De Oliveira, Eddie. Lucky.DE OLIVEIRA, Eddie. Lucky. Scholastic, Push. 239p. c2004. 0-439-54655-9. $6.99. SA Growing up in Surrey, England, Sam has always felt different from everyone around him. During his summer vacation Summer vacation (also called summer holidays or summer break) is a vacation in the summertime between school years in which students are off for 3 months, depending on the country and district. from college, he plays striker for the local amateur football (soccer) team, drinks with his buddies, and attends professional football matches, but also obsesses endlessly about his desires. He likes both girls and boys--at least, he thinks so, but won't call himself bisexual because labels aren't important, a point that is hammered home several times over the course of this monotonous debut novel. Sam reveals his secret thoughts first to his new bisexual friend Toby, who brings him to a gay neighborhood in London. Sam outwardly denies his feelings for Toby, but just when he thinks they might start a romantic relationship, Lucy enters the picture. Both young men fall for her, but she is more interested in Toby. Sam is consumed by his jealous feelings and begins to shun Shun In Chinese mythology, one of the three legendary emperors, along with Yao and Da Yu, of the golden age of antiquity (c. 23rd century BC), singled out by Confucius as models of integrity and virtue. both of them. While this melodrama is occurring, a young man at the football games Sam attends catches his eye. Sam dubs this man "Him" and fantasizes constantly about him, but tells himself it's not sexual. Sam must figure out his true feelings, put up with homophobic taunts from his friends, and attempt to lead his football team to victory in the playoffs. For someone who refuses to articulate his own sexual identity, Sam tends to sermonize ser·mon·ize v. ser·mon·ized, ser·mon·iz·ing, ser·mon·iz·es v.tr. To deliver a sermon to (someone). v.intr. To deliver or speak as though delivering a sermon. aloud about stereotypes and homophobia homophobia Psychology An irrationally negative attitude toward those with homosexual orientation, or toward becoming homosexual. See Closet, Gay-bashing, Heterosexism. Cf Gay, Homosexual, Phobia. at the most inappropriate moments. Some readers will also find his steady internal monologue The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. tiresome. This novel fills a niche for older teens looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a bisexual character to identify with, but is not otherwise recommended. A better-written book about a male teen struggling with his sexuality is "Hello," I Lied by M.E. Kerr. Olivia Durant, Adult/ Teen Svcs. Lib., Webster P.L., Webster, NY |
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