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Mark A. Roeder (Author)
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December 1999
It's hard hiding a secret. It's even harder keeping that secret when someone else knows.

Someone is watching. Someone knows. It was a nightmare come true for seventeen year-old Ethan. It's hard hiding a secret. It's even harder keeping that secret when someone else knows. Who is the mysterious note-writer, the secret tormentor? Who is the enemy that hides among Ethan's friends and teammates? Who holds Ethan's secret over his head, threatening to destroy his entire world?

Someone Is Watching is the story of a young high school wrestler who must come to terms with being gay. He struggles first with himself, then with an unknown classmate that hounds his every step. While struggling to discover the identity of his tormentor, Ethan must discover his own identity and learn to live his life as his true self. He must choose whether to give up what he wants the most, or face his greatest fear of all.


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About the Author

Mark A. Roeder is the author of numerous novels for gay young adult readers, among them Ancient Prejudice: Break To New Mutiny and Someone Is Killing the Gay Boys of Verona. His most recent book is entitled The Soccer Field is Empty. He lives in northern Indiana in a small town quite like the fictional Verona, Indiana featured in his books.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: iUniverse.com (December 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 158348616X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1583486160
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,551,703 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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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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5.0 out of 5 stars A refreshing tale of love and emotion, no smut here!!, May 24, 2001
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Chase (Johnston, RI United States) - See all my reviews
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This book should be celebrated along with its author!! It is so refreshing to read about the emotional journey of fear, anger, love, and acceptance from a purely intellectual and emotional standpoint. So many works of gay fiction focus on the physical world of desire, flesh, and sex. In "Someone is watching" we learn of the intense struggle Nathan is forced to go through within himself and the people close to him. The author explains the emotions he expierences with amazing clarity. You can't help but fall in love with this character. He first struggles to discover his true self and then is made to defend this new identity in the face of intense opposition only to find true love and acceptance in the end. I laughed and cried right along with him in remeberence of my own journey to self awareness. This book is only one out of the many pieces of fiction I've read that even remotely resembles my life and I am greatly appreciative of the author for representing a lost segment of our community. A must read for sure, especially amoung the younger members of our population.
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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Trials of Growing Up Gay, March 17, 2001
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Toby Sanders (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This was the first book by Mark Roeder I picked up. I was happy to discover that he managed to capture the internal dialogue in which every gay youngster indulges when first realizing what must be different about him. After reading "Billy's Boy," I didn't think another writer could do as well at bringing the interior world of a gay youth to life. It is all here: the fears, the doubts, the hopes and the dreams. It was amazing to discover a coming of age book without cynicism. In dealing with a real possibility for gay youth from a perspective of affirmation, the author made the relationship that developed between the two main characters, Ethan and Nathan, one of hope. For some, the relationship may seem a fantasy. For me, it made me envy what so many didn't have while growing up.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Suspenseful and a reward, November 1, 2001
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This book, about a high school jock just discovering his feelings towards other boys takes a spooky turn when he begins recieving notes in his locker from somebody who apparently has figured out the secret even he just realized about himself. AS he tries to keep a semblance of normalcy he begins to try to figure out who is doing this to him? A friend joking? a girl angry at him? and what about that new Ranch hand his uncle hired who always looks so sad?
A big more upbeat than his first book "Antient Prejudice Break to New Mutiny" with a nice reward at the end for those hopeless romantics out there. I recomend this one for a rainy weekend.
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Uncle Jack, The Varsity Wrestling Squad, Awkward Encounters, Koontz Lake, Awakening Desires, Dreams Do Come True, Soccer Field, The Loss of Friends, Proving My Manhood, Nathan's Little Brother, The Hurricane, Growing Fear, The Park's Edge, Dark Secrets Uncovered, Meeting Myself, Opening My Eyes, Watching Nathan, The Death of Dreams, Uncertain Friendships
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