Citation:
Sanchez, Alex. Rainbow Boys.
New York: Simon Pulse, 2001. Book.
Annotation:
Kyle, Jason, and Nelson are all at different stages of accepting their
homosexuality. These high school teens
face trials every day from confusion, homophobia, and coming out to their
parents.
Justification for Nomination:
This book explored not
just the coming of age for one boy, but three.
Each of them was trying to fit in with their peers and be accepted by
their parents. All of them had to work towards
accepting who they are.
The language used in the
story made the characters feel very authentic.
In this book the author occasionally uses italics to put more emphasis
on words being used in the story. Key
vocabulary in the story reminds the reader that this is a GLBT book.
The narrative in this
story is limited omniscient and
that is because the narrator only knows what the character knows. An interesting component of the narrative
style is the point of view shift between the three boys. To help the reader remember what character
they are reading about the three names are listed at the bottom of every page
and the relevant name is highlighted.
All of the characters in
this story matured in different ways from the beginning to the end of the
story. Jason at the start of the book is
very much in denial about being gay and this is causing him extreme
confusion. By the end of the book he comes
to accept that he is gay and this is not something he can control. Kyle accepts that he is gay, but through the
course of the book he has to deal with people finding out and dealing with
telling his parents. Nelson accepts he
is gay, his mom is very supportive, and the whole schools know. The issue he has to deal with is body image
issues. By the end of the book Nelson
learns to respect himself.
The dialogue in the book
feels very real. Instead of tagging the
dialogue, the author puts a lot of actions that the characters are doing right
along with it. That style helps let the
reader know who is talking in a less odd feeling way.
The plot of this book is
very thrilling. This author keeps the
reader frantically reading trying to figure out what would happen next in the
story. The pot has some interesting
twists, like how Kyle’s mom finds out he is gay.
Genre:
Coming of Age / Romance / GLBT
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