Am I Blue? Coming Out of the Silence is a collection of short stories about growing up gay or lesbian or with gay or lesbian parents or friends. The characters in the stories are often young people struggling to understand their own identities through their sexuality. The stories are short (less that fifteen pages each), very well-written, and easy for young readers to understand.
The stories in the book deal with the topic of homosexuality, but they do so in many different ways. Some of the stories deal with people who know they are gay and are dealing with family members or friends who don't understand or support them. Other stories deal with adolescents who are still trying to figure out who they are and what their sexuality might be.
I would definitely use this book in a middle school classroom. The stories do a great job of talking about homosexuality from the perspective of young people who are still struggling to find their identity. The stories and the characters are very relatable to all young people, regardless of sexuality. I would probably read a few of the stories together as a class along with other short stories or poems about social issues. I would then have the book on hand for individual reading by anyone who was interested. This book was definitely one of the best collections of short stories I have ever read and it dealt with issues that are extremely relevant in society today.
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