Emily Danforth remembers exactly what it’s like to be a teenager, and she has written a new classic.” - Curtis Sittenfeld, bestselling author of PREP and AMERICAN WIFE “If Holden Caulfield had been a gay girl from Montana, this is the story he might have told-it’s funny, heartbreaking, and beautifully rendered. “Cameron is a memorable heroine with an unforgettable and important story to tell, and she does so with wit, emotion, and depth.” - Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books An excellent read for both teens and adults.” - School Library Journal (starred review)

★ “This finely crafted, sophisticated coming-of-age debut novel is multilayered, finessing such issues as loss, first love, and friendship. ★ “The story is riveting, beautiful, and full of the kind of detail that brings to life a place (rural Montana), a time (the early 1990s), and a questioning teenage girl.” - Publishers Weekly (starred review) ★ “ ambitious literary novel, a multidimensional coming-of-age.” - Booklist (starred review) ★ “Rich with detail and emotion, a sophisticated read for teens and adults alike.” - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Don't miss this raw and powerful own voices debut, the basis for the award-winning film starring Chloë Grace Moretz. But just as that starts to seem like a real possibility, 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 quite sure who that is. She and Cam forge an unexpected and intense friendship, one that seems to leave room for something more to emerge. Beautiful, pickup-driving Coley is a perfect cowgirl with the perfect boyfriend to match. Survival in Miles City, Montana, means blending in and leaving well enough alone, and Cam becomes an expert at both. She knows that from this point on, her life will forever be different. Relief they’ll never know that, hours earlier, she had been kissing a girl.īut that relief doesn’t last, and Cam is forced to move in with her conservative aunt Ruth and her well-intentioned but hopelessly old-fashioned grandmother. When Cameron Post’s parents die suddenly in a car crash, her shocking first thought is relief. The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a stunning and provocative literary debut that was named to numerous best of the year lists. Danforth's novel, and stars Chloë Grace Moretz as a lesbian teen who is sent to a gay conversion therapy center after she gets caught having sex with her friend on prom night.' 'The acerbic coming-of-age movie is adapted from Emily M. 'LGBTQ cinema is out in force at Sundance Film Festival,' proclaimed USA Today. The acclaimed book behind the 2018 Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning movie

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