 First edition cover | |
| Author | Aidan Chambers |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Dance Sequence |
| Genre | Young adult novel |
| Publisher | Bodley Head |
Publication date | 1982 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 256 |
| ISBN | 978-0-370-30366-6 |
| Preceded by | Breaktime |
| Followed by | Now I Know |
Dance on My Grave is a 1982 young adult novel by British author Aidan Chambers. Its full title is Dance on My Grave: a life and a death in four parts, one hundred and seventeen bits, six running reports and two press clippings, with a few jokes, a puzzle or three, some footnotes and a fiasco now and then to help the story along. It is the second book in Chambers's six-novel Dance Sequence series.
It tells the story of a British teenager named Hal Robinson, detailing the events that led to his dancing on the grave of his slightly older friend, Barry Gorman, with whom Hal had a love affair.[1]
It was one of the first few young adult books published by a major publisher that depicts homosexuality[2][3] without being judgmental and was included on ALA's[4] and other libraries'[5] list of books for gay teens. It has also been referred to in a number of books on children and young adult literature.[6][7][8]
Because of its gay-positive theme, it was challenged at the Montgomery County Memorial Library System in 2004 by the Library Patrons of Texas.[9]
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- ^ Eccleshare, Julia (18 May 2007). "Obituaries: Margaret Clark". The Guardian.
- ^ "Contemporary Writers: Aidan Chambers". Archived from the original on 12 October 2009.
- ^ "Bibliography for Gay Teens". 29 December 2009.
- ^ "LGBT Books for Young Adults".
- ^ Trites, Roberta Seelinger (2000). Disturbing the Universe: Power and Repression in Adolescent Literature. University of Iowa Press. pp. 104–107. ISBN 978-0-87745-732-9.
- ^ Hunt, Peter; Ray, Sheila G. Bannister (1996). International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. Routledge. p. 386. ISBN 978-0-203-16812-7.
- ^ Trupe, Alice (2006). Thematic Guide to Young Adult Literature. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 43–44. ISBN 978-0-313-33234-0.
- ^ "Banned Book List". Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2010.