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Gr 9 Up—A deeply moving and personal story, drawn from the author's own experiences, as he notes in the prologue. Set in England in the 1990s, during the era of Section 28 of the Local Government Act—a law prohibiting the mention of homosexuality in schools—Green's protagonist, Jamie, is a middle-of-the-road, under-the-radar kind of kid. Too bright to be cool yet too popular to fit in with the academic crowd, he navigates his world while wrestling with his sexuality. As the head of the junior prom committee, Jamie finds an unexpect...Log In or Sign Up to Read More