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Boy Meets Boy David Levithan Hardcover | Knopf Books for Young Readers | September 2003 | $15.95 | 0-375-82400-6 | Ages 12 up Hardcover Library Binding | Knopf Books for Young Readers | September 2003 | $17.99 | 0-375-92400-0 | Ages 12 up

What do you think it would be like to attend a school where the cheerleaders rode Harleys? Where students were accepted regardless of their sexual preference? Where the quarterback is the homecoming queen, and acceptance is the Golden Rule? This imaginary school is almost perfect and Paul, who is caught in a love triangle he doesn't want to escape from, learns more about himself and his friends than he really wants to know. Joni falls for a football jock who uses and abuses her, but she can't see it; Tony can only leave his house if his parents think he is going on a date with a girl, so he lies to protect his homosexuality; and Rip, the school bookie, takes bets and sets the odds on Paul's love life. This surreal school and the students who attend there will make you wish you could join their crowd.

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Prepared by Susan Geye, Library Media Specialist, Crowley Ninth Grade Campus, Crowley, TX

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