If you could change who you are, would you? Should you? Fifteen-year-old Jamie Bates has a simple strategy for surviving high school: fit in, keep...

If you could change who you are, would you? Should you? Fifteen-year-old Jamie Bates has a simple strategy for surviving high school: fit in, keep a low profile, and above all, protect his biggest secret-he's gay. But when a classmate discovers the truth, a terrified Jamie does all he can to change who he is. At first, it's easy. Everyone notices when he starts hanging out with Celia Gamez, the richest and most beautiful girl in school. And when he steals an experimental new drug that's supposed to "cure" his attraction to guys, Jamie thinks he's finally going to have a "normal" life. But as the drug's side effects worsen and his relationship with Celia heats up, Jamie begins to realize that lying and using could shatter the fragile world of deception that he's created-and hurt the people closest to him. Told with equal doses of humor and suspense, Love Drugged explores the consequences of a life constructed almost entirely of lies . . . especially the lies we tell ourselves.

Author: James Klise
Publisher: Flux
Published: 09/08/2010
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.26w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780738721750
Audience: Young Adult


Award: Stonewall Book Award - Honor Book
Award: Lambda Literary Awards - Finalist
Award: Lambda Literary Awards - Finalist


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 05/01/2011 pg. 116
Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2010 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2010
Publishers Weekly 09/06/2010
Booklist 11/01/2010 pg. 64
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2010

About the Author

James Klise (Chicago, IL) is a high school librarian and adviser for the student literary journal, book club, and the Gay-Straight Alliance. His short stories have appeared in many journals, including StoryQuarterly, New Orleans Review, Ascent, and Southern Humanities Review. Love Drugged is his first novel.

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