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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2016 | Xpress Reviews Web Only
Gr 8 Up—This updated version of The Canterbury Tales is a compelling LGBTQ coming-of-age story. When things get rowdy on a class trip to Washington, DC, English teacher and chaperone Mr. Bailey tells the students they each have a chance at an A—all they have to do is tell a story. Jeff Chaucer, a student on the bus, writes down the tales as they are told and compiles them. Though the frame of the narrative is the same as the classic, between the pieces there are interludes f...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on April 1, 2016
Jeff Chaucer just wants to get on with the rest of his life. But on a senior trip to DC, his teacher challenges each student to...Log In or Sign Up to Read More