x dismiss this message
Did you know you can edit this page?
-
Sign Into Shelfari
-
Choose something to edit
-
Save your contributions
see page history
Description edit
A masterful poetic exploration of the impact of Matthew Shepard’s murder on the world. On the night of October 6, 1998, a gay twenty-one-year-old college student named Matthew Shepard was lured from a Wyoming bar by two young men, savagely beaten, tied to a remote fence, and left to die. Gay... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
First Sentence edit
Out and alone on the endless empty prairie
Table of Contents edit
Introduction
Prologue: The Fence (before)
Part One
Outnumbered
Recipe for Disaster
Something Snapped
Raising Awareness
Every Mother's Plea
The Truck
Road Rage
A Sorry State
Signs of Trouble
The Clothesline
The Pistol
Witness
The Fence (that night)
What You Can Do in Eighteen Hours
Stars
The Wind
The Doe
Where is my Boy?
The Biker
The Patrol Officer's Report
The Doctor
Housekeeper, ICU
Lame Excuse
How to Have the Worst Day of Your Life
The Journalist
Vigil: Candles in the Wind
The Armbands
Scared to Death
Heartfelt Apology
October 12, 1998
Now Showing: Matthew's Story
Tree
Class Photo: Me in the Middle or "What Will You be When You Grow Up?"
Then and Now
Thirteen Ways of Looking at Matthew
Part Two
The Fence (one week later)
Stand by Your Man
Accessory
Officer of the Court
His Shoes
The Frat Boys
The Songwriter
The Drag Queen
The Cop
The Bartender
Let's Say
The Student
A Father
A Mother
A Chorus of Parents
The Church Lady
A Protestor
An Angel
Jury Selection
The Prosecutor's Job
The Defense's Job
Don't Flatter Yourself
Sorry Boy
Logic Problem
Verdict
Mercy
What Twenty Bucks Could Get You in 1998
Wounded
This is the Hand
Once Upon a Time
The Fence (after)
Epilogue: Pilgrimage
Afterword: Imagine
Notes
Explanation of Poetic Forms
Resources
Authors & Contributors edit
- Lesléa Newman (Author)
Awards edit
- Stonewall Book Award (January 2013: Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children's & Young Adult Literature Award, Honor)
Subjects edit
- Books › Gay & Lesbian › Literature & Fiction › Poetry › Gay
- Books › Teens › Social Issues
- Books › Teens › Literature & Fiction
We’re hiding the errata, movie connections, books that influenced this book, books influenced by this book and books cited by this book sections. If you would like to add content to them, you must first make them visible.
You were just viewing this book on Sassy Librarian’s shelf.
