Why it endured
A work of fiction by Jonathan Evison, published in 2000. Lawn Boy has become a lasting reference in its field — valued for its insight, clarity, and enduring relevance.
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Ryan HolidayAuthor & Stoic philosopher
“The high school my sons will go to has been in the news for challenging a book called Out of Darkness, about segregation in a Texas oil town in the 1930s. More comically, another parent angrily protested an example of gay sex from a book called Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison at one of our school board meetings in September…but as the school librarian later pointed out, the school doesn’t even carry that book.”