Bill Konigsberg. Scholastic/Levine, $17.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-545-50989-3
Konigsberg (Out of the Pocket) raises compelling questions about stereotyping and self-actualization through the story of openly gay high school junior Rafe Goldberg. Though Rafe has a supportive family and community in progressive Boulder, Co., he...
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Bill Konigsberg. Scholastic/Levine, $17.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-545-64893-6
Konigsberg (Openly Straight) eloquently explores matters of family, faith, and sexuality through the story of 17-year-old Carson Smith, whose therapist mother has dragged him from New York City to Billings, Mont., where his alcoholic father is dying.
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Bill Konigsberg. Scholastic/Levine, $17.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-545-85826-7
Seventeen-year-old Ben Carver is under a lot of pressure. He’s having a hard time in calculus, a subject that could torpedo his stellar GPA and ruin his chances at receiving the prestigious Pappas Award, which would look fantastic on his college...
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Bill Konigsberg. Scholastic/Levine, $17.99 (352p) ISBN 978-1-338-21550-2
Konigsberg (The Porcupine of Truth) explores how conventional ideas about masculinity trap young men into believing they must act a certain way. Handsome, smart, and athletic, Max is good at a lot of things, in particular hiding his feelings and...
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Bill Konigsberg. Scholastic, $18.99 (400p) ISBN 978-1-338-32503-4
Konigsberg (The Music of What Happens), a suicide survivor aiming for “a complete discussion of suicide,” per an author’s note, tells this iterative story of 17-year-olds crossing paths on the George Washington Bridge, where both are considering...
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Bill Konigsberg. Scholastic, $18.99 (304p) ISBN 978-1-338-61805-1
Konigsberg (The Bridge) draws on personal experiences, as detailed in an author’s note, to deliver a touching love story between two gay teens, set in 1987 New York at the height of the AIDS epidemic. Sparks fly when closeted Jewish Micah Strauss,...
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