Cameron Post feels a mix of guilt and relief when her parents die in a car accident. Danforth's The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a powerful and widely acclaimed YA coming-of-age novel in the tradition of the classic Annie on My Mind.
But parents may find that a world in which casual sexual experimentation, drug use, theft, swearing, and hate speech are all more or less accepted behavior may be too much for younger young-adult readers to deal with. Set in rural Montana in the early 1990s, Emily M. Adult readers and mature teens will probably find the book's excellent writing and complex moral universe engaging and thought-provoking. Parents need to know that while the publisher of The Miseducation of Cameron Post says that the book is OK for 14-year-olds, we suggest caution, depending on how ready you feel your kid is for a teen Montana girl's lesbian explorations in the early '90s and the resulting complications. Tobacco use is less frequent, by both kids and adults, but it's commonplace and accepted in the adult society of the time and is also the subject of some juvenile fooling around.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. Adults also often drink alcohol, which is the socially acceptable, legal drug in their world. The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a stunning and unforgettable literary debut about discovering who you are and finding the courage to live life according to your own rules. But it is also a skillfully and beautifully written story that does what the best books do: It shows us ourselves in the lives of others. From their middle school days on, Cameron and her friends drink alcohol and, later, smoke marijuana. The Miseducation of Cameron Post is indeed an important book - especially for teens growing up today in communities that don’t accept them for who they are.
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