Not only must I read that book, but the "Customers Also Bought" scroll at the bottom of the page has a whole heap of things that I either need to read or re-read. Such astute customers. :)
EVERYWHERE um that probably is not super helpful. I think The Homeward Bounders and Archer's Goon are probably both good places to start -- they're both standalone, and they give a very good sense for how interesting and weird she is without being actively difficult to follow. (I love Fire and Hemlock, but I always think of it as Advanced DWJ . . .)
Racism in schools? Given that the kids are all passing "Au Revoir Les Enfants" style, I'd presume we're talking ethnic discrimination here and not visible-race discrimination. If the latter, then I think Jones departed pretty far from her original inspiration.
It's sort of unclear, but I'd like to imagine so, at least . . . over on DW people were talking about it as queerness allegories, too. But the ending still makes that just as problematic. :( I don't want it to be an allegory at all!
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