Bill Konigsberg crea narrazioni che approfondiscono le complessità dell'identità e dell'adolescenza con una miscela caratteristica di umorismo e onestà schietta. Il suo lavoro esplora con attenzione le sfide della scoperta di sé e del senso di appartenenza, entrando profondamente in risonanza sia con i giovani lettori che con gli adulti. Konigsberg intreccia magistralmente voci autentiche di personaggi con temi pertinenti, creando storie che sono allo stesso tempo avvincenti e stimolanti. Il suo stile distintivo risiede nell'acuta intuizione della psicologia umana e nella sua sensibile rappresentazione delle relazioni.
It's 1987 in New York City, and Micah is at a club, trying to pretend he's more out than he really is. C.J. is out and completely out there. Micah can't help but be both attracted to and intimidated by him. A connection occurs. Friendship or romance their relationship will be tested but will also be a lifeline during the AIDS epidemic.
Aaron and Tillie do not know each other, but they both feel suicidal and arrive at the George Washington Bridge at the same time, intending to jump. Includes resources about suicide prevention and suicide prevention for LGBTQIA+ youth.
In the companion to Openly Straight , Ben confronts pressure at school, repression at home, and his passion for two very different people in figuring out what it takes to be Honestly Ben .
Tired of being known as "the gay kid", Rafe Goldberg decides to assume a new persona when he comes east and enters an elite Massachusetts prep school--but trying to deny his identity has both complications and unexpected consequences.
"It is summer in Phoenix, and seventeen-year-old Maximo offers to help Jordan, a fellow student in high school, with the food truck that belonged to Jordan's deceased father, and which may be the only thing standing between homelessness for Jordan and his mom. The boys are strongly attracted to each other, but as their romance develops, it is threatened by the secrets they are hiding-- and by the racism and homophobia of those around them."--
A collection of original contemporary love stories set during life in lockdown by some of today's most popular YA authors. Erin Craig "delivers" on a story about a new girl in town and the cute pizza delivery boy, Auriane Desombre captures our hearts with teens communicating through window signs, and Bill Konigsberg takes us along on daily walks with every step bringing us closer to love. There's flirting and romance from Rachael Lippincott, a tale of a determined girl with a mask-making business from Erin Hahn, and a music-inspired love connection from Sajni Patel. Brittney Morris turns enemies to lovers with the help of a balcony herb garden, Jennifer Yen writes an unconventional romance that starts outside a hospital, and Natasha Preston's teens discover each other--and their love story--in a storybook oak tree.Romantic, realistic, sweet and uplifting, TOGETHER, APART is a collection of finding love in unexpected places during an unprecedented time . . . each with the one thing we all want: a guaranteed happy ending.
