Homo

by Michael Harris

Overview

I dont see why I have to become this new person just because I like guys. Most of who I am has nothing to do with who I hump.

Will's never been obvious about being gay. Not like Daniel, who takes the heat -- and the beatings -- at Spencer High. But then Will's best friend outs him on Facebook, and his small-town life starts to spin out of control. If he's not like everyone else, and he's not like Daniel, then who is he?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781459401938
Publisher:	James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Publication date:	09/12/2012
Series:	Lorimer SideStreets Series
Sold by:	De Marque
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
Lexile:	HL720L (what's this?)
File size:	264 KB
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

About the Author

MICHAEL HARRIS is a magazine editor and writer. His stories have appeared in Xtra, The Walrus, and the Globe and Mail. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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I don't see why I have to become this new person just because I like guys. Most of who I am has nothing to do with who I hump.

Editorial Reviews

Out of the closet and into a relationship. Closeted wallflower Will knows he's gay, but no one else does until he's outed by a Facebook post written by a classmate at his small-town Canadian high school. Still, Will doesn't dive headfirst into the world of gay right off. His first foray is a trip to the gayborhoods of Vancouver, where he visits a coffee shop. He refrains from the dating scene until he creates a profile on an online gay social network (a thinly disguised Manhunt.net). There he meets Riley, a 23-year-old realtor. The two connect: Riley teaches Will how to swim and how to party, and soon Will finds himself enveloped in his world. Things go awry, however, with Riley's ill-timed revelation of a secret. Harris' work swiftly explores coming out and gay culture in an unflinching way that may be refreshing to readers who've grown tired of the chaste, heavy-handed LGBT novels of the past few years. He packs in lots of raw language and scenes, including one in which Will loses his virginity. The Boys in the Band and other emblems of gay culture run rampant. The only fault in the novel is its length; Harris creates several other intriguing secondary characters who could use more fleshing out, and the ending feels rushed. An abbreviated coming-out story for the 21st-century teen. (Fiction. 14 & up)

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