Books For Gay and Lesbian Youth
Teen Fiction By Title (with covers)
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Singing the Dogstar Blues
Alison Goodman
Seventeen-year-old Joss is a rebel--the daughter of
a famous newscaster and a sperm donor; a wild girl who can play a
mean harmonica; a student of time travel at the prestigious Centre
for Neo-Historical Studies. This year, for the first time, the
Centre has an alien student--Mavkel, from the planet Choria. And
Mavkel has chosen Joss, of all people, as his roommate and study
partner.
Joss is less than thrilled to have her
freewheeling lifestyle ruined by the high-tech security
surrounding Mavkel, and alarmed by the danger he seems to
attract—an assassin and an anti-alien lobby are the least of
it. Still, she is intrigued by Mavkel and his heritage, because
the Chorians are a harmonizing species of twins who communicate
through song. What better partner for a demon harmonica
player?
Then Mavkel gets sick. First, the Chorians think
that it is the Earth’s atmosphere, but Joss soon realizes
that he is worse than sick--he is pining for his lost twin, and
his will to live is draining away. The only way Joss can help him
is by breaking the Centre’s strictest rules . . . and that
means going back in time to change history.
Published by Viking Books.
