Dance on My Grave

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"Dance on My Grave" is a young adult novel by Aidan Chambers that explores a passionate and tragic gay teenage romance and its emotional aftermath.

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instanceOf novel
adaptedAs Summer of 85 NERFINISHED
author Aidan Chambers NERFINISHED
availableAs ebook
print book
containsMotif dance as ritual
funeral pact
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
coverArtMedium print
explores emotional aftermath of a lover’s death
family relationships
social attitudes toward homosexuality
teenage sexuality
filmAdaptationDirector François Ozon NERFINISHED
filmAdaptationLanguage French
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 2020
filmAdaptationTitleLanguage French
firstPublicationYear 1982
genre LGBT literature
coming-of-age novel
romance novel
young adult fiction
hasAward ALA Best Book for Young Adults NERFINISHED
Horn Book Fanfare selection NERFINISHED
hasCriticalReception critically acclaimed
hasLGBTCharacter yes
hasNarrativeStructure nonlinear
hasPageCountApprox 200–250 pages
includedIn LGBT young adult literature canon
intendedMarket English-speaking market
literarySignificance early positive portrayal of gay teens in YA fiction
mainCharacter Barry Gorman NERFINISHED
Hal Robinson NERFINISHED
mainTheme death
friendship
gay teenage romance
grief
identity
mourning
narrationType first-person narrative
narrativeForm confessional narrative
originalLanguage English
partOfSeries Dance Sequence
protagonistSexualOrientation gay
publisher Bodley Head NERFINISHED
settingPeriod late 20th century
targetAudience young adults
toldThrough police report framework

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Aidan Chambers notableWork Dance on My Grave