Leave Myself Behind

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Leave Myself Behind
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First edition cover
Author Bart Yates
Publisher Kensington Publishing
Publication date
March 4, 2003
ISBN 0-7582-0348-9

Leave Myself Behind is the 2004 debut novel by American writer Bart Yates. The plot centers on a seventeen-year-old gay boy, Noah York, and the process through which he goes as he discovers his sexuality and grows without his father. Critics have compared Leave Myself Behind to J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye . [1] [ non-primary source needed ]

Kirkus Reviews called Leave Myself Behind "earnest and predictable: a good start but nothing special". [2] Booklist also reviewed the novel. [3]

In 2004, Leave Myself Behind received an Alex Award from the American Library Association. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Reviews". Bart Yates. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved August 8, 2007.
  2. ↑ "Leave Myself Behind". Kirkus Reviews . January 1, 2003. Archived from the original on September 28, 2024. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Leave Myself Behind" . Booklist . February 15, 2003. Archived from the original on September 28, 2024. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
  4. ↑ "2004 Alex Awards". Archived from the original on August 23, 2013. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
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