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FACTS ABOUT THE BOOK Title: Two Boys Kissing Author:  David Levithan Publisher:  Egmont Limited UK Price:  £7.99 Pages:  244 Genre:  LGBTQ* novel Year:  2013 BACK OF THE BOOK Source: Amazon The two boys kissing are Craig and Harry. They are hoping to set the world record for the longest kiss. They're not a couple, but they could be. Peter and Neil are a couple. Their kisses are different. Avery and Ryan have only just met and are trying to figure out what happens next. Cooper is alone. He's not sure how he feels. As the marathon progresses, these boys, their friends and families evaluate the changing nature of feelings, behaviour and this crazy thing called love. What's it about? "Two Boys Kissing" actually tells four different stories about seven different boys who are all queer. The stories are slighlty interwined with each other.  All those stories get told from the "queers of ...

    FACTS ABOUT THE BOOK   Title: every day Author: David Levithan Publisher: Ember Price:   $9.99 Pages: 322 (+ 6 additional chapters in my copy) Genre: Fiction Year: 2012       BACK OF THE BOOK   I wake up.   Immediately, I have to figure out who I am. It's not just the body - opening my eyes and discovering whether the skin on my arm is light or dark, whether my hair is long or short, whether I'm fat or thin, boy or girl, scarred or smooth. The body is the easiest thing to adjust to, if you're used to waking up in a new one each morning. It's the life, the context of the body, that can be hard to grasp.   Every day I am someone else. I am myself - I know I am myself - but I am also someone else.   It has always been like this.       WHAT'S IT ABOUT? Every day a different body. Every day a different life. Every day in love with the same girl. There’s neve...

FACTS ABOUT THE BOOK Title: Boy meets Boy Author: David Levithan Publisher: Ember Price: $9.99 Pages: 185 Genre: LGBT+, lovestory, High School Year: 2003 BACK OF THE BOOK WHAT'S IT ABOUT? This story stars Paul, a High School boy, who is openly, proudly and happily gay. He has many queer friends, not only including his gay best friend and his friend Infinite Darlene, the trans homecoming queen & starting quarterback. Paul meets a boy, with whom he immediately falls in love with. A journey of finding & getting to know that boy begins and leads to many magical moments. MY OPINION I was a bit sceptical of this book at first, because it is by author David Levithan, by whom I had only read "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" so far - a collaboration between him and John Green - and I really didn't like that book. But after reading "Boy meets Boy" I totally fell in love with David Levithan's writing style. He writes so beauti...