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"Out of Left Field:
Marlee's Story"
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"Art
for Art's Sake: Meredith's Story"
is Coming Soon
March, 2009
 Plot Synopsis for
"Art for
Art's Sake: Meredith's Story"
High school senior Meredith Bedford is a social outcast. Her
family recently moved from the Catskill Mountains to the sprawling
suburbs of Albany, the capital of New York State. Shy and self-conscious
about her acne scars, she stays to herself and tries to remain
invisible. Her twelve-year-old brother, Mikey, has Down Syndrome and she
tries hard not to blame her troubles on him. Despite verbal and
sometimes physical harassment, she survives because she has her art. She
was selected to be part of the elite Advanced Placement art class and is
quite good at capturing the emotions of her subjects in her portraits.
Art is the one thing, besides her family, that helps her cope with her
outcast status.
One day, at a senior class meeting, she sees Dani
Lassiter, president of the senior class, captain of the lacrosse team,
and knows that she must paint this enigmatic young woman. One class
period later, Dani manipulates things to have Meredith as her partner
for a history project. Meredith is suspicious of Dani's motives, but
takes a chance. And it pays off. Meredith slowly sheds her invisibility
cloak and allows Dani in -- a little at a time. They explore an old
Victorian house for their history project and become close with Esther
and Millie, the two older women who own the house and who've lived
together for over forty years.
But, when Dani reveals to
Meredith that she's gay, Meredith simply can't deal with the news. How
had she not known? What is it that won't
allow her come to terms with this unexpected news? Will Meredith control
her own homophobia or will she reject the one person who had taken a
chance on her and made her feel human?
Tentative Publication Date: March, 2009 |
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ISBN: 978-1-935053-08-8 |
Plot
Synopsis for
"Out of Left Field: Marlee's Story"
High school junior Marlee McAllister lives and breathes softball. She's
the pitcher for the Clarksonville Cougars in the North Country of
upstate New York. With the season opener approaching, Marlee and her
best friend, Jeri D'Amico, go to scout their rivals, the East Valley
Panthers. The Panthers star pitcher, Christy Loveland, took the All
County pitching title the preceding year. It is a title Marlee covets.
Marlee and Jeri settle in for the game but as the Panthers take the
field, Marlee finds herself staring at Susie Torres, the Panther left
fielder.
For reasons Marlee doesn't understand, she's drawn to Susie. Over the
course of the next few weeks, Marlee and Susie will slowly act on their
mutual attraction. But suddenly Susie pulls away without explanation and
Marlee realizes it has to do with Christy. Susie won't explain the bond
she and Christy share but whatever it is threatens Marlee's burgeoning
relationship with Susie.
Struggling to maintain her grades, dealing with the ever-increasing
estrangement from her best friend Jeri, and handling the pressures of
the All County Pitching competition, Marlee also has to confront the
bittersweet realities of what it might mean to be gay. |
Character Quotation:
"Well,
fine. I can’t see
you
anymore, either."
- Marlee McAllister.
from Regal
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Khimairal Ink
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Who Needs Donuts, Anyway?
Opening Paragraph:
Jamie kept her eyes closed as she sat against the old oak tree
in the school courtyard soaking up the early afternoon sun. Her best
friend Todd sat on one side and her girlfriend Cortney sat on the other
with her bare arm mashed against Jamie's. Jamie wished the moment would
never end. Nobody at school knew that she and Cortney were going out or
that Todd was gay, too and Jamie wasn't interested in being the poster
child for gay sophomore girls at Petersville High School. |
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