Some Girls Do
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- نقد و بررسی
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نقد و بررسی
April 1, 2021
A reluctant pageant contestant falls for a newly out track star. Ruby Thompson loves only two things--sleep and her car--but she relies on hookups with lacrosse star Tyler and working at her ex-stepfather Billy's garage to keep her sane between the pageants her mother insists will be their ticket out of the trailer park. When new girl Morgan Matthews runs in front of Ruby's car, leading to a near miss, they get off on the wrong footing--although Morgan is intrigued by how cute she is. Morgan joins Pride Club and navigates her lesbian identity after being forced out of her Catholic school due to her sexuality. Her Division I college scholarship could be at risk depending on the results of her parents' discrimination lawsuit against St. Mary's. Morgan's annoyance with Ruby's attitude soon becomes something more, despite warnings from her track teammates about Ruby's reputation. The girls are from two different worlds--Morgan's family is loving and supportive while Ruby's mother fears her daughter may not be straight--and with so much to figure out on both sides, can they truly make it work? Dugan gives each protagonist a distinct voice and compelling point of view, and readers will sympathize with their challenges as they find their ways to love. Ruby and Morgan are White; secondary characters are people of color, and there is pansexual and trans visibility. A complex and poignant queer romance. (Romance. 13-18)
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April 5, 2021
Morgan, “marginally disgraced track star of the female persuasion,” is starting at a new school because queerness is “against the code of conduct” at her old one. On her first day, Ruby—a lifer beauty pageant contestant whom her classmates see as “trashy” because she lives in a trailer—almost runs Morgan down in the school parking lot, and their attraction is instantaneous. Ruby has had feelings for girls before, but she doesn’t do relationships, and her homophobic beauty queen mother is totally invested in her daughter being a pageant winner, a dream that Ruby no longer shares. Morgan, meanwhile, is no longer interested in being in the closet. Dugan (Verona Comics) gives the high school seniors, both white, solid lines as well as obstacles that are tied to and separate from their feelings for each other. Ruby is the slightly more interesting character, as she tries to balance competing interests (she’s serious about fixing up cars) and navigate what she owes her mother, but the teens’ collisions as they try to determine whether they can turn their attraction into something more solid make for an enjoyable romantic tale. Ages 12–up.
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