The Sex Ed Chronicles

Stuart Nachbar does a great job at this work of fiction.  Throughout the story you also get a lot of historical information about the sex ed debacle that went on in the 1980’s.  The story's main character is a young man, Greg, who is a reporter for a small newspaper, the Ocean Republic.  Greg is asked to cover a story on the Parent’s Alliance for Schools and Teachers (PAST) and hearings on sex education.  Hesitant at first, Greg eventually gets into his assignment and meets a teacher from his old school along the way.  He finds himself falling for her and fighting to help her save her career.  She feels as though sex education in the schools could be a good thing.  The head of PAST, Lattimore, puts this teacher on her so called black list and uses her to help her campaign against sex education. 

The story has some twists and turns and has a pleasant ending that makes it worth the read.  Although a little dry at times, Stuart Nachbar does do a good job at educating the reader on something that one would probably not look up on one’s own time.  Each chapter starts with a heading like one would see when reading a newspaper.  I thought that this was very unique to his style.  

I also thought that Stuart Nachbar did a great job at portraying how down and dirty politics can get, both in regards to the state and in regards to “office politics” in the work place.  He showed that people really do sometimes have their own agendas and that people don’t always do what is best for the majority.  By doing this he really made the reader feel as if this type of thing could happen to any school or in any state.  Without this piece I think that the story would seem too fake. 

I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a good read that is very unique.  Also I would recommend it most to people who are into learning tid bits of history while the story unfolds.  His writing style was smooth and his ideas creative. Two thumbs up!

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