{"id":8288,"date":"2017-04-14T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=8288"},"modified":"2023-04-03T14:56:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T19:56:43","slug":"l-is-laurent-linns-novel-about-art-self-draw-the-line-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=8288","title":{"rendered":"L is Laurent Linn’s novel about art & self, Draw the Line (book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bookStay quiet.
\nAvoid the bullies<\/a>.
\nIf it’s only words…<\/p>\n

Adrian cannot escape reality with video games and his graphic novel art any longer! He must stand up to Doug and the other thugs whose gay-bashing has gone from talk to violence or he won’t be able to live with himself…if he survives their wrath, that is.<\/p>\n

Visit the book’s website here<\/a> to meet all the characters who’ve moved from Adrian’s real world into the graphic novel that he’d rather live in.<\/p>\n

The paperback of Draw the Line<\/em> releases in May 2017, but grab it now to see how this epic superhero battle on paper turns out in real life.<\/p>\n

Standing up for what’s right – who’s next?
\n**kmm<\/p>\n

Book info<\/strong>:\u00a0Draw the Line \/ Laurent Linn; illustrations by Laurent Linn. Margaret K McElderry Books, 2016. [book website<\/a>] [author site<\/a>]\u00a0 [publisher site<\/a>]\u00a0 [book trailer<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n

My book talk<\/strong>: Adrian escapes from his homophobic rural Texas high school by creating the detailed Renaissance world of gay superhero Graphite in graphic novel art, until violence demands action.<\/p>\n

He finally has a date with super-sweet Lev (‘Teen Drag Queen Bingo’ in Dallas – who knew?), when a hate crime shocks their town, and Adrian knows that he must finally speak out and come out – at home and at school – regardless of the consequences.<\/p>\n

Can the support of best friends Audrey and Trent keep him strong?
\nHow can the school and town turn a blind eye to Doug’s attacks?
\nWhen will Adrian being himself be good enough for everyone else?<\/p>\n

Chapters of his graphic novel with Graphite, Sultry, Willow, Oasis, and villainous Thug punctuate this story of becoming true to yourself and standing up for everyone’s rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stay quiet. Avoid the bullies. If it’s only words… Adrian cannot escape reality with video games and his graphic novel art any longer! He must stand up to Doug and the other thugs whose gay-bashing has gone from talk to violence or he won’t be able to live with himself…if he survives their wrath, that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[237,19,80],"tags":[10,124,4,11,20,5,70,16,18,40,44,43,187,39,49,15,9,21,35,33,3,173,53,8,28],"class_list":["post-8288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diverse-books","category-fiction","category-graphic-novel","tag-a2z","tag-art","tag-belonging","tag-communication","tag-conflict","tag-coping","tag-crime","tag-determination","tag-family","tag-fathers","tag-friendship","tag-growing-up","tag-lgbtq","tag-love","tag-memories","tag-relationships","tag-school","tag-self-image","tag-surprises","tag-survival","tag-teens","tag-texas","tag-us-artist","tag-us-author","tag-villains"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/draw-the-line-cover.jpg?fit=1399%2C2115&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8288"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13760,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8288\/revisions\/13760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}