The Drowning of Stephan Jones
by Bette Greene

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Book Review: Hard Choices
Summary: 5 Stars

It speaks to troubled teens worried about fitting in as well as to GLBTQ people and their tormenters. Carla is forced to balance her beliefs against her feelings for a handsome, popular young man. Deciding that keeping silent is an appropriate compromise, she soon learns the price such compromises can demand. Over the course of several months, she watches as the violence of the attacks against two innocent men increases in intensity. At the same time, she is forced to watch the adults who condone such violence launch an attack against her mother, the town librarian. By the time she decides to speak out, it is too late. Her bid for popularity has prevented her from showing support to her mother and cost one-man his life.

Regrettably, some readers have criticized the characters of Stephan and Frank as being

unrealistic and stereotypical. Specifically, some people think that GLBTQ men who move to roll areas would never act like the characters of Stephan and Frank. This is unfortunate. The fact is that there are people who act exactly this way and who move to roll towns. A quick reading of "A Rose for Charlie" in "Us and Them" by Jim Carnes should give anyone the evidence they need to verify the truth of the characters in question. The characters of Stephan and Frank were drawn from the story of Charlie Howard and his fate at the hands of ignorance and bigotry.

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