Trevor

Author(s): James Lecesne

Young Adult Fiction

Trevor is an exuberant, sociable, and witty thirteen year old. So how come, when he takes that nerve-wracking turn toward his locker at school, he feels scared and alone? Shunned by his friends, misunderstood by his parents, and harrassed at school for being different, Trevor goes from wondering what color glitter to choose for his Lady Gaga costume at Halloween, to wondering why some feelings "are so intense it makes you just want to lay down and die rather than go on feeling it," and making an attempt on his life. Trevor mixes humor and realism in an urgent look at what it is like to feel alienated from everything around you. And more importantly, what critical ties can step in at the most unlikely moment, to save you from despair, and give you reason to go on living. 

Trevor 
is an update of the film version of the story, directed by Peggy Rajski, which won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short in 1994. The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and questioning youth. As the recent attention to youth suicides has received increased media attention, and Dan Savage's IT GETS BETTER campaign has gone viral around the world, the public is finally beginning to face hard facts. Thirty-three percent of suicides among teenagers involve LGBTQ youth, one-third of all LGBT kids report having attempted suicide, and nine out of ten report overt harassment at school. Trevor is an effort to make those kids feel loved and supported, so they will find the strength to go on living.


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James Lecesne is co-founder of the Trevor Project, the only nationwide 24-hour crisis intervention and suicide prevention lifeline for lesbian, gay, transgender, and questioning teens. He has published two young adult novels, Absolute Brightness, and Virgin Territory. His solo show, Word of Mouth, was awarded both a NY Drama Desk Awad and an Outer Critics Circle Award and his play THE ROAD HOME: Stories of the Children of War, was presented at the International Peace Conference at The Hague. He produced the documentary film After The Storm, which chronicles the struggles of a group of teens in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and he founded the After the Storm Foundation. As an actor as well as a writer, James has appeared on TV, in film, and in the theatre. His character Trevor first inspired the Trevor Project, then a film version of the story, directed by Peggy Rajski, which won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short in 1995, and now, Trevor: A Novella. 

General Fields

  • : 9781609804879
  • : Seven Stories Press
  • : Seven Stories Press
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : 108
  • : English
  • : PAPERBACK
  • : James Lecesne