The book tells the story of Randall Kapplehoff, a gay teen who goes every year to a queer summer camp and is finally ready to start a relationship with his crush. He further stated that "ll of the questions answered in Jack’s advice column were submitted by real students" and he "consulted with sex education experts to write Jack’s responses, with the goal of providing LGBTQ teens with practical information that’s often omitted from sex ed classes." Camp (2020) Ĭamp is a young adult novel published by May 26, 2020, by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Rosen has responded to the book challenges saying the passages are taken out of context.
The district removed Jack of Hearts from shelves the following day. On November 15, a parent from Texas's Katy Independent School District used the book as an example to highlight the "vulgarity" of books available in the district's libraries. On November 4, 2021, the book was permanently removed from circulation from Texas's Keller Independent School District after a parental complaint. The book was generally well received by critics with Gay Times saying it "might be the most important queer novel of the decade." Kirkus Reviews called the book a "sex-positive and thoughtful romp with humor and heart," while Booklist referred to it as "resh, sex-positive, and unabashedly entertaining." The Guardian wrote, "Part thriller, part down-to-earth guide, this is humane, sex-positive writing of the funniest, filthiest and most heartening kind." School Library Journal said the book is an “essential addition to library collections that serve teens." Īlthough the book wasn't explicitly banned in the United States, Rosen has stated it was "silent banned" because teachers, schools, and library did not place the book on shelves. After he starts writing an advice column in his friend's blog, he begins receiving messages from a stalker, making his life worse.
The book follows Jack, a gay teenager who is the center of gossip at his high school. Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts) is a young adult novel published Octoby Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Later, he was a counsellor at the camp and was forbidden to mention his sexuality with any of the children. When he was younger, Rosen attended a Jewish summer camp in Connecticut for several years, the physical layout of which is represented in his novel Camp. In 2006, Rosen received a Master of Fine Arts degree in fiction from Sarah Lawrence College.
He attended a private high school and came out as gay when he was around 13 years old. Rosen was raised in Manhattan, New York, where he still lives today with his husband and their cat, Waterloo.
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