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2020 Audie Awards® Finalist - Young Adult
Stonewall Honor Book * A Time Magazine Best YA Book of All Time
""A book for warriors, divas, artists, queens, individuals, activists, trend setters, and anyone searching for the courage to be themselves.”—Mackenzi Lee, New York Times bestselling author of The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue
It’s 1989 in New York City, and for three teens, the world is changing.
Reza is an Iranian boy who has just moved to the city with his mother to live with his stepfather and stepbrother. He’s terrified that someone will guess the truth he can barely acknowledge about himself. Reza knows he’s gay, but all he knows of gay life are the media’s images of men dying of AIDS.
Judy is an aspiring fashion designer who worships her uncle Stephen, a gay man with AIDS who devotes his time to activism as a member of ACT UP. Judy has never imagined finding romance...until she falls for Reza and they start dating.
Art is Judy’s best friend, their school’s only out and proud teen. He’ll never be who his conservative parents want him to be, so he rebels by documenting the AIDS crisis through his photographs.
As Reza and Art grow closer, Reza struggles to find a way out of his deception that won’t break Judy’s heart—and destroy the most meaningful friendship he’s ever known.
This is a bighearted, sprawling epic about friendship and love and the revolutionary act of living life to the fullest in the face of impossible odds.
© 2019 Balzer + Bray (Ljudbok): 9780062911131
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 4 juni 2019
4.3
Unga vuxna
2020 Audie Awards® Finalist - Young Adult
Stonewall Honor Book * A Time Magazine Best YA Book of All Time
""A book for warriors, divas, artists, queens, individuals, activists, trend setters, and anyone searching for the courage to be themselves.”—Mackenzi Lee, New York Times bestselling author of The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue
It’s 1989 in New York City, and for three teens, the world is changing.
Reza is an Iranian boy who has just moved to the city with his mother to live with his stepfather and stepbrother. He’s terrified that someone will guess the truth he can barely acknowledge about himself. Reza knows he’s gay, but all he knows of gay life are the media’s images of men dying of AIDS.
Judy is an aspiring fashion designer who worships her uncle Stephen, a gay man with AIDS who devotes his time to activism as a member of ACT UP. Judy has never imagined finding romance...until she falls for Reza and they start dating.
Art is Judy’s best friend, their school’s only out and proud teen. He’ll never be who his conservative parents want him to be, so he rebels by documenting the AIDS crisis through his photographs.
As Reza and Art grow closer, Reza struggles to find a way out of his deception that won’t break Judy’s heart—and destroy the most meaningful friendship he’s ever known.
This is a bighearted, sprawling epic about friendship and love and the revolutionary act of living life to the fullest in the face of impossible odds.
© 2019 Balzer + Bray (Ljudbok): 9780062911131
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 4 juni 2019
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Jonathan
3 sep. 2020
Drar upp så många känslor till ytan, underbar, läsläsläs! 🥰
Elin
21 apr. 2020
Brilliant novel about identity, love, self expression, and activism. It is both honest and gutting in the portrayal of life for queer people in the late 80s America, while being tender, sweet, and full of strength and hope. One of the best, if not the best, LGBTQ+ story I’ve read this year
Matilda
30 juni 2020
Helt fantastiskt. Alla måste läsa den.
Carolina
31 juli 2021
En av de bästa böcker jag läst/lyssnat på. Så mycket hjärta ❤ Otroligt bra!
Ann
8 jan. 2023
Riktigt fin bok som passar både ungdomar och vuxna. Också en viktig historielektion. Bra inläst.
Maria
24 juli 2020
En kärlekshistoria med så många bottnar. Allvar, historia och familjerelationer. Fin och viktig.
Pepper
19 maj 2021
Deeply touching book.
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