Will Grayson

Author:  John Green & David Levithan

Publisher:  Penquin

Edition:  Print

Where I got the book:  Strathcona High School Library


Publisher's summary: 

 It's not that far from Evanston to Naperville but Chicago suburbanites Will Grayson and Will Grayson may as well live on different planets.  When fate delivers them both to the same surprising crossroads, the Will Graysons find their lives overlapping and hurtling in new and unexpected directions.  With a push from friends new and old --including the massive, and massively fabulous, Tiny Cooper, offensive lineman and musical theater auteur extraordinaire --Will and Will begin building toward respective romantic turns-of-heart and the epic production of history's most awesome high school musical

Boy meets Boy

Author:  David Levithan

Publisher:  Alfred A. Knopf

Edition:  Print

Where I got the book:  Strathcona High School Library


Publisher's summary: 


 Love is never easy.  Especially if you are PAUL.  He's a sophomore at a high school like no other -- and these are his friends.
  INFINITE DARLENE, the homecoming queen and star quarteback
JONI, Paul's best friend who may not be his best friend anymore
TONY, his other best friend, who can't leave the house unless his parents think he's going on a date ...with a girl
Kyle, the ex-boyfriend who won't go away
RIR, the school bookie, who sets the odds...
And, NOAH.  The Boy.  The one who changes everything

LOVE MEETS LOVE
CONFUSION MEETS CLARITY
BOY MEETS BOY

Breaking the Surface

Author:  Greg Louganis with Eric Marcus


Publisher:   Sourcebooks

Edition:  Print

Where I got the book:  Strathcona High School Library

Publisher's summary:


In his number one New York Times best selling autobiography, Greg Louganis gives us the gift of his heartbreaking honesty.  He discusses his early struggles with adoption and abuse, his late-detected dyslexia, prejudice towards his dark skin coloring and anguish over his homosexuality, which he felt compelled to hide.  His newfound celebrity led to drinking and drugs, and intensified the difficulties he was having with his relationships.

Greg is a superb athlete, four-time Olympic gold medalist and a role model to millions.  Here is his story -- the story of the world's greatest diver.

Geography Club

Author:  Brent Hartinger

Publisher:  HarperTempest

Edition:  Print

Where I got the book:  Strathcona High School Library

Publisher's summary:


I knew that any wrong action, however slight, could reveal my true identity...

Russel is still going on dates with girls.  Kevin would do anything to prevent his teammates on the baseball team from finding out.  Min and Terese tell everyone they're just really good friends. But after a while, the truth's too hard to hide --at least from each other --so they form the "Geography Club."  Nobody else will come.  Why would they want to?  Their secret should be safe.

The Laramie Project

Author:  Moises and the Members of Tectonic Theater Project


Publisher:  Vintage Books

Edition:  Print

Where I got the book:  Strathcona High School Library


Publisher's summary:


On October 7, 1998, a young gay man was discovered bound to a fence in the hills outside Laramie, Wyoming, savagely beaten and left to die in an act of brutality and hate that shocked the nation.  Matthew Shepard's death became a national symbol of intolerance, but for the people of Laramie the event was deeply personal, and it is their voices we hear in this stunningly effective theater piece.

Inside Out: Straight Talk From a Gay Jock

Author:  Mark Tewsbury

Publisher:  John Wiley and Sons

Edition:  Print

Where I got the book: Strathcona High School Library


Publisher's summary: Once the elite athlete, now an accomplished and natural storyteller, Mark Tewksbury uses his own story --public and private -- to offer a fascinating insight into the worlds of Olympic politics, media, fame, gay life, and sports leadership.  He takes us from growing up gay in conservative western Canada, through the pain of keeping his true self a secret even as he feted on the world stage, and ultimately to coming out, being able to live his whole life to the fullest, and to make a difference in life.

Confessions of an Empty Purse

Author:  S. McDonald

Publisher:  Frontenac House

Edition:  Print

Where I got the Book:  Strathcona High School Library


Publisher's summary: 


 In these street-wandering confessions, McDonald explores the injustices of gender, floating freely between the depths of narrative and the butterfly brevity of poetry.  Here is a text where bodies are mapped into memories, in turn mapped back onto bodies, a palimpsestic circulation that sometimes storytells, sometimes startles, and always spills its truth, a purse overturned on a page.    Ashok Mathur