Rainbow Road Reprint Edition Contributor(s): Sanchez, Alex (Author) |
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ISBN: 141691191X ISBN-13: 9781416911913 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $11.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2007 Annotation: Jason, his boyfriend Kyle, and Nelson set out on a cross-country road trip. Through the wild ride, they encounter variations on the gay experience, including a couple in a long-term relationship, gay bashers, and a boy who lives as a girl. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Dating & Relationships - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2004025980 |
Lexile Measure: 690 |
Physical Information: 0.78" H x 5.48" W x 8.28" (0.54 lbs) 272 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Friendship - Sex & Gender - Gay |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 102404 Reading Level: 4.5 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: It's the end of the road.... Jason Carrillo came out to his basketball team and lost his university scholarship. Now that he's graduated, he's been asked to speak at the opening of a gay and lesbian high school across the country -- but what is he going to say? Kyle Meeks is getting ready to go to Princeton in the fall. When his boyfriend, Jason, mentions the speaking invitation, he jumps at the chance to go with him -- but can their romance survive two weeks crammed together in a car? Nelson Glassman is happy that his best friend, Kyle, has found love with Jason. Now he wants to find a soul mate of his own and is going to start looking during the road trip -- but will being third wheel ruin his friendship with Kyle and Jason? |
Contributor Bio(s): Sanchez, Alex: - Alex Sanchez spent almost fifteen years working with youth. He is the author of the teen novels Boyfriends with Girlfriends, Bait, The God Box, Getting It, Rainbow Boys, Rainbow High, and Rainbow Road, as well as the Lambda Award-winning middle-grade novel So Hard to Say. Lambda Literary Foundation honored Alex with an Outstanding Mid-Career Novelists' Prize. He lives in Thailand and Hollywood, Florida. Visit him at AlexSanchez.com. |