Deliver Us from Evie
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Book Overview
Even Parr admits that sometimes he thinks his sister looks a bit like a guy. His mother is always trying to get Evie to change and be more feminine. Then one day beautiful Patsy Duff befriends Evie, and she does begin to change--but not the way everyone had expected. With wry and compassionate strokes M.E. Kerr explores the dilemma of expressing one's sexual identity.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0060244755
ISBN13:9780060244750
Release Date:January 1994
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Length:177 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.8" x 8.5"
Age Range:12 years and up
Grade Range:Grade 7 and higher
Related Subjects
Children's Children's Books Fiction Lesbian Literature & Fiction Social Issues Teen & Young AdultCustomer Reviews
5 ratings
A Change In Attitudes
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
This is the first book that I have ever read about a lesbian girl, Evie, and how her family has to deal with the comments and accusations, and haste rejections from their friends and neighbors. The story is told through Parr, Evie's brother, eyes and with every word, it almost seems that Evie is your sister, and Doug is your brother, and that you live on a farm. The fact that this story is told through Parr's perspective gives insight on what life was like for Evie. This book made me see the cruelness of people who you thought that you could rely on when it comes to homosexuality. With many books that focus around the male gay, this book showed just the opposite. Evie was portrayed as almost a rebel and a person that you would respect. This book has opened up doors for me into a whole new world of reading and I hope that others will read Deliver Us From Evie as an insight into something new. I hope to read more books that have characters just like Evie and Parr, put I know that Deliver Us From Evie will always be the best one.
Teaches Tolerance
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
I teach at-risk high school students and I have purchased this book for my classroom library. I appreciate that it teaches tolerance in a way that is appropriate for the classrom. My high school students have enjoyed this book!
Great Read
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
It took me a day to finish, but it was totally worth it. The emotional atmosphere in this book is very tense. It has a terrific way of showing how a family deals with a gay family member. I would recomemend this book to tom-boys and person who has a tom-boy in there family. And even people dealing with a gay family member, or if you know someone that is gay.
It was great
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
I realy liked the book be cause the boy stood up for his sister evie was cool
A new perspective
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
This book breaks all the rules we typically have about lesbians. not in the way they look, but how they feel. It centers around Evie, who is a lesbian. Her mother wants her to dress more like a woman, but she refuses.She says men's clothes are comfy. None of her family thinks anything of it until she begins becoming real good frinds with the bankowners daughter Patsy. Then she and Patsy both must stand up for what they believe in.
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