Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan

 Dec., 2025--San Antonio

Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan was published in 2005 and was a very progressive novel for its time.  It would be very progressive even today.  It takes place in a school unlike any other.  Different sexual orientations are accepted by all in the high school.  The main character is a gay boy whose clique of friends includes the transsexual (male-to-female) football quarterback who is accepted by all of her teammates.  The cheerleaders enter the fiend on motorcycles instead of doing tumbles.  In other words, the book imagines a world of acceptance.  Like all teenagers there are common stresses acting upon their lives:  How to move on when a relationship ends?   Will our relationship last when the older one leaves for college elsewhere?  What should be the theme of the prom this year--one that decorations can represent?  Etc.  It's a easy read.  It's a young adult romance novel.  I gave the book 4 stars out of 5.