Throwing Stones
by Robin Reardon
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Pub Date Nov 13 2015 | Archive Date May 31 2020
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Description
Something is drawing seventeen-year-old Jesse Bryce toward the community of Pagans who live in "the village," just outside his rural Oklahoma town. Maybe it's that he has a crush on Griffin Holyoke, a tall, dark-haired boy with a tree tattooed all up his back. Or maybe it's that the Pagans accept Jesse for who he is, unlike his family—or his church, where he hears that being gay is a sin.
After a man from the village is murdered while trying to prevent an assault on a girl from the town, Jesse's confusion at the town's unsympathetic reaction inspires him to set a mission for himself: to build a bridge of acceptance between the town and the village.
As Jesse defies his parents and continues to visit the village, he witnesses mysterious rituals that haunt him with their beauty and intensity. And he falls in love with one enigmatic, mercurial Pagan who opens his eyes to a whole new world.
This first-person story explores what can happen when we make conclusions about others based on too little information, or on the wrong information. Whether we're misunderstanding each others' religions or each others' sexual orientation, everyone benefits from learning the truth. And everyone benefits from forgiveness.
Advance Praise
"Another winner from Robin Reardon, possibly her most ambitious novel yet. I hate to make a silly pun, but I can't help myself: this book rocks." — Brent Hartinger, author of Geography Club and The Otto Digmore Difference
"Readers of Robin Reardon's other work know what to expect by now: an endearing, well-developed, and introspective LGBTQ protagonist, a twisting plot worthy of the craziest telenovela, and deep explorations of myriad subjects highlighted by especially deep discussions of religious concerns." —Timothy Woodward, author of If I Told You So
"Here is where we see Reardon shine. She obviously has done her research well and she wonderfully explains the mysterious rituals that Jesse sees as she captures the beauty and the intensity within them. Jesse soon finds himself in love with a villager who teaches him so much and lets him see a whole new kind of existence." —Amos Lassen (Amos Lassen Reviews)
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781517253103 |
| PRICE | $3.99 (USD) |
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Alan D, Reviewer
An amazing book! There are many sub plots and you get confussed at times, but it's impossible not to get immersed in it. It was more about the Pagan community rather than Jesse being gay and how this affected him, although both parts of the story are storngly intertwined. The characters are really human, with their good and bad sides, but there were several positive scenes in the novel and not as many fights and misunderstandings as I would have expected. The groove? I loved it! It may be an utopic version of a Pagan community, but I love it nonetheless, and hell, who can tell us there's not such a place like this in real life? I'd reather think there is, and I'm so eager to visit it I cannot stress it enough. A marvelous tale about kindness, acceptance, communication and the power of love.
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