Rainbow Boys by Alex Sanchez

[Melchi0r]

These books are amazing, and important. They portray growing up gay through three very realistic viewpoints of three fictitious gay teens: Kyle, Jason, and Nelson. This is how the series begins:

Kyle is a swimmer and a math nerd who's also secretly gay. Only his best friend Nelson knows. One day when seeing Jason at a gay youth group, he begins to fall in love with him.

Jason is the most popular guy in school- a basketball star, good-looking, and a nice guy- but also he is beginning to doubt his heterosexuality. With all the courage he can muster, he attends a gay youth group and sees Nelson, the most flamboyant "fag" in his school, and also Kyle, who he did not know was gay. After that meeting he has to confront his own sexuality and his feelings for Kyle.

Nelson is very outspoken, frequently dying his hair and with several piercings. He is the school "fag". He is best friends with Kyle, but also wants to be more than just friends. As Kyle falls for Jason, Nelson begins to get jealous and desperately seeks for love.
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The books are a trilogy:
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I highly recommend these books. Have fun reading! :D

[Rawrbaby]

i luv those books they r some of the best in the world i hope these books will inspire more people to write more books about gay teens

[Everglow]

I'd be interested in checking them out from my local library :D

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I read Center of the World, by Andreas Steinhofel. It's along the same lines as the trilogy Josh recommends, but it's a great book that tells the story of a 17 year old homosexual boy who becomes very in tune with his sexuality, falls in love, faces the ultimate betrayal and finds his place in the world.

Another interesting one is Tales of Two Summers, by Brian Sloan. It's a bit different than the other two in the sense that it's a collection of internet conversations between several gay teenage males spanning from high school till their early 20's. I didn't particularly fancy the book because the style of writing was not to my preference.

[Rawrbaby]

i read those 2 books i loved them i read all the gay teen books they r the best but rainbow boys r great and i luv the name it go's great wit the lgbt things espically the flag the rainbow flag and boys who doesnt luv reading bout gay teen boys its fun