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Rainbow High

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2 of 2 copies available

Nelson Glassman may have been exposed to the HIV virus and is terrified of testing positive. But what if being positive is the only way to keep the guy of his dreams? Kyle Meeks finally has the guy of his dreams and is ready to do anything to stay by his side, but will "anything" include sabotaging his own future? Jason Carrillo knows he has to face his future and is prepared to face it out and gay, but is he prepared to let go of the dream that has sustained him all of his life? As their high school days draw to a close and these three friends move toward one of life's most defining crossroads, each will be compelled to choose his own direction—and prepare for the consequences.

Bold voice Alex Sanchez continues the story begun in his critically acclaimed debut Rainbow Boys with this captivating and straightforward depiction of living, loving, and losing that goes straight to the heart of what it means to be young and gay.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      November 24, 2003
      Sanchez returns to the lives of Nelson, Kyle and Jason—the three likable gay characters he created in Rainbow Boys
      , infusing his sequel with romance and humor. As the author rotates through the connecting stories, even readers unfamiliar with the first book will quickly be engrossed: Nelson is dating HIV-positive Jeremy; Kyle's been accepted to Princeton, but doesn't want to go to college away from his boyfriend, Jason; and Jason risks his own college scholarship when he comes out to his basketball team and catches the media's attention. As with the first novel, the author incorporates some education along with the plotting: in addition to facts about HIV, for instance, complementary story lines demonstrate how Jason and Kyle's coaches each deal with the boys' sexuality (in Jason's case: "By handling the whole thing the way he had, Coach had shown the team they could handle it"). Readers may be more likely to get swept up in Nelson's fights with his mom over his right to date Jeremy, Jason's on-camera denial of having a boyfriend, and of course, the steamy love scenes; indeed this novel shares many of the characteristics of a typical teen romance novel ("In the three-way mirror tall, handsome reflection extended time after time toward infinity.... Kyle thought himself the luckiest boy on earth"). The author expertly mixes coming-out issues with the universal complications of first love in this novel that culminates in the boys' senior prom. Ages 12-up.

    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 16, 2005
      Of this sequel to Rainbow Boys
      , PW
      wrote, "The author expertly mixes coming-out issues with the universal complications of first love in this novel that culminates in the boys' senior prom." Ages 12-up. (June)
      Correction: The title of Per Nilson's novel in Fiction Reprints (May 9) is
      Heart's Delight.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:4.1
  • Lexile® Measure:590
  • Interest Level:9-12(UG)
  • Text Difficulty:2-3

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