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 Books for special audiences
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By books for "special" audiences,
we mean, books that are geared to readers with less life experience and individuals who are trying to find their way through different parts of the exploring, coming out, or coping process. We've also included titles that are exclusively available in audio editions and as large-print selections but are directed to gay readers. Note that the list is not currently in any specific order and that our search function is not yet live, but at least you have a list to work from!
By the way, if you know of a title we've missed, have a different review to suggest, or want to add another tag or label to any existing titles, please let us know—this is your list, so make it all it can be.
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New York: Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic, 2005; ISBN-13: 978-0-439591-09-6
young adult, male coming of age, teen comedy, school life
He collects photos of girls in bikinis. He sits with the jocks. So, how could he be gay? He couldn't be, right? Absolutely, positively not! Yet, when sixteen-year-old Steven finally does come out to Rachel—his best friend, by the way—and her mother, they're not surprised. In spite of Steven's confusion, his journey is not all serious tragedy; this award-winning novel also treats it with the respectful humor of real life. Brian Farrey, a reviewer at teenreads.com, says, "It was so refreshing to pick up Absolutely, Positively Not and find a teen novel that looked at the . . . horrors of coming out . . . with a sense of humor and fun." Too bad life can't imitate fiction more often—especially at this age.
An indepth interview with the author appears here: http://daphne.blogs.com/books/2005/07/the_unedited_da_1.html
A list of the book's awards appears on this page of the author's Web site: http://www.davidlarochelle.net/yabooks/yabooks1.html
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London: Orchard Books, 2001; ISBN-13: 978-1-841218-31-1
young adult, male coming of age, school life
Fourteen-year-old Joel narrates this story of observations during a year in the all-boys school he attends. Sad yet uplifting, honest, and inspirational are some of the words that are consistently used to describe this book. While set in a school in the UK, the feelings of isolation as a gay teen and the presence of bullying and discrimination in school are universal.
The author talks about her career as a writer here: http://www.achuka.co.uk/archive/interviews/juint.php
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originally written by Robb Forman Dew (Random House, 1995); audiobook, ISBN-13: 978-0-671896-80-5
audiobook, family reaction
Award-winning novelist Dew remembers when her son Stephen came out during his sophomore year at Yale; she also remembers, and successfully relates, how she reacted and how she and her family dealt with the news as they transitioned to acceptance. Reviewer Michael Bronski captures the uniqueness of this situation: "What is daring, and surprising, about Dew's story is that the moral weight is not upon Stephen to deal with the confused reactions of his parents, but upon the parents to deal with their own mixed emotions and the negative reactions of their friends."
A variety of reader comments about the book are posted at Amazon.com
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