Then there's Terese's politically active friend, Ike.īrent 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. There's his best friend Min, who reveals that she is bisexual, and her soccer–playing girlfriend Terese.

After realizing he isn't the only one at his school who is gay and hiding his identity from the rest of the population, Russel Middlebrook decides to. Soon Russel meets other gay students, too. Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified. 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. Russel Middlebrook is convinced he's the only gay kid at Goodkind High School. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. We could call it Geography Club!'īrent Hartinger's debut novel is a fastpaced, funny, and trenchant portrait of contemporary teenagers who may not learn any actual geography in their latest school club, but who learn plenty about the treacherous social terrain of a typical American high school and the even more dangerous landscape of the human heart. 'We just choose a club that's so boring, nobody in their right mind would ever in a million years join it. And there's Terese's politically active friend, Ike.īut how can kids this diverse get together without drawing attention to themselves? There's his best friend, Min, who reveals that she's bisexual, and her soccer-playing girlfriend, Terese. Soon Russel meets other gay students too. 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.

There were over a thousand extras! There was a marching band, two football teams, two cheerleading squads, and about a zillion crew members.Russel Middlebrook is convinced he's the only gay kid at Goodkind High School.

And sure enough, the resulting scene is spectacular - one of the best in the whole movie.Īs I watched them film it, I couldn’t help but feel a little bit like how the Egyptian pharaohs must have felt watching them build the pyramids. The producers of the movie decided football would be more cinematic, so they changed sports. In the book, it’s the scene where Russel joins the baseball team to be closer to Kevin, and he ends up sort of accidentally hitting a homerun. The most interesting thing I saw was the football stadium scene. So a year ago last June, I flew down to Los Angeles for four days to watch the filming of Geography Club, the movie based on my book (to be released on November 15th, 2013, in select theaters and on video on demand).

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