Even the Butterflies Died of Grief (ePub)

A sensitive coming-of-age story of two teenage boys. A must read for teens who are "wondering about themselves." - Mary Hoar, M.S., educator and columnist

A sensitive story. Two close friends learned to deal with their sexual feelings together. It brought tears to my eyes. - Aruthur P. Day, author "Death at Dawn"

Love is love. This book should be read by every HS student. - D. Sandefur, M.A., HS teacher

A heart wrenching book, it dispels stereotypes about human nature. - Eric Bleimeister, author "Kids and a Cook" and "The Wrong Laura".

Set in a small Georgia town, Even the Butterflies Died of Grief is a gut-wrenching tale of two close friends who discover that hate isn't the opposite of love--fear is.

Tucker is the captain of the football team, handsome and popular. Travis is an orphaned victim of an alcoholic father. Both boys are eleven years old when Tucker brings Travis to the sanctuary of his home--and loving parents. Sharing a room, by the time they are seventeen, the boys discover that love exists between them. But is it brotherly love? Or gay love?

After Tucker is seduced by a gay teammate in the locker room, the closeness that developed over the years is strained to its limits by fear. The fear of being gay.

Even the Butterflies Died of Grief is a modern coming-of-age story that pits old-school stereotypes against a contemporary approach to the meaning of love.

If you liked A Separate Peace, you will love Even the Butterflies Died of Grief.