A retrospective look at john donovans i ll get there. This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the i ll get there. It better be worth the trip youre fifty years old in 2019 and your young hero davy would be my age, but lets not think about that. The author offers no easy answers to the obstacles david faces, yet he leaves the reader with the sense that there are answers to be found. Don latham t he year 1969 witnessed a watershed event for gays and lesbians in the united states. During the same political and cultural climate that produced the 1969 stonewall riots, john donovans ill get there. But this is definitely a masterful title and something that will resonate with intelligent readers long after its finished.
Revisiting queer visibility in john donovans ill get there. John donovan while trying to cope with his alcoholic mother and absent father, a lonely new york city teenager develops a confusing crush on another boy. Im thaddeus andracki, and i am a middle school librarian at rowley library at the university of chicago laboratory schools. It better be worth the trip just has the best title ever and that fact alone would make me want to read the book. Hes a fractional persian half, his moms side and his firstever trip to iran is about to change his life.
It better be worth the trip was published although the riots were not causal of the books publication, it is no coincidence that both events were symptomatic of the tensions and pressures faced by the newly forming gay and lesbian community during t. Citeseerx ill get there, it better be worth the trip. It better be worth the trip 40th anniversary edition at. I have mixed feelings for ill get there, it better be worth the trip because upon finishing this book, i was delighted. This is not a forum for general discussion of the articles subject. Up to now with regards to the book we have i ll get there. It was reissued in september 2010 by flux, an imprint of llewellyn worldwide. Citeseerx document details isaac councill, lee giles, pradeep teregowda. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries. Much like life, it travels along innocently until something happens to shift your perspective. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. While john donovans name is not a household one, his novel ill get there, it better be worth the trip. It was this text that catapulted donovans career as an author and playwright.
During the same political and cultural climate that produced the 1969 stonewall riots, john donovans i ll get there. John donovan thirteenyearold davy has a difficult time adjusting to his grandmothers death and life in new york with his erratic mother. It better be worth the trip, the first known young adult novel to directly address the subject of homosexuality. It better be worth the trip youre fifty years old in 2019 and your young hero davy would be my age, but lets. He is best known for his 1969 novel i ll get there. A retrospective look at john donovans ill get there. John donovan while trying to cope with his alcoholic mother and absent father, a lonely new york. Darius kellner speaks better klingon than farsi, and he knows more about hobbit social cues than persian ones.
There are many ways of approaching the theme of identities and the ways in which identity is formed through language and the discourses in which we participate. Project muse childrens literature association quarterly. It was one of the first mainstream teen novels to deal. Fred welcomes him with a little puddle, supplies an excuse to get out of the apartment, also a reason, when theyve started being friends, for altschuler to come home with him after school and fool around. It better be worth the trip time magazine new york times best of 1969 book list. Written in the late 1960s and published just months before the infamous stonewall riots, ill get there. Dec 07, 2011 written in the late 1960s and published just months before the infamous stonewall riots, ill get there. This anniversary edition features essays from some of todays noted writers who reflect on the novel and its distinctive place in history. In the records of young adult literary history, ill get there. It was one of the first young adult books, if not the first, to deal with homosexuality. It better be worth the trip 40th anniversary edition by john donovan. Still, donovan wisely never drifts towards melodrama or saccharine moralizing.
Ill get there, it better be worth the trip book, 2010. The 40th anniversary edition of a groundbreaking teen classic when the grandmoth. May 22, 20 during the same political and cultural climate that produced the 1969 stonewall riots, john donovans ill get there. It better be worth the trip, john donovan, lgbt, realistic fiction on november 18, 2012 leave a comment. Children whose teachers do not ask questions of their own learning will come to understand that accepting received knowledge is the only legitimate way of being in the world. And then, following his mothers hysteria at finding the boys oddly alone, fred is run. Its not necessarily a coming out story, but one of accepting loss and change.
He, along with two other writers brent hartinger and kathleen t. Posted in death and dying, family relationships, lgbt, realistic fiction, tagged classics, death and dying, family relationships, i ll get there. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Something quite remarkable happens in this novel, which involves, among other things, a boy making out with his best friend. I discovered it while browsing in the young adults section of my local public library it was a recent addition to the librarys collection. In june of that year a threeday period of rioting occurred in response to police harassment at the stonewall inn, a gay bar in green. Mar 14, 2016 i have mixed feelings for ill get there, it better be worth the trip because upon finishing this book, i was delighted. The 40th anniversary edition of a groundbreaking teen classic.
Donovans narrator davy ross is a captivating presence, even if there are times when he seems younger than his thirteen years. John donovan 1928 april 29, 1992 was an american writer of young adult literature. It better be worth the trip remains a must read queer young adult novel, even if only for its historical significance. It better be worth the trip 40th anniversary edition 97807387247. It was one of the first mainstream teen novels to deal with homosexuality.
It better be worth the trip, john donovan, lgbt, realistic fiction on november 18, 2012 leave a. Even still his first novel remains as one of the most groundbreaking tales of teen adolescence. Between alcoholinfused lectures about her selfsacrifice and awkward visits with his distant father, davys only com. A phallic dog, a stuffed coyote, and the boy who wont come out. For one thing, the relationship between davy and his dog would make the novel a better fit for animal lovers is there a boy who doesnt love his pet.
Martin wilson wrote an essay about john donovans 1969 novel ill get there, it better be worth the trip in the recently published excellent the. I first read ill get there, it better be worth the trip in 1969, shortly after it had been published. Letter from john donovan submitting the manuscript for ill get there. In june 1968, author john donovan wrote to ursula nordstrom, head of the u. Horning, offer reflections in this 40th anniversary of this perfect book that has the distinction of being the first young adult novel to deal with teen homosexuality. It better be worth the trip is a young adult novel by john donovan, first published in 1969. Although the riots were not causal of the books publication, it is no coincidence that both events were symptomatic of the tensions and pressures faced by the newly forming gay. Ill get there, it better be worth the trip ebook, 2010. Best known as the first teen novel to address homosexuality, i ll get there. Don latham the year 1969 witnessed a watershed event for gays and lesbians in the united states.
It better be worth the trip 07387244 paperback published in 2010, kindle edition published in 2010, 0060217189 pub. Ill get there, it better be worth the trip is quietly impactful. Martin wilson wrote an essay about john donovans 1969 novel ill get there, it better be worth the trip in the recently published excellent the lost library. After a lengthy correspondence over how the theme could be handled in a way appropriate for young readers, ill get there. Ill get there, it better be worth the trip sharon j. This edition is the 40th anniversary edition of the book, first published in 1969 and it is recognised as the first lgbt ya mainstream novel to.