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Geography Club (Russel Middlebrook, Bk 1)
Geography Club - Russel Middlebrook, Bk 1
Author: Brent Hartinger
Russel Middlebrook is convinced he's the only gay kid at Goodkind High School. Then his online gay-chat buddy turns out to be none other than Kevin, the popular but closeted star of the school's baseball team. Soon Russel meets other gay students too. There's his best friend, Min, who reveals that she's bisexual, and her soccer-p...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780060012236
ISBN-10: 0060012234
Publication Date: 2/2004
Pages: 240
Reading Level: Young Adult
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3.9 stars, based on 36 ratings
Publisher: HarperTempest
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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reviewed Geography Club (Russel Middlebrook, Bk 1) on + 4 more book reviews
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This book is fantastic. It gives great insight about being a gay/lesbian teen.
GeniusJen avatar reviewed Geography Club (Russel Middlebrook, Bk 1) on + 5322 more book reviews
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Russel Middlebrook is pretty sure that he's gay. After all, he's not attracted to girls, and he spends every day after gym class studiously avoiding the other half-naked guys in the locker room. He's never had an actual experience with another guy, though, so maybe the attraction he feels toward them is something he'll outgrow--or maybe not.

While surfing the Internet one night, he finds chat rooms for different towns and cities, where you can talk to other people who are also gay. And amazingly enough, there's a boy he meets with the name GayTeen-- who not only lives in his town, but also attends his high school. Another gay boy, in his very own school? There's no way that could be true-- especially when he finds out that the kid with the handle GayTeen is none other than Kevin Land, star of the baseball team, one of the most popular guys in school.

As Kevin and Russel get to know one another, outside of school and hidden away from prying eyes, they realize that there's no way for them to be together inside school walls. The same is true for Russel's friends Min and Terese, who although they claim to just be really close friends, are actually in love. So along with a few others, including Gunnar, who is straight, and Brian Bund, the loser of Goodkind High School, the boys form The Geography Club. After all, no one else is going to want to join such a boring club--especially if they knew it was just a front for a gay/ lesbian school group.

As events at school heat up, with Brian eventually being outed as gay even though he's not, Russel, Kevin, and their friends will have to learn what's most important in life. And that sometimes, no matter how much you might wish for things to be out in the open, you're just not ready.

GEOGRAPHY CLUB is a great, quick read from author Brent Hartinger, about the ups and downs of daily high school life, and the struggle to find ones identity.
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reviewed Geography Club (Russel Middlebrook, Bk 1) on + 99 more book reviews
Interresting plot idea, well presented. a few of the narratives were more than predictable. A good read, altogether.
jimehmann avatar reviewed Geography Club (Russel Middlebrook, Bk 1) on + 2 more book reviews
I enjoyed the book "Geography Club". I enjoy fantasy gay youth coming out stories. I'm a sucker for a happy ending, and it was, just unexpected.


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