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The Boxer Shorts Rebellion by Genta Sebastian

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4.0

Wow...this was melodramatic, sad, and violent. No romance here at all. A real indictment of adults who let kids get away with bullying as a matter of policy. And by the way? The idea of having a nice sit-down with a violent homophobe to explain to him that he's really gay? Ranks among the worst ideas *ever*, although maybe, given the tenor of the book, it could be considered a suicide attempt.

The blurb describes this book as darkly comedic, but mostly it's just dark. And I believe this book based on a real-life Minnesota school district that had just these exact problems with bullying and suicide and a policy of not interfering with *anything* having to do with sexual orientation. Whatever it's flaws, I won't be forgetting this book soon.
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