6/24/2023 0 Comments Openly straight![]() ![]() ![]() Agent: Linda Epstein, Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency. Even so, Rafe's story about seeking a different kind of acceptance should spur readers to rethink sexual identity and what it means to be "out." Ages 14%E2%80%93up. Introspective essays Rafe composes about his life for a writing seminar seem overly scripted, and the plot becomes predictable long before Rafe faces a crisis of conscience. Rafe has had it pretty easy when it comes to being out of the closet. : Openly Straight (9780545509893) by Konigsberg, Bill and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great. At school, Rafe is quickly befriended by a group of jocks, and even kissed by a girl at a party, but he begins to question his experiment when his feelings for a friend develop into something more. Openly Straight follows Rafe, an openly gay high school junior from Boulder, Colorado. Though Rafe has a supportive family and community in progressive Boulder, Co., he still feels stifled by being known as "the gay kid." In order to try to live a "label-free life," Rafe transfers to an East Coast boarding school with the intention of keeping his sexuality a secret ("The only way I would actually lie was if I were asked directly, %E2%80%98Are you gay?' "). Konigsberg (Out of the Pocket) raises compelling questions about stereotyping and self-actualization through the story of openly gay high school junior Rafe Goldberg. ![]()
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