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* AnythingThatMoves: [[spoiler: Web Bastian, who hooks up with both Min and Russel. When questioned on his sexuality directly by Russel, he shrugs and says it's just sex.]]


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Russel and his friends successfully set up a gay-straight alliance at his school, but they also have to deal with subtle (and not so subtle) homophobia through the school year. Russel, Min and Gunnar are eager to get away from their hometown for the summer and they decided to become counselors at a children's summer camp. From there, Russel gets tested by his unruly campers, obsessed with a hunky camp counselor and finds himself testing the limits of his frienships as well as becoming comfortable in his own skin.

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Russel and his friends successfully set up a gay-straight alliance at his school, but they also have to deal with subtle (and not so subtle) homophobia through the school year. Russel, Min and Gunnar are eager to get away from their hometown for the summer and they decided to become counselors at a children's summer camp. From there, Russel gets tested by his unruly campers, obsessed with a hunky camp counselor and finds himself testing the limits of his frienships friendships as well as becoming comfortable in his own skin.
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* UncoolUndies: Russel gets pantsed in front of his crush, revealing his white briefs. Russel alludes in this book and in ''Geography Club'' that briefs are his preferred choice in underpants, but feels somewhat self-conscious about it since the popular jocks wore boxers.

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* UncoolUndies: Russel gets pantsed in front of his crush, revealing his white briefs. Russel alludes in this book and in ''Geography Club'' that briefs are his preferred choice in underpants, but feels somewhat self-conscious about it since the popular jocks wore boxers.boxers.
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* UncoolUndies: Russel gets pantsed in front of his crush, revealing his white briefs. Russel alludes in this book and in ''Geography Club'' that tighty-whities are his preferred choice in underwear, but feels somewhat self-conscious about it since the popular jocks wore boxers.

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* UncoolUndies: Russel gets pantsed in front of his crush, revealing his white briefs. Russel alludes in this book and in ''Geography Club'' that tighty-whities briefs are his preferred choice in underwear, underpants, but feels somewhat self-conscious about it since the popular jocks wore boxers.

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* PantsPullingPrank: Russel is on the receiving end of this as Ian pants him in front of crush, revealing his tighty-whiteys.

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* PantsPullingPrank: Russel is on the receiving end of this as Ian pants him in front of crush, revealing his tighty-whiteys.crush.



* TransparentCloset: Again, despite Russel's best efforts, most people can assume he's gay much like in ''Geography Club''.

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* TransparentCloset: Again, despite Russel's best efforts, most people can assume he's gay much like in ''Geography Club''.Club''
* UncoolUndies: Russel gets pantsed in front of his crush, revealing his white briefs. Russel alludes in this book and in ''Geography Club'' that tighty-whities are his preferred choice in underwear, but feels somewhat self-conscious about it since the popular jocks wore boxers.
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* PantsPullingPrank: Russel is on the receiving end of this as Ian pants him in front of crush, revealing his tighty-whities.

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* {{Irony}}: Russel and his friends get away from their hometown due to the drama only to encounter more at the summer camp.


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Russel and his friends successfully set up a gay-straight alliance at his school, but they also have to deal with subtle (and not so subtle) homophobia through the school year. Russel, Min and Gunnar are eager to get away from their hometown for the summer and they decided to become counselors at a children's summer camp. There, they get swept up in summer romance and painful truths.

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Russel and his friends successfully set up a gay-straight alliance at his school, but they also have to deal with subtle (and not so subtle) homophobia through the school year. Russel, Min and Gunnar are eager to get away from their hometown for the summer and they decided to become counselors at a children's summer camp. There, they get swept up in summer romance From there, Russel gets tested by his unruly campers, obsessed with a hunky camp counselor and painful truths. finds himself testing the limits of his frienships as well as becoming comfortable in his own skin.



* DepravedBisexual: [[spoiler: {{Downplayed}} in the case of Web, though he is a major {{jerkass}} and driven by sex. By the end of the book, he's hooked up with both Min and Russel and Russel narrates that he also made his way through the female camp counselors and rumored to hook up with a male one.]]



* EarnYourHappyEnding: Russel's summer camp experience is fraught with drama, from his campers and his friends. [[spoiler: By the end, he finally gains his kids' respect as a leader, makes up with his friends, gains a new boyfriend, and learns that he doesn't need to hide his sexuality from anyone. In the climax, he's even brave enough to save one of his kids from a forest fire.]]



* HotterAndSexier: While staying in the constraints of YA fiction, this book is noticeably steamier than ''Geography Club'' with skinny-dipping scenes and implied sex acts being performed. Russel also describes Web's body as [[FemaleGaze gaze-y]] as possible.

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* HotterAndSexier: While staying in the constraints of YA fiction, this book is noticeably steamier than ''Geography Club'' with skinny-dipping scenes and implied sex acts being performed. Russel also describes Web's body as [[FemaleGaze gaze-y]] gaze-y as possible.



* StraightGay: [[spoiler: Otto, who Russel falls in love with.]]
* SummerCampy: The setting, which has Russel, Min, and Gunnar being camp counselors to young burn survivors.

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* StraightGay: [[spoiler: Otto, a burn survior camp counselor, who Russel falls in love with.with Russel.]]
* SummerCampy: The setting, which has Russel, Min, and Gunnar being camp counselors to young burn survivors.survivors.
* TransparentCloset: Again, despite Russel's best efforts, most people can assume he's gay much like in ''Geography Club''.
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* LoveTriangle: Between Russel, Min, and Web. Both notice Web and are instantly attracted but Min insists that Web is straight (indicating that she's been meeting up with Web "off-screen" while Russel was dealing with his plot), and even hooked up with him. [[spoiler: Russel is dejected but then it later turned out that Web was ''also'' into Russel (when asked about his sexuality, Web gives a "who cares" reaction) and they hooked up while skinny-dipping leaving Russel feeling guilty. After Web's true colors were revealed, Otto comes in to make it a love square.]]

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* DistaffCounterpart: Emily, to Gunnar who is just as weird as he is except she's also a DeadpanSnarker.

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* DistaffCounterpart: Emily, or "Em" to Gunnar who is just as weird as he is except she's also a DeadpanSnarker.



* ObliviousToLove: [[spoiler: Otto is obviously into Russel, but Russel is enamored by Web.]]
* RejectionAffection: Gunnar tries desperately not to fall for Emily.

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* ObliviousToLove: TheMatchmaker: Russel wants to set Em with Gunnar as they're so similar but Gunnar wants to desperate avoid any contact with a girl due to him embarrassing himself in front of Kimberly in ''Geography Club''. [[spoiler: Otto Russel's attempt to pair them up by getting them alone in a boathouse is obviously an EpicFail as Gunnar does exactly what he thought would happen by slipping on bird droppings and falling into Russel, but Russel is enamored by Web.the water.]]
* ObliviousToLove: [[spoiler: Otto is obviously into Russel, but Russel too enamored by Web to notice until the end of the book.]]
* RejectionAffection: Gunnar tries desperately not to fall for Emily.Emily, especially after the events of the last book with Kimberly went sour.

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* AnythingThatMoves: [[spoiler: Web Bastian, who hooks up with both Min and Russel. When questioned on his sexuality, he shrugs and says it's just sex.]]
* DistaffCounterpart: Emily, to Gunnar who is just as weird as he is except she's a DeadpanSnarker.
* HotterAndSexier: While staying in the constraints of YA fiction, this book is noticbly steamier than ''Geography Club'' with skinny-dipping scenes and implied sex acts being performed.
* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: Pointedly averted with the child burn victims that attended the camp, as well as Otto who was burned on his face and has a burn scar. All are realized characters and all do not want to be seen as this trope.

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* AnythingThatMoves: [[spoiler: Web Bastian, who hooks up with both Min and Russel. When questioned on his sexuality, sexuality directly by Russel, he shrugs and says it's just sex.]]
* BrattyHalfPint: Ian, part of the burn survivor campers, leads the crew in mischief and tormenting Russel.
* DistaffCounterpart: Emily, to Gunnar who is just as weird as he is except she's also a DeadpanSnarker.
* {{Gayngst}}: Part of the reason Russel decided to skip town with his friends for the summer was due to the homophobia that he's been dealing with since he came out and the school's gay-straight alliance was formed.
* HotterAndSexier: While staying in the constraints of YA fiction, this book is noticbly noticeably steamier than ''Geography Club'' with skinny-dipping scenes and implied sex acts being performed.
performed. Russel also describes Web's body as [[FemaleGaze gaze-y]] as possible.
* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: Pointedly averted with the child burn victims survivors that attended the camp, as well as Otto who was burned on his face and has a burn scar. All are realized characters and all do not want to be seen as this trope. Otto encourages Russel to actually be harder on the kids, that way they don't see Russel as being patronizing to them.
* ObliviousToLove: [[spoiler: Otto is obviously into Russel, but Russel is enamored by Web.]]

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Russel, Min and Gunnar are eager to get away from their hometown for the summer and they decided to become counselors at a summer camp. There, they get swept up in summer romance and painful truths.

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Russel and his friends successfully set up a gay-straight alliance at his school, but they also have to deal with subtle (and not so subtle) homophobia through the school year. Russel, Min and Gunnar are eager to get away from their hometown for the summer and they decided to become counselors at a children's summer camp. There, they get swept up in summer romance and painful truths.

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* HotterAndSexier: While staying in the constraits of YA fiction, this book is noticbly steamier than ''Geography Club'' with skinny-dipping scenes and implied sex acts being performed.

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* HotterAndSexier: While staying in the constraits constraints of YA fiction, this book is noticbly steamier than ''Geography Club'' with skinny-dipping scenes and implied sex acts being performed.performed.
* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: Pointedly averted with the child burn victims that attended the camp, as well as Otto who was burned on his face and has a burn scar. All are realized characters and all do not want to be seen as this trope.
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''The Order of the Poison Oak'' is the sequel to ''Literature/GeographyClub'' and the second book in the ''Russel Middlebrook'' series by Brent Hartinger.

Russel, Min and Gunnar are eager to get away from their hometown for the summer and they decided to become counselors at a summer camp. There, they get swept up in summer romance and painful truths.
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* AnythingThatMoves: [[spoiler: Web Bastian, who hooks up with both Min and Russel. When questioned on his sexuality, he shrugs and says it's just sex.]]
* DistaffCounterpart: Emily, to Gunnar who is just as weird as he is except she's a DeadpanSnarker.
* HotterAndSexier: While staying in the constraits of YA fiction, this book is noticbly steamier than ''Geography Club'' with skinny-dipping scenes and implied sex acts being performed.
* RejectionAffection: Gunnar tries desperately not to fall for Emily.
* StraightGay: [[spoiler: Otto, who Russel falls in love with.]]
* SummerCampy: The setting, which has Russel, Min, and Gunnar being camp counselors to young burn survivors.

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