Mesmerized by David-Matthew Barnes6/23/2023 Serena's grief-stricken parents, her best friend Maggie, and her arch nemesis Pamela are all very colorful, deeply portrayed characters who bring the story to life. Several other key characters are introduced within the story. Serena is awestruck and heartened when she observes a romance blossoming before her eyes-her two new friends are falling in love with each other. Lance is a local college student who is also a dancer. As luck would have it, they soon encounter Lance when they venture into an abandoned warehouse. Their friendship immediately blossoms and Serena soon discovers that Brodie has a passion for dancing. His name is Brodie, and it becomes obvious to Serena that he is gay. While she is fulfilling her assigned punishment, Serena is joined by another student that she doesn't know very well. The article was shocking to the school, and Serena was reprimanded by her principal who assigned her detention painting parking blocks in the school parking lot. Christopher was gay, and Serena wrote an editorial piece for her school newspaper in her brother's memory. The previous year, Serena's family suffered the devastating loss of her older brother, Christopher, who was the victim of a horrendous hate crime. It is 1986 and Serena works as an editor for her school newspaper. Mesmerized is the story of Serena Albright, a high school senior from Sacramento who has ambitions of becoming a journalist.
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