Rainbow Boys<\/i> is about being young and queer and confused: it’s the story of three high school guys in various stages of the process of coming out. Jason is the popular jock with a girlfriend, Kyle’s the quiet swimmer with a crush on Jason, and Nelson’s the flamboyant school fag who’s Kyle’s best friend, but who also has a crush on him. In addition to negotiating sex and love, these guys have to deal with homophobia and violence at school, and with family issues in abundance… but this is a story about figuring things out and triumphing in small ways, so things aren’t all bad. Well-written, though sometimes the dialogue annoyed me (“Wha’s up?” “Laters” and so on), and maybe a little bit too problem-filled or less charming than I like YA books to be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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