The Miseducation of Cameron Post
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| Rating | : | 4.98 (510 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0062020579 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 480 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Booklist *Starred Review* It begins with a preadolescent kiss between protagonist Cameron and her friend, Irene. Both girls attend the same fundamentalist church, and when Cameron’s conservative Aunt Ruth discovers the affair, she remands Cameron to God’s Promise, a church camp that promises to “cure” young people of their homosexuality. Grades 9-12. --Michael Cart . Even the eastern Montana setting is vividly realized and provides a wonderfully apposite background for the story of Cam’s miseducation and the challenges her stint in the church camp pose to her development as a mature teenager finding fri
danforth’s The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a powerful and widely acclaimed YA coming-of-age novel in the tradition of the classic Annie on My Mind. Cameron Post feels a mix of guilt and relief when her parents die in a car accident. There she falls in love with her best friend, a beautiful cowgirl. When she’s eventually outed, her aunt sends her to God’s Promise, a religious conversion camp that is supposed to “cure” her homosexuality. Set in rural Montana in the early 1990s, emily m. At the camp, Cameron comes face to face with the cost of denying her true identity. The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a stunning and provocative literary debut that was a finalist for the YALSA Morris Award and was named to numerous “best” lists.. Orphaned, Cameron comes to live with her old-fashioned grandmother an
Phenominal SGH I have never been compelled to write a review before, but: this novel was such a gift, a treasure and an experience for me that I need to. For a few days, I had the pleasure of ingesting this novel, growing to know and care for its main character, Cameron, whose life and complexity captured my heart. After spending nearly 500 pages together, I think of Cameron as someone I know, who struggles through the challenges of growing up, coming out, and developing the values that will guide her . Emmy said A Gem of a Novel. ** SPOILERS AHEAD FOR THIS BOOK**Normally a book like this would not be something I would pick up. I get caught up in my own reading preferences: third-person narratives, no switching through different perspectives, and no frame devices, only a single solid story, evenly paced. Had I done my research beforehand, I may never have read this awesome book.I think my favourite part of the book is the middle, when everything is both a revelation and hopeful. But for me, the last part was most . The books title was my motivation for reading it. I am happy that this author took on a story that works so well to discourage an unrealistic approach to the education of a young mind simply because it is a young mind. The story starts with a twelve year old girl just entering puberty. She loses her parents through an accident just at the time in life when their support is of so much value. Her Aunt is appointed her guardian and she still has her grandmother both who's love is given to her. Her personal feelings are colored by feelings