Openly Straight

by Bill Konigsberg

Book, 2013

Publication

Arthur A. Levine Books (2015), Edition: Reprint, 336 pages

Content and Summary Info

Bisexual Content: A main character (cisgender boy) has/has had romantic and/or sexual relationships with people of more than one gender.

Publisher's Summary: 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 wants is to just be a regular guy. Not that gay guy. To have it be a part of who he is, but not the headline, every single time. So when he transfers to an all-boys' boarding school in New England, he decides to keep his sexuality a secret — not so much going back in the closet as starting over with a clean slate. But then he sees a classmate breaking down. He meets a teacher who challenges him to write his story. And most of all, he falls in love with Ben...who doesn't even know that love is possible.

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