How to Survive a Summer
Publisher
Blue Rider Press
Publication Year
2017
ISBN
9780399573699
Pages
352 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
A debut novel centering around a gay conversion camp in Mississippi and a man's reckoning with the trauma he faced there as a teen.
Grade Level
6-8; 9-12
Diversity Topics
LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Gay/Lesbian; gay; gay teenager; gay adult
Main Character
male teenager; male adult
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
mother and father
LGBTQ+
gay male
Keywords
conversion therapy; Mississippi; LGBTQ youth; religion; Christianity; camp; psychic trauma; coming of age; mystery
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
White, Nick, "How to Survive a Summer" (2017). Diverse Families. 1400.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1400