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Title	:	Leave Myself Behind
Author	:	Bart Yates
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 256 pages
Published	:	April 1st 2004 by Kensington (first published March 1st 2003)
Categories	:	LGBT. Young Adult. Romance. M M Romance. Fiction. Gay

Leave Myself Behind

Bart Yates

Paperback | Pages: 256 pages

Rating: 4.09 | 2436 Users | 153 Reviews

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Noah York is a closeted gay teenager with a foul mouth, a critical disposition, and plenty of material for his tirades. After his father dies, Noah's mother, a temperamental poet, takes a teaching job in a small New Hampshire town, far from Chicago and the only world Noah has known. While Noah gets along reasonably with his mother, the crumbling house they try to renovate quickly reveals dark secrets, via dusty Mason jars they discover interred between walls. The jars contain scraps of letters, poems, and journal entries, and eventually reconstructs a history of pain and violence that drives a sudden wedge between Noah and his mother. Fortunately, Noah finds an unexpected ally in J.D., a teenager down the street who has family troubles of his own.

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Original Title:	Leave Myself Behind
ISBN:	0758203497 (ISBN13: 9780758203496)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	United States of America
Literary Awards:	ALA Alex Award (2004)

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The life of seventeen year old Noah York is simple. He has an insane yet poetic mother, he lives in a new home where hidden mason jars hold disturbing secrets, and he is infatuated with the boy next door known as J.D. Ummm... ok... maybe it's not that simple. Noah goes through a hard moment in his life as he tries to figure out his love for D.J. and tries to hold the truth inside from his mother who is absolutely obsessed with the mason jars that lie in the walls of the new house. But lately,

It is rather unfortunate that this book is categorized as "Gay Fiction" because for those who are not into gay stories will lose the chance to discover one of the most entertaining teenager characters since Holden Caulfield in "The Catcher in the Rye" as well as one of the most endearing relationships ever portrayed in a book. "Leave Myself Behind" is a truly profound and unforgettable coming-out story of Noah York, who discovered his first love with J.D. Curtis, the boy down the street. I guess

I really had a hard time rating this book. Why? Because on one hand, Bart Yates did a really great job concerning characters and narrative tone (see below), but on the other, the plot has what I perceived here as a major flaw: too much drama.Okay, so first to the things I really liked about the book:1. The protagonist, Noah. Noah can be a real asshole, but, (and that's what makes him so likeable), he not only knows he's a pain in the ass at times, he resents it on various occasions: he has a

I've read Bart Yates' debut novel Leave Myself Behind after reading - and adoring - his second book, The Brothers Bishop and I've found it very compelling, with a great narrative voice and full of those elements and issues that are further developed in his follow-up release. Noah York - a sarcastic, smart 17-year-old - moves with his mother into an old house after relocating to the small town of Oakland following the sudden death of his father.During the restoration works, Noah and Virginia

4.75 rounded upSince this is the author's first book, I'm not surprised it isn't as tightly constructed and powerful as The Brothers Bishop. Still, it's a lovely read. I do wish more time had been spent on the central relationship. The dramas that surrounded it, although fascinating at first, became distracting, and ultimately didn't add much to my understanding of the main characters or to their understanding of themselves and each other.Nevertheless, I'm eagerly looking forward to the author's

The life of seventeen year old Noah York is simple. He has an insane yet poetic mother, he lives in a new home where hidden mason jars hold disturbing secrets, and he is infatuated with the boy next door known as J.D. Ummm... ok... maybe it's not that simple. Noah goes through a hard moment in his life as he tries to figure out his love for D.J. and tries to hold the truth inside from his mother who is absolutely obsessed with the mason jars that lie in the walls of the new house. But lately,

I LOVEDDDDDDD THIS ONE!I never wanted this to end! This book is definitely one of my favorites now. I accidentally finished it you know, when there's 20 pages of Reader's Guide at the end of a book and you flip the page and scream, "Nooooooooooooooooo!" because you thought you still had a little bit of a perfect book left? And then I re-read a few of my favorite parts because I really wished it hadn't ended.Noah and his mom move into a old victorian fixer-upper in a small town in New Hampshire.