The Alliance

A very short book with a powerful message. When his best friend Jamie kills himself because he was being bullied for being gay Scott knows he had to do something. Carmen is out and proud but still faces bullying. They each want to start a gay-straight-alliance but don’t have all they need to get it......more

amazing book about trying to get a high school a gsa club after a death of a boy. Two different people work together to get the club started.......more

The Alliance is a short story that tells a personal anecdote about homophobia. The book alternates points of view between Varsity football player Scott King and queer Carmen Mendoza. The book opens with Scott attending his best friends funeral, who was also gay and committed suicide because of the h......more

This short novel is high on interest and low on extraneous detail. The story is told in alternating perspectives. One perspective is told by Scott, the reformed jock jerk, and Carmen, the popular hispanic lesbian teenager from a well to do family. The characters are genuine if a bit hyperbolized. Th......more

I have a really hard time giving these good ratings. They are so short and while they are relatively meaningful...they lack depth. They are just a very minimal story with one-sided characters. So while the point they make may be genuine...there really isn't too much that you can get out of the Survi......more