Different for boys /
Ness, Patrick, 1971-
Different for boys / Patrick Ness ; illustrated by Tea Bendix. - 1st US ed. - Somerville, Mass. : Walker Books, 2023. - 97 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Booklist starred, January 2023 Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, March 2023 Pub Weekly, January 2023 Kirkus Starred, January 2023 Horn Book, May 2023 Library Media Connection, March 2023
"Anthony 'Ant' Stevenson isn't sure when he stopped being a virgin. Or even if he has. The rules aren't always very clear when it comes to boys who like boys. In fact, relationships of all kinds feel complicated, even with Ant's oldest friends. There's Charlie, who's both virulently homophobic and in a secret physical relationship with Ant. Then there's drama kid Jack, who may be gay and has become the target of Charlie's rage. And, of course, there's big, beautiful Freddie, who wants Ant to ditch soccer, Charlie's sport, and try out for the rugby team instead. Ant's story of loneliness and intimacy, of unexpected support and heart-ripping betrayal, is told forthrightly with tongue-in-cheek black-bar redactions over the language that teenagers would actually use if, you know, they weren't in a story"--Provided by publisher.
Young Adult Follett School Solutions.
9781536228892
Gay teenagers--Juvenile fiction.
Gay teenagers--Fiction.
[Fic]
Different for boys / Patrick Ness ; illustrated by Tea Bendix. - 1st US ed. - Somerville, Mass. : Walker Books, 2023. - 97 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Booklist starred, January 2023 Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, March 2023 Pub Weekly, January 2023 Kirkus Starred, January 2023 Horn Book, May 2023 Library Media Connection, March 2023
"Anthony 'Ant' Stevenson isn't sure when he stopped being a virgin. Or even if he has. The rules aren't always very clear when it comes to boys who like boys. In fact, relationships of all kinds feel complicated, even with Ant's oldest friends. There's Charlie, who's both virulently homophobic and in a secret physical relationship with Ant. Then there's drama kid Jack, who may be gay and has become the target of Charlie's rage. And, of course, there's big, beautiful Freddie, who wants Ant to ditch soccer, Charlie's sport, and try out for the rugby team instead. Ant's story of loneliness and intimacy, of unexpected support and heart-ripping betrayal, is told forthrightly with tongue-in-cheek black-bar redactions over the language that teenagers would actually use if, you know, they weren't in a story"--Provided by publisher.
Young Adult Follett School Solutions.
9781536228892
Gay teenagers--Juvenile fiction.
Gay teenagers--Fiction.
[Fic]