Boy Meets Boy (novel)
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| Boy Meets Boy | |
| Author | David Levithan |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Young adult novel |
| Publisher | Knopf Books for Young Readers |
| Publication date | May 10, 2005 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 192 |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-375-83299-8 |
Boy Meets Boy is a 2005 novel written by David Levithan. The book shows the trials and tribulations of teenage romance and emphasizes that it is no different for gay people than straight people.
The book invented the word "literogratumerriment," which means "thank you for the words."
Contents |
[edit] Characters
[edit] Main characters
Paul: Paul is a high school sophomore who is gay. He has always known he was gay, ever since his kindergarten teacher told him so, and is wonderfully happy in this fact. He is hopelessly in love with Noah.
Noah: Noah is The Boy. Paul has a crush on him, and wishes Noah returns his feelings. He's a senior who recently moved to the town, whose parents are away often on business trips, leaving him and his sister Claudia home alone. Noah likes Paul, but he's been hurt badly in the past, and he's wary of being hurt again. He is interested in art, especially photography and painting. His room has a studio where he goes to "paint the music" and he takes Paul up there to paint on one of their dates.
Joni: Joni has been Paul's best friend since first grade, and was the first person he came out to besides his parents. She has been dating Ted off and on since the fifth grade, but during the course of the book she has dumped him for a final time and is going out with Chuck.
Tony: Tony is Paul's other best friend. They met in the city where they both were looking for the same book, and re-met on the train where they both wound up thinking the same guy was cute. Tony kept his homosexuality from his orthodox Jewish parents for as long as he could, but they found out. He is only allowed to go and hang out with Paul and Joni by pretending to be on a date with Joni, or telling Paul and Joni Bible tales for them to tell his parents to appease them. By the end of the book, he confronts his parents about his limits on his freedoms, and manages to get more permissiveness out of them. Tony and Paul play a game where they speak random collages of words to each other and seem to understand what the other is saying.
Kyle: Kyle is Paul's ex-boyfriend who can't decide if he's gay, straight or whatever. He's most famous for saying the line "My aunt died this weekend and I decided that we should be together." Kyle's hobbies include: making life difficult for Paul, being indecisive and wishy-washy, being excessively awkward, making life difficult for Paul, and long walks on the beach.
[edit] Secondary characters
Infinite Darlene: Infinite Darlene is a drag queen who is both the school's star quarterback and homecoming queen. She has a larger than life personality, and spreads gossip like wildfire. She's always there to lend an ear, a chocolate bar, or some support to her friends, including Noah. She rejected Chuck when he fell in love with her, and she is bitter enemies with Trilby Pope.
Ted: Ted is Joni's on again and off again boyfriend. As the book opens, they have just turned off for the eleventh time, and dating for the twelfth time is imminent. He's nice enough, but a bit oblivious at times, and is extremely annoyed at Chuck for dating Joni.
Chuck: Chuck is the not-so-intelligent football player who is dating Joni. He used to have a crush on Infinite Darlene, but she told him that he wasn't her type, and he has been seething since. He is possibly going out with Joni as a way to get back at Infinite Darlene.
Amber: Amber is a "club-kid" that Paul meets while they are planning the Dowager Dance at the end of the month. She is cute and friendly, and she and Paul form an instant friendship.
