#the miseducation of cameron post emily m danforth

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“I just liked girls because I couldn't help not to.” ― Emily M. Danforth, The Miseducation of Cameron Post

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Tell us about the girl you knew from home. THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST (2018) [+] LGBTQ 🏳️‍🌈 [+] CHLÖE GRACE MORETZ 🌼 [+] QUINN SHEPHARD 🌹 [+] ..more on “The Miseducation of Cameron Post” 🎬

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Becoming

Alice Oseman, Radio Silence // David Almond, The Tightrope Walkers // Will Wood, Marsha Thankk You for the Dialectics but I Need You to Leave // Dionne Brand, What We All Long For // Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea // Jeff VanderMeer, Acceptance // Emily M. Danforth, The Miseducation of Cameron Post

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The Miseducation of Cameron Post!

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And so I cry sometimes when I'm lying in bed Just to get it all out what's in my head And I, I'm feeling a little peculiar And so I wake in the morning and I step outside And I take a deep breath and I get real high And I scream from the top of my lungs "What's going on?"

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JOMP BPC - May 15th - Time Period

I’m not a big fan of historical fiction but I love reading books set in the 1990s, especially about queer kids living in the 90s, because it helps me contextualise some of my experiences growing up as a queer kid in the 2000s and 2010s. I’d highly recommend these three 💖

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Title: The Miseductation of Cameron Post

Author: Emily M. Danforth

Page length: 485

Synopsis: 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 soon 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 (as her grandmother might say), and Cam becomes an expert at both. Then Coley Taylor 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, ultrareligious 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 exactly sure who that is.

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We both knew the knock was coming. We heard the footsteps stop outside Irene’s door, but there was empty time between the end of those steps and the heavy rap of his knuckles: ghost time. Mr. Klauson standing there, waiting, maybe holding his breath, just like me. I think about him on the other side of that door all the time, even now. How I still had parents before that knock, and how I didn’t after. Mr. Klauson knew that too; how he had to lift his calloused hand and take them away from me at eleven p.m. one hot night at the end of June - summer vacation, root beer and stolen bubble gum, stolen kisses - the very good life for a twelve-year-old, when I still had mostly everything figured out, and the stuff I didn’t know seemed like it would come easy enough if I could just wait for it, and anyway there’d always be Irene with me, waiting too.

Emily M. Danforth, The Miseducation of Cameron Post

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THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST (2018)

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I like how Cameron mentions the hyprocrisy in her christian community throughout the book, homosexuality is a sin and a sickness that needs to be preached out of you but not premarital sex that her aunt was doing huh.

The book is simply a nice 470 pages of a constant notalgic feeling that feel all too relateble whether you were born during that time period or not. It handles grief and exploration organically. And it all comes from a place of personal experience. I was less invested in the third act compared to the first two. And the ending albeit a spiritual way for Cameron to cope with her parents death and her trauma, it felt lackluster and rushed.

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part 2 of the 2023 version of this post: young adult books!

part 1: middle grade books | part 3: adult books

this is a very incomplete list, as these are only books I've read and enjoyed. not all books are going to be for all readers, so I'd recommend looking up synopses and content warnings. feel free to message me with any questions about specific representation!

list of books under the cut ⬇️

aces wild by amanda dewitt

the chandler legacies by abdi nazemian

bruised by tanya boteju

juliet takes a breath by gabby rivera

picture us in the light by kelly loy gilbert

when we were magic by sarah gailey

iron widow by xiran jay zhao

the rise of kyoshi by f.c. yee

jane unlimited by kristin cashore

summer of salt by katrina leno

the wicker king by k. ancrum

the dead and the dark by courtney gould

wilder girls by rory power

i kissed shara wheeler by casey mcquiston

her royal highness by rachel hawkins

tell me how you really feel by aminah mae safi

the weight of the stars by k. ancrum

you should see me in a crown by leah johnson

last night at the telegraph club by malinda lo

the grief keeper by alexandra villasante

crier's war by nina varela

how to excavate a heart by jake maia arlow

imogen, obviously by becky albertalli

in other lands by sarah rees brennan

carry on by rainbow rowell

cemetery boys by aiden thomas

felix ever after by kacen callendar

i wish you all the best by mason deaver

little thieves by margaret owen

technically you started it by lana wood johnson

the gentleman's guide to vice and virtue by mackenzi lee

the infinite noise by lauren shippen

bonds of brass by emily skrutskie

the darkness outside us by eliot schrefer

simon vs. the homo sapiens agenda by becky albertalli

what if it's us by becky albertalli and adam silvera

aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe by benjamin alire sáenz

like a love story by abdi nazemian

different for boys by patrick ness

history is all you left me by adam silvera

twelfth grade night by molly horton booth, stephanie kate strohm, and jamie green

across a field of starlight by blue delliquanti

heartstopper by alice oseman

check, please! by ngozi ukazu

bloom by kevin panetta and savanna ganucheau

laura dean keeps breaking up with me by mariko tamaki and rosemary valero-o'connell

the princess and the grilled cheese sandwich by deya muniz

if you'll have me by eunnie

on a sunbeam by tillie walden

the girl from the sea by molly knox ostertag

always human by ari north

rust in the root by justina ireland

dread nation by justina ireland

pet by awkwaeke emezi

the darkest part of the forest by holly black

elatsoe by darcie little badger

i was born for this by alice oseman

loveless by alice oseman

i hate everyone but you by gaby dunn and allison raskin

you know me well by nina lacour and david levithan

the black flamingo by dean atta

spinning by tillie walden

dreadnought by april daniels

a lesson in vengeance by victoria lee

all the bad apples by moira fowley-doyle

clap when you land by elizabeth acevedo

summer bird blue by akemi dawn bowman

the miseducation of cameron post by emily m. danforth

we are okay by nina lacour

radio silence by alice oseman

we used to be friends by amy spalding

a neon darkness by lauren shippen

i hope you get this message by farah naz rishi

are you listening? by tillie walden

alone in space by tillie walden

all out edited by saundra mitchell

out now edited by saundra mitchell

out there edited by saundra mitchell

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― The Miseducation of Cameron Post, Emily M. Danforth @lgbtqcreators 12 month style swap — for @logangarfield / (insp.)

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"I don't think of myself as a homosexual. I really don't think of myself as anything."

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whats your 'this will be my first and last time reading this book' because a) it was so bad b) it was too traumatizing c) it was ok, but not great d) it was perfect one time is enough i want to preserve the bliss and innocence

i got bored, its ok if you dont want to answer it, thanks

thank you for the fun question!

a) the jewel by amy ewing (its been years but this was terrible)

b) hmm i dont really have one.. the miseducation of cameron post by emily m danforth was tough but also im thinking about rereading it so 🤷‍♀️

c) too many 🙈 but im gonna say the library by bella osborne

d) Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier - the whole trilogy actually. I loved them when i was a teen but i do not think id enjoy them now so ill just keep the fond memories lmao

Please share what books you dont want to reread for whatever reason, i wanna know!