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Geography Club
by Brent Hartinger

Published: 2004-02-17
Paperback : 240 pages
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Book 1 in the Russel Middlebrook Series.
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, ...
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Book 1 in the Russel Middlebrook Series.
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, 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.

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(1) At the beginning of the book, Russel feels different from everyone else in his school. Is he really that different? Is what ways is he the same? Some critics have called Russel an “everyboy” and a “universal character”? How can a character who feels “
(2) The Geography Club never discusses actual geography, but the members do learn about a geography of sorts. What do they learn? Why does Russel compare the locker room to a battle zone, and why does he think of the school’s various cliques and social gr
(3) When Russel is trying to decide whether to forgive Gunnar, he remembers how Min had forgiven him, and he thinks, “It was funny how everything was fitting together like this.” In what ways do the different characters in the book reverse roles? Was Min
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  "Geography Club"by Shannah S. (see profile) 02/02/16

This book was thoughtful, touching and well rounded. The characters were enjoyable to read as they fulfilled the author's expectations.

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