Act Well Your Part

by Don Sakers

The New Boy in Class At first Keith Graff dislikes his new school, Oak Grove High. He misses his old friends, and despairs of ever fitting in. Then he joins the school's drama club, where he meets the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1934754226
• ISBN13: 9781934754221
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Spleed-Of-C Productions
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12

Customer Reviews

A great example of gay YA fiction

I thought this novel was great. Much better than Nancy Garden's very similar "Good Moon Rising." I agree that the high school is unbelievably liberal for the 1980's. However, it was refreshing to read a YA novel featuring a gay protagonist who is not wracked with guilt and who is not punished in the end. I also found the sex scenes to be very realistic without being too explicit.

Predictable? Yes, but still a great book.

This was the first book I read as a teenager that identified with the feelings I was having. I think it is a great book, perhaps somewhat predictable (in retrospect), but overall it was exactly what I needed.

& #65279;Starting Over

& #65279;Teen romances are seldom considered great literature. But, they do serve a purpose. They provide characters who echo the everyday questions and insecurities that plague budding relationships. The problems Keith faces are problems faced by many young people. He moves to a new town and enters a new school. He is far away from his best friend. And, he is falling in love with another boy in the theater group. The interesting thing about this book and its sequel, "Lucky in Love," is that it portrays prejudice as a very human thing. The homophobia exhibited in the book arises from the jealousy of the heterosexual characters. This book fills a void felt by many of us by giving back the dignity of romance.