{"id":33685,"date":"2014-06-23T10:03:52","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T14:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=33685"},"modified":"2021-09-03T11:16:45","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T15:16:45","slug":"boy-meets-boy-by-david-levithan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/boy-meets-boy-by-david-levithan\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Boy<\/a>I can’t believe we’re already in the last full week of LGBT Pride Month<\/a>! I confess that my June literary\u00a0goal was to read as many David Levithan<\/a> titles as possible (without guilt even, given what month this is). Alas,\u00a0I didn’t make much progress in any of my assigned and intended piles, but tomorrow is always another day to turn pages … or listen to more tracks. Choosing audible here, by the way, is highly recommended: Nick Robideau\u00a0leads a full cast to narrated perfection. As an added aural bonus, three of the cast members talk about their own high school experiences … which, alas, don’t quite resemble the halcyon halls depicted here. We can all hope for someday …<\/p>\n

Paul, a sophomore in a small town within train distance to Manhattan, “tend[s] to think of other people as unlucky rather than thinking of [his] own life\u00a0as charmed.” And really, Paul has it pretty wonderful: his kindergarten teacher “confirmed” he was gay along with his\u00a0“VERY GOOD SENSE OF SELF,” his parents have always been unquestioningly supportive, and his lifelong best friend Joni\u00a0responded to his second-grade coming out with “Cool” and apologized for trying to kiss him.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, at school, the star quarterback and homecoming queen are both the same person \u2013 a transgender drag queen named Infinite Darlene (clearly she needs her own\u00a0novel!). Anyone can fall in love with anyone, and of course, they do. In contrast, Paul’s buddy\u00a0Tony \u2013 also gay \u2013\u00a0lives in the next town, where he faces daily denial and\u00a0fervent prayers.<\/p>\n

Being a teenager, however, isn’t always charming, regardless of Paul’s\u00a0utopic support system. Madly crushing over\u00a0new boy\u00a0Noah is enough to take his breath away, but now his whole universe seems to be imploding: Joni and Ted are on their 12th breakup, and Joni couldn’t have picked a worse rebound relationship which\u00a0threatens even her bonds with Paul; his ex-boyfriend, not-gay Kyle seems to be\u00a0looking for second chances; and\u00a0homework-switching sessions with Tony seem to be banned for the foreseeable future. With his heart and mind so aflutter, Paul still needs to ‘architect’ the Dowager\u00a0Dance, coming up sooner than later. Charmed or not, Paul’s got some major maneuvers to figure out, especially if he doesn’t want to lose sight of the boy of his dreams.<\/p>\n

Not to belabor a single word, but you must know that Levithan’s first\u00a0novel is a total charmer. Already 11 years old, a special 10th anniversary edition hit shelves last fall with an additional short story about Infinite Darlene (I still say she still needs a whole novel of her own!).<\/p>\n

In the past decade-plus\u00a0since Boy<\/i>‘s debut, Levithan\u00a0\u2013 who also happens to be\u00a0editorial director at Scholastic and founding editor of Scholastic’s edgy\u00a0PUSH imprint<\/a> (when does this man sleep?!)\u00a0\u2013 has more than two dozen titles with his name, as author, co-author, anthology editor. Besides being a legendary\u00a0hit-maker (yes,\u00a0Hunger Games<\/em>, too!), Levithan\u00a0has certainly become a major voice in the\u00a0LGBTQ community (and far beyond); check out his\u00a0recent thoughts on “LGBT Books for the Young” for\u00a0Associated Press.<\/a>\u00a0That said, for all readers regardless of age, let me repeat \u2013 both novel and author are irrepressible,\u00a0irresistible\u00a0charmers.<\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Young Adult<\/p>\n

Published<\/strong>: 2003, 2013 (updated 10th anniversary edition)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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