Keeper of Secrets [Paperback]

Mark Roeder (Author)

Book Description

Sixteen year old Avery is in trouble, yet again, but this time hes in over his head. On the run, Avery is faced with hardships and fear. He must become what hes always hated, just to survive. He discovers new reasons to hate, until fate brings him to Graymoor Mansion and he uncovers a disturbing connection to the past. Through the eyes of a boy, murdered more than a century before, Avery discovers that all is not as he thought. Avery is soon forced to face the greatest challenge of all; looking into his own heart.Sean is head over heels in love with his new boyfriend, Nick. There is trouble in paradise, however. Could a boy so beautiful really love plain, ordinary Sean? Sean cannot believe it and desperately tries to transform himself into the ideal young hunk, only to learn that its whats inside that matters. Keeper of Secrets is the story of two boys, one a gay youth, the other an adolescent gay basher. Fate and the pages of a hundred year old journal bring them together and their lives are forever changed.

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About the Author

Keeper of Secrets is the sixth novel in the Gay Youth Chronicles, published by Mark A. Roeder, and he has plans for more. He lives in a nearly 200 hundred year old log cabin in southern Indiana. Information on his current and upcoming books can be found at markroeder.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 332 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse (January 31, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595216129
• ISBN-13: 978-0595216123
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #952,653 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Mark A. Roeder currently resides in Bloomington, Indiana and is a full-time writer of novels, columns, and articles. He has published over two dozen novels to date.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Book for Teens, July 27, 2002

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George Heilman (Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Keeper of Secrets (Paperback)

...But you can bet that they read "Keeper of Secrets" chapter by chapter. Why? Well, the credit goes to the author, Mark Roeder, one of the pioneers of a relatively new, but long overdue,genre of literature."Keeper of Secrets"is about three adolescent boys:Sean, a gay youth and his boyfriend Nick, and Avery, a gay basher, whose hatred of gays is intense. There is plenty of action starting in chapter one in this mystery. The entire story is told from the point of view of the major characters, Sean and Avery.I truly enjoyed this technique. The reader gets to know those characters so much better because the reader is made aware of what Sean and Avery are thinking. The chapters belong to them; for the titles of the thirty-nine short chapters are "Avery" and "Sean" alternately. I promise you that this is one book you won't want to put down until you have read those wonderful last chapters. Buy it. Read it. You will enjoy it. And you will want to read another Roeder novel.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Very Different Coming of Age Story, March 8, 2002

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Kenneth Clark (Albuquerque, NM United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Keeper of Secrets (Paperback)

This sequal to Someone is Killing the Gay Boys of Verona is a must read. You will meet Avery, Sean's cousin, who is homophobic at best. Get to know Sean and his boyfriend Nick and their relationship grows and matures, but also get to know a mysterious figure from the past who just might teach them all something about what love is really about.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Book, November 2, 2005

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Gary D. Johnson "Gay Reader" (Phoenix) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Keeper of Secrets (Paperback)

This is another one of Mark's awesome books. I like it because it dealt with the prejudice of gay youth in todays society and how hate can be a very regetting quality in people. I like how Mark added the journal of Will to the storyline. Again Mark has outdone himself in writing this book.