The Centre of the World
Having crossed the Atlantic unaccompanied, continued her journey by train, and arrived without finding anyone to meet her, a seventeen-year-old American girl, Glass, gives birth to twins in the open during a blizzard within sight of her destination, an isolated castle in an unidentified region of Germany, from which a young woman has emerged to assist in the delivery. Flouting conventionality, she conducts a riotous life with serial liaisons, exposing the twins to outcast status as they grow up. Though Phil and his twin Dianne are the opposite of identical, both in appearance and personality, they are close in their early years. They gradually drift apart after Phil meets Kat, the daughter of the local headmaster. Phils inability to kick a football allegedly reveals that he is a gay, though he is unaware of what this means. His gradual sexual awakening follows with the joys and pangs of first love. This book is witty, sensitive, humorous and lyrical, the work of an author who has written many stories for children, and in tune with the open discussions of today (new books in german, spring 1998) Shortlisted for the German Children's Literature Award 1999 The Seven Best Books for Young Readers March 1998 Young Adult Book of the Month / May 1998 »Luchs« (DIE ZEIT) April 1998 »Buxtehuder Bulle« 1999 IBBY Honour List 2000
Una historia sobre homosexualidad sin la problemática del coming-out. Es la historia de una familia un poco loca que vive en un suburbio en una casa de nombre Visible, y de Phil el joven soñador y gay que sabe exactamente lo que quiere.
