Dance on My Grave

Dance on My Grave: a life and a death in four parts, one hundred and seventeen bits, six running reports and two press clippings, with a few jokes, a puzzle or three, some footnotes and a fiasco now and then to help the story along is a 1982 young adult novel by British author Aidan Chambers. It is the second book in the Dance Sequence series.

Dance on My Grave
First edition cover
AuthorAidan Chambers
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesDance Sequence
GenreYoung adult novel
PublisherBodley Head
Publication date
1982
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages256
ISBN978-0-370-30366-6
Preceded byBreaktime 
Followed byNow I Know 

It tells the story of a British teenager named Henry Robinson, detailing the events that led to his dancing on the grave of his slightly older friend, Barry Gorman, with whom Robinson had a love affair.[1]

It was one of the first few young adult books published by a major publisher that depicts homosexuality[2][3] without being judgmental and was included on ALA's[4] and other libraries'[5] list of books for gay teens. It has also been referred to in a number of books on children and young adult literature.[6][7][8]

Because of its gay-positive theme, it was challenged at the Montgomery County Memorial Library System in 2004 by the Library Patrons of Texas.[9]

Translations

Dance on My Grave has been translated into at least 9 other languages in both Asia and Europe.[10]

Film Adaptation

The book was the basis of a film entitled Summer of 85 (Été 85) by the French director François Ozon in 2020.[11]

References
  1. "Dance on My Grave".
  2. Eccleshare, Julia (2007-05-18). "Obituaries: Margaret Clark". The Guardian.
  3. "Contemporary Writers: Aidan Chambers". Archived from the original on 2009-10-12.
  4. "Bibliography for Gay Teens". 2009-12-29.
  5. "LGBT Books for Young Adults".
  6. Trites, Roberta Seelinger (2000). Disturbing the Universe: Power and Repression in Adolescent Literature. University of Iowa Press. pp. 104–107. ISBN 978-0-87745-732-9.
  7. Hunt, Peter; Ray, Sheila G. Bannister (1996). International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. Routledge. p. 386. ISBN 978-0-203-16812-7.
  8. Trupe, Alice (2006). Thematic Guide to Young Adult Literature. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 43–44. ISBN 978-0-313-33234-0.
  9. "Banned Book List".
  10. "Books in Other Language translations and US editions".
  11. Peter Debruge, "François Ozon’s ‘Summer of 85’: Film Review". Variety, July 14, 2020.


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