Openly Straight

Name: Openly Straight
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.2 (5 reviews)
Author: Bill Konigsberg
ISBN: 9781520066806

Author: Bill Konigsberg

Narrator: Pete Cross

Unabridged: 9 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 03/07/2017

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Lgbtq+

Synopsis

Rafe is a normal teenager from Colorado. He's been out since 8th grade, accepted by his peers & championed by his progressive parents. And while that's important, all Rafe really wants is to be a regular guy. To have his sexuality be a part of who he is, but not the headline, every single time. So when Rafe transfers to an all-boys' boarding school in New England, he decides to keep his sexuality a secret -- not so much going back in the closet as starting over with a clean slate. But then he sees a classmate breaking down and realizes his own labels aren't well-concealed. And most of all, he falls in love with Ben...who doesn't even know that love is possible.

About Bill Konigsberg

Bill Konigsberg is from New York City. Konigsberg was a sports writer and editor for years, earning a GLAAD Media Award for his ESPN column Sports World Still a Struggle for Gays. He won the Lambda Literary Award in 2007 for his first novel, Out of the Pocket. Konigsberg lives in Arizona with his husband, who is clearly too good for him, and their dogs, Mabel & Buford.

Reviews

Goodreads review by jv on October 17, 2023

I have been thinking about labels…..a lot. Sometimes, a label seems superfluous (the White girl), while other times it seems to be used as an “explanation” (the Blonde girl). On the other hand, the lack of a label could be seen as misleading (oh, you didn’t say he was a Jock). When, if ever, are lab......more

Goodreads review by Josu on June 23, 2015

POR FIN PUEDO HABLAR DE ÉL. Menuda novela, por Dios. Sin duda, una de mis favoritas de este año y sin duda, una de mis favoritas en general. En la línea del gran Levithan o Chbosky, tenemos una historia realista sobre un romance de un gay haciéndose pasar por heterosexual con su mejor amigo heterosex......more

Goodreads review by Thomas on February 23, 2014

4.5 stars Is it every gay guy's duty to get out of the closet? Rafe doesn't want to deceive people, but he hates being "that one gay kid" back in his hometown. When he moves from Boulder, Colorado to an all-boys' boarding school in New England, he keeps his homosexuality a secret and pretends to like......more

Goodreads review by Chelsea on July 24, 2017

BooktubeAThon Challenge #1: Read a book about a character that is different from you - COMPLETE! I think this is more of a 3.5 stars, but I'm feeling really wishy washy about this one. I really enjoyed this and I loved all of the characters, but some of the way things were handled in this didn't nece......more

Goodreads review by LenaRibka on January 21, 2015

Dear friends, Look at the list of literary awards this book has been honoured with: Sid Fleischman Humor Award (2014) Lambda Literary Award Nominee (2014) Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award (ALAN/NCTE) Nominee (2014) American Library Association Rainbow List (2014) Texas Library Association's Tayshas List (Top......more