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| Author | Emily M. Danforth |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Young adult, bildungsroman |
| Publisher | Balzer + Bray |
Publication date | February 2012 |
| Publication place | United States |
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| Pages | 470 pp. |
| ISBN | 978-0-06-202056-7 |
The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a coming-of-age teen novel by Emily M. Danforth published in 2012. The novel's protagonist is Cameron Post, a 12-year-old Montana girl who is discovering her own homosexuality. After her parents die in a car crash, she lives with her conservative aunt and her grandmother. When the romantic relationship she develops with her best friend is discovered she is sent to a conversion camp.
According to Danforth, the novel was influenced by the 2005 Zach Stark controversy, where teenager Zach Stark was sent to a conversion camp run by Love In Action after coming out to his parents.[1] The story is set in the author's hometown, Miles City, Montana, in the 1990s.[2]
- ^ Sittenfeld, Curtis (February 8, 2012). "The Best Novel About a conversion camp Ever Written". Slate.
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