Dishes
10 best books like Dishes (Rich Wallace): Nothing Pink, Another Kind of Cowboy, Band Fags!, The Straight Road to Kylie, In Mike We Trust, Love Drugged, A Really Nice Prom Mess, The Last Exit to Normal, Ojo in Oz, Two Parties, One Tux, and a Very Short Film about The Grapes of Wrath
| Author | Mark Hardy |
| ISBN | 1932425241 |
Nothing Pink is an eye opening story about a boy named Vincent who struggles with being gay. To make things even harder, his father is a preacher.
This book was so sad to me. Growing up very religious myself, I've heard so many of the things that were said in this book. The idea of someone not being accepted...
| Author | Susan Juby |
| ISBN | 0002007088 |
Alex Ford wishes his father had seen the movie Brokeback Mountain. Because then he might understand that it’s possible to be a gay cowboy. Trouble is, Alex doesn’t even want to be a cowboy; his dream is to ditch Western-style riding and take up dressage. But with his mother long gone, his father ensconced...
| Author | Frank Anthony Polito |
| ISBN | 0758222653 |
"Ever since I first heard that Lionel Richie and Diana Ross song, 'Endless Love, ' all I've wanted is to find The One. Someone to love. Who will love me back." September, 1982. John Cougar's "Jack and Diane" is on endless radio rotation, and Dallas and Dynasty rule the ratings. Jack Paterno is a straight-A...
| Author | Nico Medina |
| ISBN | 1416936009 |
Life is fabulous for Jonathan Parish.
He's seventeen, out and proud, and ready to party through senior year with his posse of best girlfriends. But the year starts off with the wrong kind of bang when Jonathan -- in an inebriated lapse of judgment -- sleeps with a friend of his... A girlfriend!
When...
| Author | P.E. Ryan |
| ISBN | 0060858133 |
Honesty.
He wanted it. He craved it.
He could barely remember what it was. When Garth's uncle comes to visit, he's like a breath of very needed fresh air. Mike is laid-back and relaxed—and willing to accept Garth for who he is, without question. For the first time in a long while, Garth feels...
| Author | James Klise |
| ISBN | 0738721751 |
If you could change who you are, would you? Should you?Fifteen-year-old Jamie Bates has a simple strategy for surviving high school: fit in, keep a low profile, and above all, protect his biggest secret--he's gay. But when a classmate discovers the truth, a terrified Jamie does all he can to change who...
| Author | Brian Sloan |
| ISBN | 0689874383 |
Well, in summary, your fake date's in the bathroom with a hangover and a crispy hairdo, while my fake date is out wandering the Willard, searching for his heterosexuality or something.High school senior Cameron Hayes gets coerced into going to the prom with a girl, even though he'd rather be with his...
| Author | Michael Harmon |
| ISBN | 0375940987 |
It’s true: After 17-year-old Ben’s father announces he’s gay and the family splits apart, Ben does everything he can to tick him off: skip school, smoke pot, skateboard nonstop, get arrested. But he never thinks he’ll end up yanked out of his city life and plunked down into a small Montana town...
| Author | Ruth Plumly Thompson |
| ISBN | 0345337042 |
An avid reader of Baum's books and a lifelong children's writer, Thompson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and began her writing career in 1914 when she took a job with the Philadelphia Public Ledger; she wrote a weekly children's column for the newspaper. She had already published her first...
| Author | Steven Goldman |
| ISBN | 1599902710 |
Mitchell Wells may not survive eleventh grade. He really only has one friend, his best friend, David. His normally decent grade point average is in limbo due to a slightly violent, somewhat inappropriate claymation film. And girls . . . well, does hanging out with his sister count?
When David...
| Author | Ron Koertge |
| ISBN | 0763644358 |
Fielding his social life is a bigger challenge for Kevin than hitting a fastball in Ron Koertge’s funny, insightful sequel to SHAKESPEARE BATS CLEANUP.
Fourteen-year-old Kevin Boland has a passion for playing baseball, a
knack for writing poetry — and a cute girlfriend named Mira...
| Author | Rigoberto González |
| ISBN | 1593501064 |
As they embark on their final year of high school, the Fierce Foursome—Maui, Trini, Isaac, and Liberace—decide to do something big, something that will memorialize their friendships for when they all go their separate ways and begin their new “adult” lives.
Already accustomed...
| Author | Ronald L. Donaghe |
| ISBN | 0595097081 |
Joel's rural life of high school and farming in Common, New Mexico, is changed forever when Tom comes to town. The son of a preacher, Tom reaches out to Joel in friendship, and their bond to each other becomes as tight as brothers. Joel's openness to his own feelings and acceptance of himself (a healthy...
| Author | Lee Bantle |
| ISBN | 0805081224 |
David Dahlgren, a high-school senior, finds solace in running with the track team; he's a fast runner, and he enjoys the camaraderie. But team events become a source of tension when he develops a crush on one of his teammates, Sean. Scared to admit his feelings, David does everything he can to suppress...
| Author | Tom Dolby |
| ISBN | 0758206178 |
In the tradition of "Bright Lights, Big City" and "Less Than Zero, " Tom Dolby has written a searing debut novel about going after what you really want without losing yourself in the process. Powerfully written, keenly felt, "The Trouble Boy" heralds an exciting new voice in fiction.
"This is about...
| Author | Thorn Kief Hillsbery |
| ISBN | 0812973097 |
“Why am I a punk? Because I wasn’t anything before, except different. And now it’s like I’m different, but with a vengeance.”
It’s been months since the suicide of Darby Crash, L.A. punk rock icon and lead singer of the Germs. He checked out on the same day John Lennon was shot:...
From Brian Malloy, acclaimed author of the adult novel The Year of Ice, comes a smart, funny, heartfelt novel about being a straight girl who's completely fallen for a gay boy.
Please believe Molly Swain when she tells you: "Never fall in love with a gay boy. And whatever you do, don't move to New...
| Author | Bob Smith |
| ISBN | 0786720409 |
Nelson Kunker is trapped in his job as the script supervisor on Aftertaste, the low-rated late-night sketch television show. His life in Los Angeles has come to a halt because he's unable to finish the novel he's writing, doesn't have a boyfriend, and, at the pivotal age of thirty-four, has reached the...
Next time you are rescued from a burning building by a tall, hung, muscle-bound man in tights, will you offer your services in appreciation? Why not? Superheroes have needs just like everyone else. All you have to do is promise to protect his secret identity and try not to damage the spandex! Some things...
