Book Overview
A funny, honest novel about being out, being proud... and being ready for something else.The award-winning novel about being out, being proud, and being ready for something else. Pre-order the companion novel Honestly Ben now (out 3/28/17) Rafe is a normal teenager from Boulder, Colorado. He plays soccer. He's won skiing prizes. He likes to write.And, oh yeah, he's gay. He's been out since 8th grade, and he isn't teased, and he goes to other high schools and talks about tolerance and stuff. And while that's important, all Rafe really wants is to just be a regular guy. Not that GAY guy. To have it be a part of who he is, but not the headline, every single time.So when he transfers to an all-boys' boarding school in New England, he decides to keep his sexuality a secret -- not so much going back in the closet as starting over with a clean slate. But then he sees a classmate breaking down. He meets a teacher who challenges him to write his story. And most of all, he falls in love with Ben... who doesn't even know that love is possible.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0545509890
ISBN13:9780545509893
Release Date:May 2013
Publisher:Arthur A. Levine Books
Length:336 Pages
Weight:1.04 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.0" x 8.5"
Age Range:14 to 17 years
Grade Range:Grades 9 to 12
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Easily My New Favorite Book
Published by Marina , 4 years ago
I've been purchasing many LGBT+ books to read because I want to write LGBT books myself and this books took me through so many ups and downs, at one point, my emotions were so caught up in the book I almost threw it out a window of a two-story building but didn't because I needed to continue reading.
Bill Konigsberg, as well as David Levithan, have both captured my heart with their storytelling, but if someone ever asks me who my favorite author and book is, I'll say Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg (I haven't read the sequel yet, very excited to)
Amazing ❤❤
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 7 years ago
this is an amazing book i had to lend it to one of my friends just so i could get him to understand why i was always talking about it
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