Honestly Ben - Bill Konigsberg
Category: Gay
Tags: Gay, Teen & Young Adult, Contemporary, LGBT
In this companion to Openly Straight, Ben confronts pressure at school, repression at home, and his passion for two very different people in figuring out what it takes to be Honestly Ben., Ben Carver is back to normal. Hes working steadily in his classes at the Natick School. He just got elected captain of the baseball team. Hes even won a full scholarship to college, if he can keep up his grades. All that foolishness with Rafe Goldberg the past semester is in the past., Excepttheres Hannah, the gorgeous girl from the neighboring school, who attracts him and distracts him. Theres his mother, whose quiet unhappiness Ben is noticing for the first time. School is harder, the pressure higher, the scholarship almost slipping away. And theres Rafe, funny, kind, dating someone elseand maybe the real normal that Ben needs., Perfect for fans of David Levithan, Andrew Smith, and John Green, Honestly Ben is a smart, laugh-out-loud novel that will speak to anyone whos struggled to be honestly ____
