Geography Club
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Geography Club
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Narrated by:
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Josh Hurley
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By:
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Brent Hartinger
About this listen
Russel Middlebrook is convinced he's the only gay kid at Goodkind High School. Then his online gay chat buddy turns out to be none other than Kevin, the popular but closeted star of the school's baseball team. Soon Russel meets other gay students, too. There's his best friend Min, who reveals that she is bisexual, and her soccer-playing girlfriend Terese. Then there's Terese's politically active friend, Ike. But how can kids this diverse get together without drawing attention to themselves?
"We just choose a club that's so boring, that nobody in their right mind would ever in a million years join it. We could call it Geography Club!"
Brent Hartinger's debut novel, what became first of a series about Russel Middlebrook, is a fast-paced, funny, and trenchant portrait of contemporary teenagers who may not learn any actual geography in their latest club, but who learn plenty about the treacherous social terrain of high school and the even more dangerous landscape of the human heart. This is Book 1 in the Russel Middlebrook Series.
©2003 Brent Hartinger (P)2013 Audible, Inc.Editorial reviews
Narrator Josh Hurley's performance has the fervent honesty of a confession, and his narration will resonate with listeners who know what it feels to be different and isolated. High school sophomore Russel Middlebrook is gay and closeted, and it feels like the only time he can really be himself is when he's chatting online with a gay buddy. When that buddy turns out to be the gorgeous star of the school's basketball team, and after his best friend reveals that she's bisexual, Russel begins to realize that he may not be alone, after all. Hurley movingly depicts how Russel's self-protective shell transforms into a voice that is filled with confidence and hope.
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- Wide Eyes, Big Ears!
- 26-04-2022
Loved this! Daring to be brave is hard!!
There’s a reason this impactful YA story was turned into a movie, it’s fun and thoughtful and very moving. High schooler Russel Middlebrook and four other students find out each other are gay or bisexual. They’re desperate to keep that secret; they also want to socialise, but they’re from different high school cliches. So they form the most boring club they can think of - The Geography Club - which no other student in their right mind would want to join. All goes well until they debate whether to admit the most picked-on boy in the school. I love Brent Hartinger’s writing and I love Russel, Kevin, Min and Gunnar from the two adult spinoff series so I’m excited to encounter them all in high school, knowing what great people they become. This is such a strong story, Russel is continually confronted with the teenage peer dilemma, lie low under the radar or make a moral stand … and like all of us, sometimes he’s brave and sometimes he’s not. His humanity and mistakes are what make him so relatable. Josh Hurley is an effortlessly talented audio narrator, I think this is the fourth book I’ve listened to him narrate. His accents, voices, and emotional range are amazingly good.
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