local pub and starting a relationship with Nate, a charming police officer. However, one fateful night, a flash of memory from the accident sparks a suspicion that it may not have been an accident at all. Driven by a burning desire to uncover the truth, Sami embarks on a thrilling investigation into her past, despite the forces that seem intent on keeping her memories buried. As she delves deeper, she unravels a tangled web of lies, secrets, and betrayal that will leave readers breathless.
Middle school—the worst place on Earth. Sam Cooper and Bri Arnold are eighth graders living very different experiences. How is it that two people can be in the same school and have such different perspectives on the same things? Sam said, “I hate school. I hate everything about it. I mean everything. I hate it on every sensory level. I hate the overuse of the color beige.” Bri said, “Yay! It’s the first day of school! I absolutely love the first day of school! I can’t wait until everyone gets to see my new outfit! I look so cute in this skirt.” Sam and Bri must learn the value of understanding another person’s perspective in order to come together to fight the evil, Miss Lee, and launch the paper clip revolution.
The strange manner of the destruction of Lucy's London house has attracted the attention of Albert Grossman, her mother's partner, and the CIA. The CIA is desperately trying to obtain the secret of Lucy's matter transportation science, while Albert has stolen it and taken control of the USA's nuclear ICBM's. He is dictating terms to the helpless kidnapped world leaders from the safety of the International Space Station, two hundred miles above the earth and the CIA is powerless to stop him. Only Lucy can save the planet from this merciless psychopath but what can she do when Grossman has linked his heartbeat to automatically trigger a nuclear holocaust if he is killed? Her solution forces her to question her Buddhist beliefs and there are unforeseen consequences at her family Christmas party!