The State of Us by Shaun David Hutchinson

Agent: Katie Shea Boutillier, Donald Maass Literary Agency. His family doesnt look like the kind on TV: his mother. Though he describes himself at times in deep depression and engaging in self harm, the memoir ends on a positive note, sharing the ways in which he finds acceptance both within himself and within the queer community, and sending an important message to other queer teens: your life is a gift, and support is out there. But Damians vow of silence doesnt workhis classmates can tell theres something different about him. The author explores his teenage years with raw honesty, presenting the truth as he saw it and sharing passages from his diaries to illustrate the turmoil he experienced-which many queer teens will continue to empathize with. In the meantime, trying to live an inauthentic life left him angry and depressed for reasons he couldn’t grasp. With the lack of positive representation of queerness, Hutchinson’s views of gay people were so negative that it took him years to recognize his own sexuality. The State of Us - Shaun David Hutchinson - Google Books 'Dre and Dean have got my vote'-Adib Khorram, award-winning author of Darius the Great Is Not Okay When Dean Arnault's mother. It's a new modern-day, star-crossed romance about what it really means to love your country-and yourself-from the acclaimed author of We Are the Ants and Brave Face, Shaun David Hutchinson.YA author Hutchinson ( The Past and Other Things That Should Stay Buried) explores the travails of coming into his sexuality in the early 1990s, when homophobia was deeply rampant in the U.S., the AIDS crisis was in devastating full force, and equal rights for anyone on the LGBTQ spectrum were still a distant dream. If it wasn't hard enough falling in love across the aisle, the political scheming of a shady third-party candidate could cause Dean and Dre's world to explode around them. But as Dean and Dre's meet-ups on the campaign trail become less left to chance, their friendship quickly becomes a romantic connection unlike any either of the boys have ever known. the Homo Sapiens Agenda in The State of Us, the story of Dean and Dre, the sixteen-year-old sons of the Republican and.

The only problem is that Dre Rosario's on the opposition he's the son of the Democratic nominee. But still that doesn't mean Dean wants to be part of the public spectacle that is the race for the White House-at least not until he meets Dre.

When Dean Arnault's mother decided to run for president, it wasn't a surprise to anyone, least of all her son. Click here to purchase from Rakuten Kobo 'Dre and Dean have got my vote!'-Adib Khorram, award-winning author of Darius the Great Is Not Okay The item The state of us, Shaun David Hutchinson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in.

The State of Us by Shaun David Hutchinson