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Reviewed on February 1, 1989
Gr 8-Up Racism, homophobia, and sexual molestation are brought to the forefront in this novel. Childress highlights a three - month period in the interconnected lives of five people considered to be outside the mainstream of society: Jonathan Barnett, a 17-year-old homosexual; Tyrone and Susan Tate, a brother and sister from a wealthy black family; Rex Hardy, a teacher who has sexually molested a student; and Theodora Lynn, a teenager under psychiatric care because she ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More