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Geography Club by Brent Hartinger List Price: $7.99 Unavailable for purchase at this time

Russel is still going on dates with girls. Kevin would do anything to prevent his teammates on the baseball team from finding out. Min and Terese tell everyone they're just really good friends. But after a while, the truth's too hard to hide -- at least from each other -- so they form the "Geography Club." Nobody else will come. Why would they want to? Their secret should be safe.

Customer Reviews:
Ugh.	Customer Rating: 2 out of 5
Okay, the story was mildly interesting, and except for the cliche characters, the plot wasn't necessarily bad...but the writing was. The author of this book must think his audience is composed of idiots. He tries to dumb everything down, and his pathetic attempt at integrating slang and modern teen culture into the dialogue was pathetic. It took some willpower to finish the book; one of my friends just gave it back to me after the first few chapters. I don't recommend this book. If you want to find something realistic, inspiring, or simply worthwhile, look elsewhere.
A likable gay coming-of-age tale, but with a "too-tidy" ending	Customer Rating: 3 out of 5
"Geography Club" is a quick read, but one with well-developed characters and a very interesting set-up. Through a revelation and brief series of very believable events, a small group of gays kids at an 800-student high school meet, without anyone else knowing. But they're from different cliques and being seen toegther in the cafeteria or the local pizza parlor or the park would make classmates wonder what the hell that odd collection is doing together. So they create a club so boring that no one else would join. And it works. So, too, does the book--until the last 20 pages or so. Things are wrapped up too fast and too neat. I imagine the "nice-and-neat" wrap-up is due in large part because this book is aimed at young adults (though it's a good read for all ages) and the author is the founder of a gay and lesbian support group for young people. So he wants to give kids hope. But a dose of reality would have been good to mix in with the nice-and-neat ending. (Though I was glad to see that one relationship did indeed end, so that the entire ending wasn't too clean.) It's a serious but enjoyable look at dealing with sexuality in high school. And the author presents very real situations giving characters very real predicaments to solve. While the choices they make throughout the book are so very real, unfortunately, the ultimate resolution of the story is a bit too much to be expected of the situations and teens in those situations. Still, I'll give this book three out of five stars and a recommendation. It's a very enjoyable read with very likable characters.
Extraordinary Coming Out Story	Customer Rating: 5 out of 5
Without a doubt one of the finest gay teen coming out stories written, The Geography Club features the likable and very believable gay teen Russell Middlebrook who develops a crush on jock Kevin who so happens to be gay as well. The story deals with the difficult issues gay teens face trying to cope with their sexuality in the clique-ridden and hostile environment known as high school. The strongest aspect of the story is Russell who speaks in a contemporary voice, full of humour, angst and insecurity. Highly recommended for teenagers both gay and straight, as well as parents who want to better understand what their gay teen may be going through.
Very fun and very fast.	Customer Rating: 4 out of 5
The Geography Club is a fun book. Very fast pased. Russel is an interesting carector, but I was just wondering where the parents were through all this. He never had a conversation with any of his parents, or adults for that matter, except the coach, and it was very brief. But besides that, I enjoyed the story. Can't wait to read the sequel.
Teaching Tolerance	Customer Rating: 5 out of 5
This is a great book that should be considered for a high school's library collection. It helps teens deal with sexual orientation issues in a non-threatening way. Could be eye opening for those who are trying to understand what teens of different sexual orientations experience. May help others become more tolerant of others' differences.