Ariel Schrag: Potential

The High School Comic Chronicles of Ariel Schrag. USA 2008, 224 pp., brochure, € 15.95
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Ariel Schrag continues her tumultuous passage through high school in the second book of her series of frank, insightful, and painfully honest autobiographical graphic novels. Written during the summer following her junior year at Berkeley High School in California, »Potential« recounts Ariel's first real relationship and first-time love with a girl, her quest to lose her virginity to a boy, ... Weiterlesen

Alex Sanchez: Getting It

USA 2007, 211 pp., brochure, € 9.99
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It's embarrassing enough that Carlos Amoroso is 15 and the only virgin among his friends, but he's never really kissed a girl. The object of Carlos's desire, Roxy Rodriguez, is popular and hot - and has no idea that Carlos is alive. But watching a TV show one night gives Carlos an idea: what if he got a makeover from ... Weiterlesen

C.J. Pascoe: Dude, You're a Fag

Masculinity and Sexuality in High School. USA 2007, 228 pp., brochure, € 18.29
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High school and the difficult terrain of sexuality and gender identity are explored in this incisive ethnography. Based on 18 months of fieldwork in a racially diverse working-class high school, this book plumbs the dynamics of masculinity among high school boys and sheds new light on the complex interplay of masculinity, homophobia, sexuality, and the body, compelling us to rethink ... Weiterlesen

Larry Duplechan: Blackbird

USA 2006, 252 pp., brochure, € 15.95
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First published by St. Martin's in 1986, »Blackbird« is a funny, moving, gay coming-of-age novel about growing up black and gay in Southern California. The lead character, Johnnie Ray Rousseau, is a high school student upset at losing the lead role in the school staging of »Romeo and Juliet«. If that weren't enough, his best friend has been beaten badly ... Weiterlesen

Alex Sanchez: Getting It

USA 2006, 213 pp., hardback, € 16.59
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It's embarrassing enough that Carlos Amoroso is 15 and the only virgin among his friends, but he's never really kissed a girl. The object of Carlos's desire, Roxy Rodriguez, is popular and hot - and has no idea that Carlos is alive. But watching a TV show one night gives Carlos an idea: what if he got a makeover from ... Weiterlesen

Brent Hartinger: Geography Club

USA 2003, 226 pp., brochure, € 9.99
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Harper Collins
Russel Middlebrook is convinced he's the only gay kid at Goodkind High School. Then his online gay chat buddy turns out to be none other than Kevin, the popular but closeted star of the school's baseball team. Soon Russel meets other gay students, too. There's his best friend Min, who reveals that she is bisexual, and her soccer-playing girlfriend Terese. ... Weiterlesen

John Fox: The Boys on the Rock

USA 1984, 146 pp., brochure, € 24.95
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St. Martin's Press
Written with uncanny precision and wild humor, this is the story of Billy Connors, high school student in the Bronx, member of the swim team, and all-around regular guy, who in his 16th year has to face the fact that he's a little different from everyone else, a little »weird«. Though he's sort of going steady with a girl and ... Weiterlesen