QYA in the 80s
- One of the first positiveish YA books
- Two girls come back together in the end
- Young proto-gay gets a new teachers
- He really likes the teacher,but not all the students do
- Teacher is ultimately fired on the grounds of his sexuality
- Divorced Parents
- While at her dads for the summer she learns her mother is a lesbian
- Father thinks it is not the right place to raise children
- First YA book to deal with AIDS
- Teen learns his older brother is gay and has AIDS and struggles with this information
- Published in 1989
- Magical realism
- Shows an alternative queer family