Thinking Straight
If only Taylor Adams had kept on lying to his parents, none of this would have happened. He wouldn’t have been shipped off to Straight to God, an institution devoted to “deprogramming” troubled teenagers and ridding them of their vices—whether those vices are drugs, violence or, as in Taylor’s case, other boys.
At Straight to God, such thoughts—along with all other reminders of Taylor’s former “sinful” life—are forbidden. Every movement is monitored, privacy is impossible, and no one, from staff to residents, is quite who they first appear to be.
This is a story of accidental heroism, of loyalty, and of faith—and, if Taylor has his way, of seeds of understanding falling on fertile ground.
Praise for Thinking Straight
Robin Reardon has done it again, and this time not only with sensitive story-telling, but with insightful and compelling theology and biblical interpretation as well. Thinking Straight needs to be read by every pastor, priest, and rabbi actively engaged in ministry today, as well as being required reading in every seminary in the country.
The Reverend Reid D. Farrell
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Robin Reardon has taken on a hugely important subject in her new book, Thinking Straight. Taylor Adams, a teen who starts out the book with his head pretty well in place, has parents who think differently about their son’s well adjusted outlook on life. As the story begins they have sent him to Straight To God, a program that prides itself on fixing teens’ problems, including getting young men and women to overcome homosexuality. Despite his circumstances and justifiable anger, Taylor has faith in who is he and believes that being gay is okay with God. Reardon knows her Bible and uses it well. Full of drama, great dialog and well developed characters, Thinking Straight is a book I couldn’t put down.
Beckie Weinheimer
Author of Converting Kate
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