James Lecesne
Trevor is an exuberant, sociable, and witty thirteen year old. So how come, when he takes thatÂ nerve-wracking turn toward his locker at school, he feels scared and alone? Shunned by his friends, misunderstood by his parents, and harrassed at school for being different, Trevor goes from wondering whatÂ color glitter to choose for his Lady Gaga costume at Halloween, to wondering why some feelings "are soÂ intense it makes you just want to lay down and die rather than go on feeling it," and making an attempt on his life.Â ,TrevorÂ ,mixes humor and realism in an urgent look at what it is like to feel alienated from everythingÂ around you. And more importantly, what critical ties can step in at the most unlikely moment, to save you fromÂ despair, and give you reason to go on living.Â ,TrevorÂ ,is an update of the film version of the story, directed by Peggy Rajski, which won the Academy AwardÂ for Best Live Action Short in 1994. The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisisÂ intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and questioning youth.Â As the recent attention to youth suicides has received increased media attention, and Dan Savage's IT GETSÂ BETTER campaign has gone viral around the world, the public is finally beginning to face hard facts.Â Thirty-three percent of suicides among teenagers involve LGBTQ youth, one-third of all LGBT kids reportÂ having attempted suicide, and nine out of ten report overt harassment at school.Â ,TrevorÂ ,is an effort to makeÂ those kids feel loved and supported, so they will find the strength to go on living.,From the Trade Paperback edition.
LGBT,Young Adult,Fiction,Contemporary,Realistic Fiction
Trevor