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What They Always Tell Us : ウィキペディア英語版 | What They Always Tell Us
''What They Always Tell Us'' is the first novel by Martin Wilson, focusing on the relationship between two high school age brothers as one begins to embrace his homosexuality. The book was a finalist in the Children's/Young Adult category at the 2009 Lambda Literary Awards, but lost to ''Out of the Pocket'' by Bill Konigsberg.〔(LGBT Award for Kid's Lit Celebrates 20 year ) School Library Journal〕 ''What They Always Tell Us'' was also chosen for the ALA's 2009 Rainbow List.〔(ALA Releases 2009 Rainbow List ) School Library Journal〕 ==Plot summary== ''What They Always Tell Us'' is told from the perspective of two brothers, Alex and James. Alex is a high school junior who struggles with depression; the novel opens a few months after he drank Pine-Sol in an apparent suicide attempt. James is a senior who is presented as the exact opposite of Alex. James is ambitious, popular and athletic. The story takes place over the school year and chronicles the brothers fulfilling school and family obligations, befriending a lost and isolated neighborhood boy, and the brothers repairing their own relationship with one another. The chapters switch back and forth between Alex and James' perspective, giving reader access to both of their thoughts and desires.
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