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作者简介 MATTHUE ROTH is the author of the PUSH novel Never Mind the Goldbergs, as well as the adult memoir Yom Kippur-a-Go-Go. (Yes, that’s Yom Kippur-a-Go-Go.) He lives in New York.
编辑推荐 From Booklist
Russian immigrant Jupiter Glazer has been a target for bullies since he came to Philadelphia when he was seven years old. His family lives and works in an almost-defunct elevator factory in an industrial neighborhood. Jupiter hopes for a clean start at his new high school, where a girl encourages him to lose his thick accent and a bully named Bates becomes an unlikely but dependable friend, particularly as Jupiter’s popularity and self-confidence grow. Bates, a metalhead, and Jupiter, a retro-alternative guy, soothe their souls with music, which forms a strong, authentic undercurrent in the novel. Bates finally trusts Jupiter enough to reveal his sexual confusion and to ask for help in finding the gay teen hangouts in the city, but then Bates is disappointed after not finding anyone in the gay teen scene with whom he connects. Teens will forgive the rather convenient solution to Jupiter’s housing problem and will focus instead on the honest views of popularity, parental disappointment, and self-image. Grades 9-12. --Cindy Dobrez
