What
does the brilliant high school nerd have in common with the Letterman
jock? Surprise, they're both gay and they both have an alcoholic
parent. Tough to think who has the bigger problem here.
Without
throwing hip language at one or resorting to profanity and bad
grammar the author manages to perfectly evoke the insecurities and
tensions of those high school corridors. Behind that confident
exterior the high school jock and the prom queen have the same raging
hormones and insecurities everyone else shares, they just have more
to lose.
The
story is told from the point of view of the nerd. Girls have long
been portrayed as besotted and struck dumb in the presence of the
object of their overwhelming affection. Here we learn that boys can
experience similar emotional paralysis.
Near
the end of this book Kyle lays it on the line for his high school
prinicpal:
The
teacher is struck dumb.
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