Don't Let Me Go by: J.H Trumble

Lauren Geiger

EDRL 524

September 13, 2016

Young Adult Book Review

 

Book: Don’t Let Me Go by: J.H Trumble

Annotation: The book, “Don’t Let Me Go,” is a romance novel that tells the story of two high school ages boys who find love. The book goes through their entire love story; both the highs and lows. Their love is fiery and passionate, but once the people at school find out about what is going on, they immediate begin to bully and harass both of the boys. This is a small display of bullying and violence that happens in schools on a daily basis due to difference of people. The novel follows all of the times they spend together, both good and bad, until one of the boys graduates and decides to move away to pursue his career in acting. The other boy began a blog that expressed his feelings toward his boyfriend being far away. This blog eventually got leaked to the school and then the book begins to follow this character’s experiences with bullying and feeling alone simultaneously.

Opinion: I think that this book is a good representation of what some gay couples/gay people go through on a daily basis. I love that it starts off with the love and good times that began happening when their love began to surface because it gives the reader an idea that all love, no matter the gender, starts with all the same values. I think that this book is very telling in that it digs deep into all the struggles that this couple faces on a daily basis, on top of everything else happening in their lives. I really enjoyed reading this book, and hope that others would explore it too for its way of introducing and showing both sides of these complicated situations.

Questions for future readers: Do you believe that this novel and love story would benefit young adults in exposing them to different types of love? How could you use and implement this book into your classroom to help provide students with moral training and experiences?