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Night Kites
Night Kites
Night Kites
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Night Kites

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What do you do when your whole world is blown apart? A seventeen-year-old confronts love, betrayal, and his brother’s illness in this brave, deeply compassionate novel by M. E. Kerr
Life is going great for Seaville High senior Erick Rudd. He’s a good student, he has a girlfriend he’ll probably marry, and he’s on a straight path to college. Then his best friend’s girlfriend lets him know she’s attracted to him. Seventeen going on twenty-five, Nicki Marr is blond, green eyed, and gorgeous. Soon, Erick is seeing her on the sly.
Guilt ridden over his deception, Erick isn’t prepared for what happens next. He finds out that his brother, Pete, who’s ten years older and lives in New York, is very sick . . . with AIDS. Erick is stunned; he didn’t even know his brother was gay. It was Pete who told a five-year-old Erick that night kites don’t think about the dark, that they’re not afraid to be different.
How Erick and his parents deal with Pete’s illness—and how Erick handles his relationship with Nicki—are what make this book so unforgettable. Fearless and profoundly affecting, it will stay with you long after the last page is turned.
This ebook features an illustrated personal history of M. E. Kerr including rare images from the author’s collection.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateDec 17, 2013
ISBN9781480455740
Night Kites
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M.E. Kerr

An Adams Media author.

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    This book, written in 1986, intertwines the stories of two brothers who both have secrets from the family and must deal with the consequences of their actions. One thing the brothers had in common were some “family rules” they were taught to live by. One of those family “rules” taught by Dad was that young adulthood was a time to sew your oats and experience all you could. Both boys heard this advice, but had very different results due to sexual preferences. Erick, a heterosexual, is at the beginning of his sexual experiences, having his first long-term relationship and sexual encounter before high school graduation. His older brother, a homosexual, has had many partners and experiences but no lasting relationships. This scenario mirrors the research stating that homosexual youth tend to have much higher rates of high-risk sexual experimentation compared to their heterosexual peers (that is, the number of partners, overall percentage, and age of first intercourse) (Tamashiro, 2005). While this statistic is sobering, it does emphasize the need for more support systems for young people of all sexual preferences. American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN), the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the Human Rights Watch (HRW), the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) are all valuable agencies that provide help to struggling young people. (Snively, 2005).Library Implications: This book can have far-reaching implications in the library setting if used appropriately. It could be used in a partnership with healthcare professionals to educate older students concerning the topics of AIDS, safe sexual experiences, or even discrimination and violence. One caution for a librarian would be to avoid character teaching or morals training. These topics can very easily become a soapbox to push your own ideals or personal agenda. References:Snively, Carol A. (2005). Gay-Straight Alliances. Chicago: GLBTQ, Inc.Tamashiro, Dustin. (2005). Adolescence: glbtq: An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Culture. Chicago: GLBTQ, Inc.

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