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Title: The characters in this story had few redeeming qualities
Review: This story left me feeling very unhappy with the state of Young Adult literature. I recognized the basic idea behind the book to show the angst and termoil in the teen years and the difficulity in dealing with homosexuality at that age, however I found myself feeling very sorry for the children in this story. I never saw any real progress in the improvement of the Charlie character and I felt the book had a lot of negative messages. Unprotected teen sex with no mention of abstenince, drinking to solve your problems and make things "fun", fighting to solve conflicts, and a general distain for teachers. I will not be offering this book to my teen to read.
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