The Miseducation of Cameron Post

The Miseducation of Cameron PostThe acclaimed book behind the 2018 Sundance Grand Jury Prize winning movie LGBTQ cinema is out in force at Sundance Film Festival, proclaimed USA Today. The acerbic coming of age movie is adapted from Emily M. Danforth's novel, and stars Chlo Grace Moretz as a lesbian teen who is sent to a gay conversion therapy center after she gets caught having sex with her friend on prom night. The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a stunning and provocative

The acclaimed book behind the 2018 Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning movie

LGBTQ cinema is out in force at Sundance Film Festival, proclaimed USA Today. The acerbic coming-of-age movie is adapted from Emily M. Danforth's novel, and stars Chlo Grace Moretz as a lesbian teen who is sent to a gay conversion therapy center after she gets caught having sex with her friend on prom night.

The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a stunning and provocative literary debut that was named to numerous best of the year lists.

When Cameron Post's parents die suddenly in a car crash, her shocking first thought is relief. Relief they'll never know that, hours earlier, she had been kissing a girl.

But that relief doesn't last, and Cam is forced to move in with her conservative aunt Ruth and her well-intentioned but hopelessly old-fashioned grandmother. She knows that from this point on, her life will forever be different. Survival in Miles City, Montana, means blending in and leaving well enough alone, and Cam becomes an expert at both.

Then Coley Talor moves to town. Beautiful, pickup-driving Coley is a perfect cowgirl with the perfect boyfriend to match. She and Cam forge an unexpected and intense friendship, one that seems to leave room for something more to emerge. But just as that starts to seem like a real possibility, Aunt Ruth takes drastic action to "fix" her niece, bringing Cam face-to-face with the cost of denying her true self--even if she's not quite sure who that is.

Don't miss this raw and powerful own voices debut, the basis for the award-winning film starring Chlo Grace Moretz.

--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Balzer & Bray/Harperteen
Published: 02/07/2012
ISBN: 9780062020567
Pages: 470
Weight: 1.27lbs
Size: 8.49h x 5.75w x 1.55d
Award: Tayshas Reading - Commended
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Montana Book Award - Winner
Award: Lambda Literary Awards - Finalist
Award: William C. Morris YA Debut Award - Finalist

Review Citations: Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2011 pg. 489 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Booklist 12/15/2011 pg. 49
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2011
Publishers Weekly 01/09/2012 pg. 55
Entertainment Weekly 02/17/2012 pg. 77
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2012
School Library Journal 03/01/2012 pg. 154
Kirkus Best Young-Adult Books 12/01/2012 pg. 56
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2012 pg. 30
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2013 pg. 12
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2012 pg. 94 - Recommended, Satisfactory

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 150780 / Miseducation of Cameron Post
Reading Level: 6.6 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 24