The MinusOne Club, Kekla Magoon
The MinusOne Club, Kekla Magoon
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The Minus-One Club

Author: Kekla Magoon

Narrator: Dion Graham

Unabridged: 7 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/14/2023


Synopsis

Fifteen-year-old Kermit Sanders knows grief and its all-encompassing shadows.

After losing his beloved older sister in a tragic car accident, nothing quite punctures through the feelings of loss. Everywhere Kermit goes, he is reminded of her.

But then Kermit finds a mysterious invitation in his locker, signed anonymously with “-1.” He has no idea what he’s in for, but he shows up to find out. Dubbed the “Minus-One Club,” a group of his school-mates has banded together as a form
of moral support. The members have just one thing in common—they have all suffered the tragic loss of someone they loved.

The usual dividing lines between high school classes and cliques don’t apply inside the Minus-One Club, and Kermit’s secret crush, the handsome and happy-go-lucky Matt (and only out gay student at school), is also a part of the group. Slowly,
Matt’s positive headstrong approach to life helps relieve Kermit of his constant despair.

But as Kermit grows closer to Matt, the light of his new life begins to show the cracks beneath the surface. When Matt puts himself in danger by avoiding his feelings, Kermit must find the strength to not only lift himself back up but to help
the rest of the group from falling apart.

About Kekla Magoon

Kekla Magoon is the author of many novels and nonfiction books, including The Rock and the River, How It Went Down, The Season of Styx Malone, and Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People. Kekla received the 2021 Margaret A. Edwards Award for significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature. She has been a National Book Award finalist in addition to receiving an NAACP Image Award, the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, a Printz Honor, four Coretta Scott King Honors, and two Walter Award Honors. Kekla teaches writing for children and young adults at Vermont College of Fine Arts. Visit her online at keklamagoon.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Marieke

How do you deal with grief, pain, sadness? How do you feel whole again after a loss? How do you come out in a religious family when your dead sister was the only one knowing your secret? Alternating between now, then, and dreams, The Minus-One Club tells Kermit’s story, a fifteen-year-old closeted bo......more

❀ blog ❀ thestorygraph ❀ letterboxd ❀ tumblr ❀ ko-fi ❀ “It will hurt. It already hurts. Everything fucking hurts, and still we are bigger than our tragedy. We are not deviant, we are exultant. We are on top of the world. We are bigger than our tragedies.” The Minus-One Club is a sad, sometimes funn......more

Goodreads review by Brady

Thanks Netgalley and Henry Hold & Company for this eARC, these opinions are my own. This book has a lot of feels. Kermit's sister just died and on his return to school he receives an invite to meeting at school. Turns out he's been invited to join a club, a club no one should have to join. All the m......more

Goodreads review by Kay

CW: sibling loss, grief, mention of car accidents and drunk driving, rape culture, homophobia, bullying, alcohol abuse, sexual assault, suicide attempt, suicidal thoughts, religious trauma, depression, hospitalization One thing about me is that I love reading books that hurt me. As a queer former Ch......more