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Lesbian & Sapphic FictionLGBTQ+ Young Adult

The miseducation of Cameron Post

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  • 2012 first published
  • 480 pages
  • ★ 4.2 (6 ratings)
  • 19 editions
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Published in 2012, The miseducation of Cameron Post is a sapphic fiction and LGBTQ+ young adult fiction novel by Emily M. Danforth. Much of the action takes place in Montana. It deals with gays, orphans, lesbians and teenage girls.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.2 out of 5 from 6 ratings, and 117 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 19 editions across 8 languages.

At about 480 pages, most readers finish it in 8–9 hours.

About The miseducation of Cameron Post

In the early 1990s, when gay teenager Cameron Post rebels against her conservative Montana ranch town and her family decides she needs to change her ways, she is sent to a gay conversion therapy center.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Subjects

  • Gays
  • Orphans
  • Lesbians
  • Teenage girls
  • Rural children
  • Sexual orientation programs
  • Coming of age
  • Sexual reorientation programs
  • LGBTQ young adult
  • Children's fiction
  • Youth
  • Montana
  • Homosexuality
  • LGBTQ conversion therapy
  • Interpersonal relations
  • LGBTQ novels

Quick answers

Who wrote The miseducation of Cameron Post?

The miseducation of Cameron Post was written by Emily M. Danforth and first published in 2012.

What genre is The miseducation of Cameron Post?

It is usually shelved as Lesbian & Sapphic Fiction and LGBTQ+ Young Adult.

How long is The miseducation of Cameron Post?

The median edition has 480 pages, about 8–9 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The miseducation of Cameron Post?

Readers who like it often enjoy If You Could Be Mine, Geography Club and We Are Okay.

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