Rich with detail and emotion, a sophisticated read for teens and adults alike. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) [An] ambitious literary novel, a multidimensional coming-of-age. -- Booklist (starred review) The story is riveting, beautiful, and full of the kind of detail that brings to life a place (rural Montana), a time (the early 1990s), and a questioning teenage girl. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) This finely crafted, sophisticated coming-of-age debut novel is multilayered, finessing such issues as loss, first love, and friendship. An excellent read for both teens and adults. -- School Library Journal (starred review) Cameron is a memorable heroine with an unforgettable and important story to tell, and she does so with wit, emotion, and depth. -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books If Holden Caulfield had been a gay girl from Montana, this is the story he might have told-it's funny, heartbreaking, and beautifully rendered. Emily Danforth remembers exactly what it's like to be a teenager, and she has written a new classic. -- Curtis Sittenfeld, bestselling author of PREP and AMERICAN WIFE A beautifully told story that is at once engaging and thoughtful. THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST is an important book-one that can change lives. -- Jacqueline Woodson, award-winning author of AFTER TUPAC AND D FOSTER and HUSH This novel is a joy-one of the best and most honest portraits of a young lesbian I've read in years. Cameron Post is a bright, brash, funny main character who leaps off the page and into your heart! This is a story that keeps you reading way into the night-an absorbing, suspenseful, and important book. -- Nancy Garden, author of ANNIE ON MY MIND Danforth's narrative of a bruised young woman finding her feet in a complicated world is a tremendous achievement: strikingly unsentimental, and full of characters who feel entirely rounded and real. A story of love, desire, pain, loss-and, above all, of survival. An inspiring read. -- Sarah Waters, author of THE LITTLE STRANGER
