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Original Title:	Down to the Bone ISBN13 9781594933172
Edition Language:	English

Down to the Bone Paperback | Pages: 264 pages

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Title	:	Down to the Bone
Author	:	Mayra Lazara Dole
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	2nd
Pages	:	Pages: 264 pages
Published	:	July 10th 2012 by HarperTeen & Bella Books (first published February 26th 2008)
Categories	:	Young Adult. LGBT. GLBT. Queer. Fiction. Lesbian

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Laura is a junior in a Catholic high school looking forward to summer and to celebrating her two-year anniversary with her girlfriend, Marlena. Instead, she is humiliated when her teacher reads a love letter from Marlena out loud in front of all her friends, resulting in her expulsion from school and in the loss of her friends. Her mother has thrown Laura out of the house, promising that she can return only when she reveals the name of her secret lover and changes her ways.

Laura moves in with her best friend, Soli, and her mom. Her life takes a turn for the worse when Marlena's family arranges for her to be wed to a man in Puerto Rico.

Down to the Bone is a warm, colorful, funny, and heartbreaking story with a great cast of characters that provides a glimpse into the rich, diverse, and fascinating culture of the Cuban community in Miami.

This is a great teen book, but also a lot of fun for adults too. There's a glossary in the back of Cuban slang and commonly used words and phrases. This is a wonderful story that’s all about love, discovering oneself, finding acceptance, family bonds, friendships, food, laughter, and valuing differences.

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This is a powerful book about a teen lesbian coming to terms with her sexual orientation and identity within the heavily religious (Catholic) Cuban culture in Miami. The opening takes your breath away as you experience the ultimate humiliation, sitting in your uniform, as the nun reads your love letter from your lesbian partner of two years. From there, you know it is not going to get better any times soon.Despite the painful opening and the wrenching middle, the ending of this book yells joy.

Oof. Not well written. Actually, really terribly written. I'm sure there are, like, Real Live Teens (young ones, because I don't know many older teens who could stomach how childish the writing is) out there who will find comfort and solace in this book and it's rad that almost all of the characters are latinx, loved that, but like I do seriously wish that Dole had like had a better editor to tighten this mess up. Or maybe a ghostwriter. Because like wow is she not a good writer. It was a mess.

Idk what is was. Like, okay first of all, I hate how they were always making fun of butch lesbians. I don't think it meant to come off like that, but it happened, A LOT. I don't know, it just didn't settle right with me, even though, I'm pretty sure the author didn't mean anything bad by that. Anyways, some stuff happens to the characters and it's serious stuff. But for some reason, I guess it's the writing style of something, or maybe it's the way the characters are written, I hardly felt

All human beings should be loved and accepted down to the bone...Sweet, colorful story about a teen who is trying to come to terms (about what it means) to be gay to her family and community. The writing is uneven and the dialogue between the various characters sometimes is over-the-top. However, the story is a universal one and should resonate with teens who are struggling with overbearing parents, cultural mores, and more specifically their sexual orientation. As an aside (and publishers if

I'm so excited that I finished this book! I love it because it has a little bit of everything that relates to today's GLBTQ youth, everything from conversion therapy to bois (or FTMS). I enjoyed this peek into Miami's Cuban culture and appreciated the glossary. That noted, I'm surprised that I remembered as much Spanish as I did (from a beginner's class 2-3 years ago). I could've done with a little less slang, but, all in all, I think this book shows a lot of insight into some rather complicated

By trying to fill the void where lesbian characters of color should be in YA lit, Doyle seems to have tried to cover every possible problem one could face as a lesbian teen of color, creating a book that is certainly filled to overflowing with colorful characters, but becomes a bit of a mess along the way. Here the whole plot focuses on being gay, rather than a gay character leading the story.Additionally, way too often the writing was weak and sloppy, telling us about the characters way more

The last of the four books I got at Hares and Hyenas. I'd seen it mentioned on a gay book blog but none of the libraries here had it, so imagine my surprise and delight when I saw it on the shelf, just waiting for me to buy it! :DA good story with good characters, but oh wow SO much prejudice and unfairness that I wanted to cry. Laura's mother especially, what a horror!Loved the glossary at the back, because so many foreign words were used. I think I picked up a few phrases. :D