![]() ![]() Now I️ don’t mind a flamboyant character, but this wasn’t the Rafe I️ read about and loved. The thing is, it just pushes the gay stereotype in a way- Rafe finally comes out to the whole school (where the first book basically left off) and well- now I️ get why he was called the gay kid. I️ don’t know if it was a story or just pushing a political agenda. Perfect for fans of David Levithan, Andrew Smith, and John Green, Honestly Ben is a smart, laugh-out-loud novel that will speak to anyone who's struggled to be "honestly _" in some part of their lives. And there's Rafe, funny, kind, dating someone else.and maybe the real normal that Ben needs. ![]() School is harder, the pressure higher, the scholarship almost slipping away. ![]() There's his mother, whose quiet unhappiness Ben is noticing for the first time. All that foolishness with Rafe Goldberg the past semester is in the past.Įxcept.there's Hannah, the gorgeous girl from the neighboring school, who attracts him and distracts him. He's even won a full scholarship to college, if he can keep up his grades. He just got elected captain of the baseball team. ![]() He's working steadily in his classes at the Natick School. In this companion to Openly Straight, Ben confronts pressure at school, repression at home, and his passion for two very different people in figuring out what it takes to be Honestly Ben.īen Carver is back to normal. ![]()
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