Things get complicated, though, when Rafe starts to fall for his new best friend. At his new school, a boarding school for boys, Rafe enjoys the perks of being assumed straight (but not closeted), including being welcomed into the jock circle and being able to form close platonic bonds with his teammates without the barrier that forms from straight guys ‘tolerating’ gay ones. The novel follows Rafe, the openly gay teenage son of ridiculously liberal hippie parents, when he decides that he’s tired of all the baggage that comes with being openly gay. *I realize that this is a pretentious phrase worthy of Ben It is enjoyable, but it’s not quest-worthy.
Because it took me so long to find, it eventually became the object of a quest and my anticipation for it resultantly increased exponentially.* When I finally found a copy, I was mostly disappointed. 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.I read a lot of really positive blog reviews of Bill Konigsberg’s Openly Straight and kept an eye out for it for about a year. And most of all, he falls in love with Ben, who doesn't even know that love is possible. 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 eighth 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. The award-winning novel about being out, being proud, and being ready for something else now in paperback. Rafe is a normal teenager from Boulder, Colorado.
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