𝔖 Bobbio Scriptorium
✦   LIBER   ✦

Cover of Tommy Stands Alone

Tommy Stands Alone

✍ Scribed by Velásquez, Gloria


Book ID
108656856
Publisher
Arte Público Press
Year
1995
Tongue
English
Weight
238 KB
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781558851474

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis


When Tommy realizes that he is uncomfortable with dating girls, he finds himself struggling with the idea that his sexual preferences might be different from everyone he knows. Tommy begins to cut classes and drink alcohol in order to avoid his friends and their increasing awareness that he may be gay. Distressed and confused, he attempts to take his own life, which lands him in the hospital.  After the incident, Tommy gets help from the counselor, Ms. Martinez. As his family and friends try to deal with the revelation that Tommy is homosexual, Ms. Martinez helps Tommy through the toughest time in his life. Tommy Stands Alone is a sensitive and balanced treatment of a difficult subject.


📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES


Tommy Stands Tall
✍ Velásquez, Gloria 📂 Fiction 📅 2013 🏛 Arte Público Press 🌐 English ⚖ 470 KB

Tommy is excited to finally be a senior at Roosevelt High School. There was a time when he thought he'd never graduate, especially after he tried to kill himself to avoid dealing with his sexual orientation. But with the help of his friends, he has accepted who he is, come out to his family and frie

cover
✍ Kennedy, Chris 📂 Fiction 📅 2014 🏛 Chris Kennedy Publishing 🌐 English ⚖ 187 KB

The Drakuls have found the solar system. A merciless race, there is nothing left once the Drakuls have conquered a civilization except the bones of its dead. When the first Drakul exploratory ship emerges from the stargate, Earth's days become numbered. Although LCDR Shawn "Calvin" Hobbs and the cre

cover
✍ Kennedy, Chris 📂 Fiction 📅 2014 🏛 Chris Kennedy Publishing 🌐 English ⚖ 204 KB

The Drakuls have found the solar system. A merciless race, there is nothing left once the Drakuls have conquered a civilization except the bones of its dead. When the first Drakul exploratory ship emerges from the stargate, Earth's days become numbered. Although LCDR Shawn "Calvin" Hobbs and the cre

Jerusalem Stands Alone
✍ Mahmoud Shukair 📂 Fiction 📅 2018 🏛 Syracuse University Press 🌐 English ⚖ 77 KB 👁 3 views

By turns bleak, nostalgic, and lighthearted, Jerusalem Stands Alone explores the interconnected lives of its mostly Palestinian cast. This series of quick moving vignettes tells the story of occupied Jerusalem--tales of the daily tribulations and personal revelations of its narrators. The stories, e

Jerusalem Stands Alone
✍ Mahmoud Shukair 📂 Fiction 📅 2018 🏛 Syracuse University Press 🌐 English ⚖ 76 KB 👁 3 views

By turns bleak, nostalgic, and lighthearted, Jerusalem Stands Alone explores the interconnected lives of its mostly Palestinian cast. This series of quick moving vignettes tells the story of occupied Jerusalem--tales of the daily tribulations and personal revelations of its narrators. The stories, e

Jerusalem Stands Alone
✍ Mahmoud Shukair 📂 Fiction 📅 2018 🏛 Syracuse University Press 🌐 English ⚖ 76 KB 👁 3 views

By turns bleak, nostalgic, and lighthearted, Jerusalem Stands Alone explores the interconnected lives of its mostly Palestinian cast. This series of quick moving vignettes tells the story of occupied Jerusalem--tales of the daily tribulations and personal revelations of its narrators. The stories, e