This witty, smart, coming-out-again story will appeal to gay and straight kids alike as they watch Rafe navigate being different, fitting in, and what it means to be himself.īarnes & is a wholly owned subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, Inc., a publicly traded company listed on the NYSE under the symbol 'BKS.'īarnes & leverages the power of the Barnes & Noble brand to offer online customers the Web's premier destination for books, eBooks, magazines, toys & games, music, DVD and Blu-ray, and related products and services. who doesn't even know that love is possible. And most of all, he falls in love with Ben. He meets a teacher who challenges him to write his story. But then he sees a classmate breaking down. 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. To have it be a part of who he is, but not the headline, every single time. And while that's important, all Rafe really wants is to just be a regular guy. 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. He likes to write.Īnd, oh yeah, he's gay.

Rafe is a normal teenager from Boulder, Colorado. Levine Books (May 28, 2013)Ī funny, honest novel about being out, being proud.

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