Mention Out Of Books Openly Straight (Openly Straight #1)

Title	:	Openly Straight (Openly Straight #1)
Author	:	Bill Konigsberg
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 320 pages
Published	:	May 28th 2013 by Arthur A. Levine Books
Categories	:	LGBT. Young Adult. Contemporary. Romance. Fiction. Realistic Fiction. GLBT. Queer

Openly Straight (Openly Straight #1) Hardcover | Pages: 320 pages

Description To Books Openly Straight (Openly Straight #1)

The award-winning novel about being out, being proud, and being ready for something else . . . now in paperback. 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 break 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. This witty, smart, coming-out-again story will appeal to gay and straight kids alike as they watch Rafe navigate feeling different, fitting in, and what it means to be himself.

Itemize Books Toward Openly Straight (Openly Straight #1)

Original Title:	Openly Straight
ISBN:	0545509890 (ISBN13: 9780545509893)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Openly Straight #1
Setting:	Boulder, Colorado(United States) Natick, Massachusetts(United States) Boston, Massachusetts(United States)
Literary Awards:	Georgia Peach Book Award Nominee (2013), Sid Fleischman Humor Award (2014), Lambda Literary Award Nominee for LGBT Children’s/Young Adult (2014), Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Nominee (2014)

Rating Out Of Books Openly Straight (Openly Straight #1)

Ratings: 3.9 From 26328 Users | 2614 Reviews

Write Up Out Of Books Openly Straight (Openly Straight #1)

BooktubeAThon Challenge #1: Read a book about a character that is different from you - COMPLETE!I think this is more of a 3.5 stars, but I'm feeling really wishy washy about this one. I really enjoyed this and I loved all of the characters, but some of the way things were handled in this didn't necessarily sit well with me. Wompppppppppaodk;jfashkdfjhd

In Openly Straight, Mr Konigsberg explores, among other things, labeling and stereotyping, identity and self-perception, and the triptych 'tolerance-acceptance-celebration' when it comes to difference/diversity.The book is well-written, in a fresh and funny and a largely non-sententious way.The thing is, though, I didn't like Rafe, the main character. I enjoyed certain parts of him, but I didn't really like him as a person and my opinion of him didn't improve in the last quarter of the book,



9/23/17WOW. Like w o w. I goddamn loved this book! It's both a quirky high schoolers interacting feel-good kinda book and a gut wrenching exploration of identity and "coming out." I'm so glad I picked this up with the sequel already out, because there's no way I could wait to pick it up!I have to sit on this review for a bit, but in the meantime, I'll leave this incoherent ramble to encourage everyone to read this asap.

Rafe has already "come out" as being gay. His parents are very accepting, his friends do, and he even does not face bullying because of it.He just feels like he never truly gets to be a "normal" guy because everyone always sees him as "gay". So when he gets to go to boarding school he keeps his sexuality a secret. Not that he is ashamed. He just is tired of the labels. "Back in Boulder, when people saw me, they saw the GAY kid. It was like, every second of my life, I had to be aware of the fact

You can be anything you want, but when you go against who you are inside, it doesnt feel good.4.5/5 StarsThis was a (nearly) perfect read. I absolutely enjoyed reading Openly Straight . On one hand because I didn't have any expectations towards it and on the other hand because it exceeded them anway.I was suprised to like this book so much. The LGBT+ book market is still growing and growing. It's hard to find a book in this category that is able to live up to the readers expectations or to say,

The main character in this book does something we all sometimes dream about - he reinvents himself. Moving across the country and starting boarding school gives Rafe the chance to try out who he would be, if he hadn't come out as gay to everyone he knows back in middle school. He wants to see what life is like in eleventh grade if the guys around him don't look at him and see "the gay kid". He doesn't consider it being in the closet, exactly, since he isn't planning to lie. Except perhaps by