Money Boy
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada
Published:8th Sep '11
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Ray Liu knows he should be happy. He lives in a big suburban house with all the latest electronic gadgets, and even finds plenty of time to indulge in his love of gaming. He needs the escape. It’s tough getting grades that will please his army veteran father, when speaking English is still a struggle. And he can’t quite connect with his gang at high school immigrants like himself but who seem to have adjusted to North American life more easily. Then comes his father accesses Ray’s internet account, and discovers Ray has been cruising gay websites. Before Ray knows what has hit him, his belongings have been thrown on the front lawn, and he has been kicked out. Angry, defiant, Ray heads to downtown Toronto. In short order he is robbed, beaten up and seduced, and he learns the hard realities of life on the street. Could he really sell himself for sex? Lots of people use their bodies to make money athletes, actors, models, pop singers. If no one gets hurt, why should anyone care?
A Stonewall Honor Book, 2012
"Yee’s sophisticated juxtaposition of immigrant narratives with questions of sexual identity is compelling and poignant." School Library Journal
"Yee’s latest offers insight into the city’s immigrant-Chinese and gay communities
sure to invite both thought and discussion." — Booklist
"Paul Yee's novel is a valuable intervention into the representation of gay and lesbian experience in the young adult genre." CM Magazine
- Commended for Stonewall Book Award (Children/Young Adult) 2012
ISBN: 9781554980949
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 269g
192 pages