Rainbow Boys

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Rainbow Boys is the first novel in a trilogy by Alex Sanchez, focusing on the issues gay and questioning youth face as they come of age. This book is followed by Rainbow High and Rainbow Road.

[edit] Plot Summary

The story follows three high school students during their senior year, alternating between the point of view held by each. Jason Carrillo, the jock, finds himself questioning his heterosexuality and decides to attend a meeting for gay youth. He does not expect to see his classmates Kyle Meeks and Nelson Glassman at the meeting. Kyle Meeks meanwhile crushes on Jason and through a number of run-ins the two become more than just friends. Nelson, the flamboyant class clown, finds himself jealous of Kyle and Jason and in his depression he decides to hook up with an online stranger named Brick. He engages in sexual intercourse with Brick and fears he has contracted HIV. He becomes friends with HIV positive Jeremy and finds himself in love.