The central premise of Geography Club (a bunch of kids want to form a gay-straight alliance at their school, but are kinda afraid to, so they name in the one thing they know NO ONE will be interested in: a geography club) is funny as hell, but the book is all sweet and stuff.
(and ends the way I thought Rainbow Boys should have ended, incidentally)
When Geography Club was getting all banned for some bullshit cover reason*, there wasn't just fighting, there was mocking too.
And you know I love a good mockery.
The sequel to Geography Club, The Order of the Poison Oak, is also the only book that's caused me to say, out loud, to the book, "He's a ho!" And I think that's a good thing.
In fact, my only complaint with Brent Hartinger is that the pacing of his newest book (Grand & Humble), combined with my reading speed, meant that I got to the end of page 175, the biggest cliff hanger in the book, looked at the clock, and realized I had to go back to work right then. I can blame him for this, right?
It's such a good book. All thriller-y and suspenseful, but funny too. And I really like the design of the cover and chapter beginnings.
This is what it looks like:
*"...Superintendent Patti Banks, who earlier had removed “Geography Club” from the high school and Curtis Junior High out of concerns it could influence students to meet strangers through the Internet."
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