{"id":4952,"date":"2019-01-26T15:52:19","date_gmt":"2019-01-26T23:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/?p=4952"},"modified":"2019-01-26T15:52:19","modified_gmt":"2019-01-26T23:52:19","slug":"odd-one-out-teen-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2019\/odd-one-out-teen-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Odd One Out — Teen Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

review by\u00a0John Chon, age 16<\/p>\n

Odd One Out\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>by\u00a0Nic Stone<\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Odd One Out<\/i><\/b> by Nic Stone is a story about self discovery. This book follows two very close childhood friends, a straight guy and a lesbian girl. Courtney \u201cCoop\u201d and Jupiter \u201cJupe\u201d are very close, with Jupe\u2019s parents being gay fathers and Coop\u2019s mother being single after his father died. Coop is on the basketball team and Jupe is heavily into public service and social action. Both are in high school, and as Jupe is discovering their sexuality, they meet another new girl who quickly makes friends with them. However, they end up having real issues with figuring out what each person\u2019s role is in their new, awkward relationship.
\n<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0This book was a means of catharsis for the author. In the acknowledgements, she writes that she wishes she had this book when she was a teenager, growing up unsure of her identity. This book does a great job of showing how people who are not heteronormative struggle with how they want to approach their sexuality. I did feel like the characters were rather oblivious to the other one\u2019s interactions, and the casual talk of sex was definitely out of place, at least based off of my high school experience. Overall, this book is fairly solid, but not really up my alley. 3\/5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Find this book in our catalog: Odd One Out<\/a><\/p>\n

Catalog Number: YA FIC STONE,N<\/p>\n

309 pages<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Courtney \u201cCoop\u201d and Jupiter \u201cJupe\u201d are very close, with Jupe\u2019s parents being gay fathers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":4953,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[120,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-reviews","category-teen-reviews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2019\/01\/odd-one-out.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ZwbD-1hS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6562,"url":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2021\/muse-teen-book-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":4952,"position":0},"title":"Muse — Teen Book Review","author":"Teen Blogger","date":"July 10, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Review by Hailey Chen, 13 Muse By Brittany Cavallaro The stage is set in the year 1893 and Claire Emerson, a girl said to bless those she touches, is planning to escape. 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