Jack eBook Shannon LC Cate
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Born a girl during the Civil War, Jack has been passing as a boy in the slums of Five Points, Manhattan, since running away from an orphans' home at age eight. He makes his living at petty thievery, surviving pocket watch-to-pocket watch until he discovers a talent for gambling. Lucy is a bright girl trapped in a dreary life with her widowed mother. When she meets Jack on the street, her days are happier than they have ever been. But her heart is broken when mother takes her far from New York, perhaps never to see Jack again. Her new home in a rowdy Arizona mining town is as dismal as ever, but she finds a glimmer of hope in dreams of a career on stage. Now, to find their way to the life they promised each other, Jack and Lucy will have to dodge dangers and take risks they never dreamed of as childhood sweethearts.
Jack eBook Shannon LC Cate
The greatest compliment my almost 13 year old can give a book is "Is this part of a series?" She and I were both delighted with this story of romance and adventure in the old "wild west". It was extra fun to have the romance be between Jack, who born with a female body then came of age with a male identity and Lucy, every bit a girl, who falls in love with him. They are separated by Lucy's mother who moves herself and her daughter to Arizona for marriage and stability with a shady but wealthy character. They are then brought back together through a westward journey by Jack (with some convenient twists that I forgave because they needed to get back together!)Besides young adult and romance, I am shelving this YA novel as LGBT. Because of the courageous content, I don't forsee it being easily accepted in school libraries but I do hope it reaches LGBT youth. On the other hand, I hesitate to call these boys transgender, which is a very modern concept, and the author also avoids that word. But certainly the impulse to convert genders has always existed; whether for socio-political reasons or by nature of how someone feels about themselves or a combination of both. I also hesitate to call the girls who love these boys lesbian. They are attracted to people they perceive to be men; and perhaps because of having endured less than ideal relationships with men--they are actually intrigued and relieved to learn the truth! Perhaps in a world without the constrictions of labeled identity, these things have happened naturally. And yet, the author does acknowledge how dangerous and precarious their lives could be.
Without spoiling, I will just say that through the actions of the characters, one can definitely distinguish the difference between crossdressing as a costume/disguise and outfitting oneself with the signals of identity. Jack seems to have started out in a protective boy's costume but then over time, it became right to him--or perhaps was right to him from the start and doubled as protection. Through an underground network, he meets others like him. And finds out there are girls who specifically like boys like Jack.
There is a sweet, brief sex scene that may satisfy the curiosity of someone who wonders how "it" might be done. There is also a bit of cursing at high stress times that lend authenticity. Still, I was very happy to present a young adult novel like this to my daughter. You see, her dad (my husband) was born a girl and my daughter loves reading about a sweet and gallant hero like her dad and enjoyed recounting it to him.
I wanted more. More detail, more adventures, more bonding among the boys, more supportive girl-girl friendship and more romance. I do hope Jack and his posse, and the girls who know good men when they find them, return in a sequel or series.
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Jack eBook Shannon LC Cate Reviews
I loved this book! I'm a transboy and I LOVE history, and a couple years ago this was one of the first books that I read with a ftm protagonist. It highlights the sexism yet the progression of gender roles over time and even though there weren't many, there WERE supporters of LGBTQ back then. Ik it's fiction l, but I loved this story a lot. I hope Shannon maybe continue this and/or make another story like this.
Read this is you like transgender ftm mc and history. Warning of adult themes when regarding sex and gender in both good and bad ways.
Just delightful! Set in a richly described 19th century NYC and Arizona, this beautifully written book gives us a host of sweet characters who find ways to claim their identities. It was over too soon, and I am imagining what’s happening next. This book, a relatively short read, manages to develop characters and setting, and opens up great historical questions about the lives of LGBT people and the lives of women more generally. I am hoping a sequel is in the works.
An amazing love story. I'm hoping for a sequel!
Loved this book. Great story line, definitely recommend for those interested in alternative fiction.
I enjoyed this unusual, gender-bending read, which offers sympathetic main characters, good pacing, and interesting plot. I would recommend it to people interested in LGBTQ lit and/or historical fiction.
“Jack” by Shannon L C Cate is a YA western adventure with a LGBT tilt. Ms. Cate is just about spot on throughout the book in maintaining a level of description (from the Five Points in Manhattan to the Arizona Territory), action, and characterization suited for a YA audience. Her writing skills are excellent and the book flows very, very well. Jack, the title character, follows in the tradition of the Artful Dodger and Gavroche, the street wise urchin living by wits and a semi-miraculous talent for theft, with one exception – Jack was born a mixed race female. I’m guessing Jack would have been about 8 when she escaped from an orphanage realized that survival on the streets of mid-19th Century Manhattan was somewhat easier for a boy, and began masquerading as one. By the time the story begins (about 4 years later) Jack has grown to think of himself as a male. When Jack meets Lucy and her mother the plot begins its trek through developing friendship, separation and reunion, while treating the reader to gambling dens, western action and characters always living in the hope of a better life. I’ve already noted the LGBT tilt to the book (with one brief, gentle, scene of intimacy), but I’m not going to ‘shelve’ it that way because I found the book rich with the more subtle themes of caring for others, and the desire for home and family. Add in the good characters, well described action and motivation, and what more could you ask for from a YA novel.
I will look forward to more stories from Ms. Cate.
The greatest compliment my almost 13 year old can give a book is "Is this part of a series?" She and I were both delighted with this story of romance and adventure in the old "wild west". It was extra fun to have the romance be between Jack, who born with a female body then came of age with a male identity and Lucy, every bit a girl, who falls in love with him. They are separated by Lucy's mother who moves herself and her daughter to Arizona for marriage and stability with a shady but wealthy character. They are then brought back together through a westward journey by Jack (with some convenient twists that I forgave because they needed to get back together!)
Besides young adult and romance, I am shelving this YA novel as LGBT. Because of the courageous content, I don't forsee it being easily accepted in school libraries but I do hope it reaches LGBT youth. On the other hand, I hesitate to call these boys transgender, which is a very modern concept, and the author also avoids that word. But certainly the impulse to convert genders has always existed; whether for socio-political reasons or by nature of how someone feels about themselves or a combination of both. I also hesitate to call the girls who love these boys lesbian. They are attracted to people they perceive to be men; and perhaps because of having endured less than ideal relationships with men--they are actually intrigued and relieved to learn the truth! Perhaps in a world without the constrictions of labeled identity, these things have happened naturally. And yet, the author does acknowledge how dangerous and precarious their lives could be.
Without spoiling, I will just say that through the actions of the characters, one can definitely distinguish the difference between crossdressing as a costume/disguise and outfitting oneself with the signals of identity. Jack seems to have started out in a protective boy's costume but then over time, it became right to him--or perhaps was right to him from the start and doubled as protection. Through an underground network, he meets others like him. And finds out there are girls who specifically like boys like Jack.
There is a sweet, brief sex scene that may satisfy the curiosity of someone who wonders how "it" might be done. There is also a bit of cursing at high stress times that lend authenticity. Still, I was very happy to present a young adult novel like this to my daughter. You see, her dad (my husband) was born a girl and my daughter loves reading about a sweet and gallant hero like her dad and enjoyed recounting it to him.
I wanted more. More detail, more adventures, more bonding among the boys, more supportive girl-girl friendship and more romance. I do hope Jack and his posse, and the girls who know good men when they find them, return in a sequel or series.
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