{"id":1535,"date":"2014-11-17T12:10:39","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T20:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/?p=1535"},"modified":"2014-12-04T22:29:01","modified_gmt":"2014-12-05T06:29:01","slug":"everything-changes-by-samantha-hale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/everything-changes-by-samantha-hale\/","title":{"rendered":"Book review: Everything changes, by Samantha Hale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hale-Everything-changes.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1532\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hale-Everything-changes-137x206.png\" alt=\"Hale Everything changes\" width=\"137\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hale-Everything-changes-137x206.png 137w, https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hale-Everything-changes.png 217w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 137px) 100vw, 137px\" \/><\/a><\/strong> <strong>Hale, Samantha. <em>Everything Changes<\/em>. Bold Strokes. 2014. $11.95. 177p. PB. 9781626393035.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Everything changes when 17-year-old Raven encounters Morgan at a dinner party for singles on Valentine&#8217;s Day. When Morgan announces she recently broke up with her girlfriend, Raven can&#8217;t help but blurt out, &#8220;Wait, you&#8217;re gay?&#8221;? Raven had never shown much interest in boys, and Raven unexpectedly finds herself attracted to Morgan. Morgan&#8217;s offer to help Raven study for her art history final throws the two of them together in Raven&#8221;s journey from the realization that she is gay to coming out to her friends and family.<\/p>\n<p>Hale does not cover any new ground within <em>Everything Changes<\/em>, but the story is simple and well-told. It does offer some perspective on a relationship in which one partner is out and the other is not. At times, Morgan&#8217;s actions and words pressure Raven into telling others about their relationship. The plot covers only a few weeks, but Raven&#8217;s character shows a great deal of development.<\/p>\n<p>Although not a must have,? <em>Everything Changes<\/em> is an engaging read for ages 13 and up in school and public libraries.<\/p>\n<p>Shelley Mastalerz , Teen Services Librarian<\/p>\n<p>Burien Library<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hale, Samantha. Everything Changes. Bold Strokes. 2014. $11.95. 177p. PB. 9781626393035. Everything changes when 17-year-old Raven encounters Morgan at a dinner party for singles on Valentine&#8217;s Day. When Morgan announces she recently broke up with her girlfriend, Raven can&#8217;t help but blurt out, &#8220;Wait, you&#8217;re gay?&#8221;? Raven had never shown much interest in boys, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1197,"featured_media":1532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[31,48,21],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1197"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}