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During the summer before his senior year, John who lives on a Texas ranch goes to a rodeo school and learns to become a bull-rider. There he meets Kit a 19 year old college student who happens to be a politically active Gay guy, unknown to John and his friends.
John and Kit click in a friendship in a way John has never experienced before. This all sets John into an intense personal re-examination and self-discovery. This conflict drives the novel which becomes even more intense when John and his ...more
John and Kit click in a friendship in a way John has never experienced before. This all sets John into an intense personal re-examination and self-discovery. This conflict drives the novel which becomes even more intense when John and his ...more
This was a fun quick read. I loved all the characters and the book had several surprising laugh out loud moments.
It was fairly short, so I felt not everything was fleshed out as much as it should have been. I would have loved to have more time spent on the bull riding as well as the characters.
Not, I am not one to require happy endings. But this ending just felt rather...pointless. The whole book felt like it was leading toward one thing...and that one thing didn't happen. I had to check that th ...more
It was fairly short, so I felt not everything was fleshed out as much as it should have been. I would have loved to have more time spent on the bull riding as well as the characters.
Not, I am not one to require happy endings. But this ending just felt rather...pointless. The whole book felt like it was leading toward one thing...and that one thing didn't happen. I had to check that th ...more
Jun 03, 2011
Stephen
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John a young man, still in high school feels surrounded by females what with his mother, his girlfriend, and his five sisters.
Getting away for a week at a rodeo prep camp sounds great and there he meets and befriends Kit a handsome self assured guy who goes to college with his older sister. Kit is a natural bull rider and the two quickly strike up a friendship.
When he returns home and his sister tells John that Kit is openly gay on campus, John's world is rocked.
Soon he's questioning many thi ...more
Getting away for a week at a rodeo prep camp sounds great and there he meets and befriends Kit a handsome self assured guy who goes to college with his older sister. Kit is a natural bull rider and the two quickly strike up a friendship.
When he returns home and his sister tells John that Kit is openly gay on campus, John's world is rocked.
Soon he's questioning many thi ...more
Oct 18, 2009
Joseph-Daniel Peter Paul Abondius
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