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Ziggy, Stardust and Me by James Brandon, (Young adult author) is a children's book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Ziggy, Stardust and Me about?

In this tender-hearted debut, set against the tumultuous backdrop of life in 1973, when homosexuality is still considered a mental illness, two boys defy all the odds and fall in love. The year is 1973. The Watergate hearings are in full swing. The Vietnam War is still raging. And homosexuality is still officially considered a mental illness. In the midst of these trying times is sixteen-year-old Jonathan Collins, a bullied, anxious, asthmatic kid, who aside from an alcoholic father and his sympathetic neighbor and friend Starla, is completely alone. To cope, Jonathan escapes to the safe haven of his imagination, where his hero David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust and dead relatives, including his mother, guide him through the rough terrain of his life. In his alternate reality, Jonathan can be anything: a superhero, an astronaut, Ziggy Stardust, himself, or completely "normal" and not a boy who likes other boys. When he completes his treatments, he will be normal--at least he hopes. But before that can happen, Web stumbles into his life. Web is everything Jonathan wishes he could be: fearless, fearsome and, most importantly, not ashamed of being gay. Jonathan doesn't want to like broodi

Who reads Ziggy, Stardust and Me?

Author

James Brandon, (Young adult author)

Publisher

Penguin Young Readers Group; G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9780525517641

Category

children's

Subjects

Romance, Historical Fiction, Fiction

Rating

4.7 / 5 (329 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14