October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard

by Lesléa Newman

Book Overview

A masterful poetic exploration of the impact of Matthew Shepard's murder on the world.

On the night of October 6, 1998, a gay twenty-one-year-old college student named Matthew Shepard was kidnapped from a Wyoming bar by two young men, savagely beaten, tied to a remote fence, and left to die. Gay Awareness Week was beginning at the University of Wyoming, and the keynote speaker was Lesl a Newman, discussing her book Heather Has Two Mommies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763658073
• ISBN13: 9780763658076
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher

Customer Reviews

Loved this book.

I have seen all the movies made about Matthew Shepard, however this book is much more detailed and a great read.