James Frankie Thomas - Idlewild - 2023 [EN]

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"Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas" is a Fiction > General Fiction/Classics title in English, distributed as a EPUB file (1.9 MB). Written by James Frankie Thomas. The book spans approximately 363 pages with 116,161 words. NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: Vox * The Paris Review * NPR * Vanity Fair / A FINALIST FOR THE L.A. TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR FIRST FICTION James Frankie Thomas's Idlewild is a darkly funny story of two adults looking back on their intense teenage friendship, in a queer, trans, and early-Internet twist on the Manhattan prep school novel. Idlewild is a tiny, artsy Quaker high school in lower Manhattan. Students call their teachers by their first names, there are no grades, and every day begins with 20 minutes of contemplative silence in the Meetinghouse. It is during one of those meetings that...

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CategoryBooks

LanguageEnglish (EN)

GenreFiction, Lgbt

QualityEPUB

Size1.9 MB

Pages363

ArchivedAug 16, 2026

Synopsis

Idlewild is a Quaker school, which means it values consensus, which means there was an Upper School Meeting yesterday to discuss what to do about today. Our class was then informed that this was not a legitimate option. In Quaker tradition, the Meeting ended with a half-assed compromise: today will be a normal school day in every way except that the morning Meeting for Announcements will be replaced by a special Meeting devoted to somber contemplation of the anniversary. Meeting for Worship, whi