The Miseducation of Cameron Post

The acclaimed book behind the 2018 Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning movie

"LGBTQ cinema is out in force at Sundance Film Festival," proclaimed USA Today. "The acerbic coming-of-age movie is adapted from Emily M. Danforth's novel, and stars Chloë Grace Moretz as a lesbian teen who is sent to a gay conversion therapy center after she gets caught having sex with her friend on prom night."

The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a stunning and provocative literary debut that was named to numerous best of the year lists.

When Cameron Post's parents die suddenly in a car crash, her shocking first thought is relief. Relief they'll never know that, hours earlier, she had been kissing a girl.

But that relief doesn't last, and Cam is forced to move in with her conservative aunt Ruth and her well-intentioned but hopelessly old-fashioned grandmother. She knows that from this point on, her life will forever be different. Survival in Miles City, Montana, means blending in and leaving well enough alone, and Cam becomes an expert at both.

Then Coley Talor moves to town. Beautiful, pickup-driving Coley is a perfect cowgirl with the perfect boyfriend to match. She and Cam forge an unexpected and intense friendship, one that seems to leave room for something more to emerge. But just as that starts to seem like a real possibility, Aunt Ruth takes drastic action to "fix" her niece, bringing Cam face-to-face with the cost of denying her true self--even if she's not quite sure who that is.

Don't miss this raw and powerful own voices debut, the basis for the award-winning film starring Chloë Grace Moretz.

Author: Emily M. Danforth
Publisher: Balzer & Bray/Harperteen
Published: 02/07/2012
Pages: 480
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.27lbs
Size: 8.49h x 5.75w x 1.55d
ISBN: 9780062020567
Audience: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.6
Point Value: 24
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 150780 / Miseducation of Cameron Post


Award: William C. Morris YA Debut Award - Finalist
Award: Lambda Literary Awards - Finalist
Award: Tayshas Reading - Commended
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Montana Book Award - Winner


Review Citation(s):
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2011 pg. 489 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Booklist 12/15/2011 pg. 49
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2011
Publishers Weekly 01/09/2012 pg. 55
Entertainment Weekly 02/17/2012 pg. 77
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2012
School Library Journal 03/01/2012 pg. 154
Kirkus Best Young-Adult Books 12/01/2012 pg. 56
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2012 pg. 30
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2013 pg. 12
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2012 pg. 94 - Recommended, Satisfactory

About the Author
Danforth, Emily M.: -

emily m. danforth is the author of the highly acclaimed young adult novel The Miseducation of Cameron Post. She has an MFA in fiction from the University of Montana and a PhD in English from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She lives with her wife and two terrible dogs in Rhode Island. Plain Bad Heroines is her first adult novel.