Bill Konigsberg
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Openly straight volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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The award-winning novel about being out, being proud, and being ready for something else. Pre-order the companion novel Honestly Ben now (out 3/28/17)!
Rafe is a normal teenager from Boulder, Colorado. He plays soccer. He's won skiing prizes. He likes to write.
And, oh yeah, he's gay. 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. And while that's important, all Rafe really...
2) Honestly Ben
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Openly straight volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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The companion to the award-winning Openly Straight, called "remarkable...deeply satisfying and as honest as its appealing protagonist" (Booklist). Perfect for fans of David Levithan, Andrew Smith, and John Green!
Ben Carver is back to normal. He's working steadily in his classes at the Natick School. He just got elected captain of the baseball team. He's even won a full scholarship to college, if he can keep up his grades. All that foolishness with...
3) The Bridge
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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Aaron and Tillie don't know each other, but they are both feeling suicidal, and arrive at the George Washington Bridge at the same time, intending to jump. Aaron is a gay misfit struggling with depression and loneliness. Tillie isn't sure what her problem is - only that she will never be good enough.
On the bridge, there are four things that could happen:
Aaron jumps and Tillie doesn't.
Tillie jumps and Aaron doesn't.
They both jump.
Neither of them...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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Max: Chill. Sports. Video games. Gay and not a big deal, not to him, not to his mom, not to his buddies. And a secret: An encounter with an older kid that makes it hard to breathe, one that he doesn't want to think about, ever.
Jordan: The opposite of chill. Poetry. His "wives" and the Chandler Mall. Never been kissed and searching for Mr. Right, who probably won't like him anyway. And a secret: A spiraling out of control mother, and the knowledge...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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Carson Smith is resigned to spending his summer in Billings, Montana, helping his mom take care of his father, a dying alcoholic he doesn't really know. Then he meets Aisha Stinson, a beautiful girl who has run away from her difficult family, and discovers a secret regarding his grandfather, who disappeared without warning or explanation decades before. Together, Carson and Aisha embark on an epic road trip to try and save Carson's dad, restore his...
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Español
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PARA TODO EL QUE HAYA DESEADO QUE ALGUIEN TE VEA, TE COMPRENDA Y TE QUIERA TAL Y COMO ERES...
Rafe tiene pensado pasar las vacaciones de Navidad en su casa de Colorado, lamentándose por lo que casi ocurre pero no ocurrió con Ben; pero su mejor amiga, Claire Olivia, tiene planes para él. Mientras tanto, Ben está pasando las Navidades en la granja de su familia en Nuevo Hampshire, y no se siente precisamente feliz.
Un relato solo en formato digital...
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English
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The first thing I noticed about C.J. Gorman was his plexiglass bra. So begins Destination Unknown -- it's 1987 in New York City, and Micah is at a dance club, trying to pretend he's more out and
outgoing than he really is. C.J. isn't just out -- he's complete out there, and Micah can't help but be both attracted to and afraid of someone who travels so loudly and proudly through the night.
A connection occurs. Is it friendship? Romance? Is C.J. the...
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Deutsch
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Max und Jordan haben nicht viel miteinander zu tun. Während Max Sport und Videospiele liebt und gern mit seinen Jungs abhängt, ist Jordan eher introvertiert, schreibt Gedichte und trifft sich mit seinen beiden besten Freundinnen in der Mall. Erst, als sie gemeinsam im alten Food-Truck von Jordans Vater arbeiten, lernen sie sich besser kennen. Und ganz langsam merken die beiden, dass zwischen ihnen vielleicht mehr ist als bloß Freundschaft ...
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Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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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.
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Scholastic Press
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English
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"So begins Destination Unknown -- it's 1987 in New York City, and Micah is at a dance club, trying to pretend he's more out and outgoing than he really is. C.J. isn't just out -- he's complete out there, and Micah can't help but be both attracted to and afraid of someone who travels so loudly and proudly through the night. A connection occurs. Is it friendship? Romance? Is C.J. the one with all the answers... or does Micah bring more to the relationship...
11) The bridge
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
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.
12) Openly straight
Author
Series
Openly straight volume 1
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
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.
13) Honestly Ben
Author
Series
Openly straight volume 2
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Returning to school for spring semester, Ben is determined to put his relationship with Rafe behind him and concentrate on his grades, but instead finds himself fighting feelings for two very different people while trying to figure out his true self.