Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit
by Jaye Robin Brown
Joanna, aka Jo, is getting ready to start her senior year of
high school. She does so in a new town where
her father requests she masquerade as straight.
In a town where almost everyone attends the same conservative Christian
church, it’s heartwarming to hear Joanna’s viewpoint of an accepting and loving
god. Joanna and her friends attend the
weekly Christian youth group, go to house parties and do other typical teenage
things. There is underage drinking and talk of sex, nothing explicit. This
story is optimistic but not fake, not all of Joanna’s new friends will still be
friends after she admits to being a lesbian.
This story takes place in a small-town southern high school
and is filled with typical teenage situations.
How will I make friends and fit in? How can I be myself and also behave
the way my parents/friends/society expect? Is that person flirting with me or just being
friendly? When mistakes are made, will I
be forgiven? Regardless of sexual
preference, this book engages the reader and has you rooting for the characters
to be happy together.
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