Takei had not yet started school when he, his parents, and his younger siblings were forced to leave their home and report to the Santa Anita Racetrack for “processing and removal” due to President Franklin D. While he makes some choices that may be divisive-for example, using the initialism LGBTQIAA+ which includes “ally”-he always makes clear those are his personal choices and that the language is ever evolving.Ī beautifully heart-wrenching graphic-novel adaptation of actor and activist Takei’s ( Lions and Tigers and Bears, 2013, etc.) childhood experience of incarceration in a World War II camp for Japanese Americans. Eli’s prose is clear, straightforward, and powerful. The rest of the book outlines 10 principles based on the belief that an expectation of mutual care and concern across various other dimensions of identity can be integrated into queer community values. It is my dream that queer people develop the same ideology-what I like to call a Global Queer Conscience.” He details his own isolating experiences as a queer adolescent in an Orthodox Jewish community and reflects on how he and so many others would have benefitted from a robust and supportive queer community. In the prologue, Eli compares the global Jewish community to the global queer community, noting, “We don’t always get it right, but the importance of showing up for other Jews has been carved into the DNA of what it means to be Jewish. 12+)Ī miniature manifesto for radical queer acceptance that weaves together the personal and political.Įli, a cis gay white Jewish man, uses his own identities and experiences to frame and acknowledge his perspective. Nevertheless, this is a provocative novel about important issues. Further, the title may set up expectations for far more dramatic events, thereby diminishing the impact of such insidious occurrences as the brainwashing of Marnie. Peck, whose hallmark is believable, well-realized characters, allows some stereotypes to creep into the story. Todd has a crush on Laurel, and eventually comes to understand how confused she is he resolves to combat censorship wherever he finds it, no matter how minor it first seems. High- school sophomore Todd Tobin, who narrates, discovers the madness in his own home where his little sister, Marnie, has been brainwashed by her fundamentalist babysitter, Laurel.
But there are no safe places left on Earth, as they discover when a teenager is killed in a driving accident, a number of cars are stolen and trashed, and Christian fundamentalists begin demanding the censorship of books like The Diary of Anne Frank.
The Tobins have moved to Walden Woods because they thought they would be safe in the friendly, upscale community, with an excellent school system.
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