Over the course of one summer, two boys will have to face their biggest fears and decide what they're willing to risk - to get the thing they want the most. And top it off with a touch of undeniable chemistry between utter opposites.
Place it all in Mesa, Arizona, in June, where the temp regularly hits 114. Add in prickly pears, cloud eggs, and a murky idea of what's considered locally sourced and organic. Throw in a rickety, 1980s-era food truck called Coq Au Vinny.
And a secret: A spiraling out of control mother, and the knowledge that he's the only one who can keep the family from falling apart. Right, who probably won't like him anyway. And a secret: An encounter with an older kid that makes it hard to breathe, one that he doesn't want to think about, ever. Gay and not a big deal, not to him, not to his mom, not to his buddies. have between them will be tested, strained, pushed, and pulled - but it will also be a lifeline in a time of death, a bond that will determine the course of their futures.In Destination Unknown, Bill Konigsberg returns to a time he knew well as a teenager to tell a story of identity, connection, community, and survival.From the award-winning author of Openly Straight, a story about two teens falling in love over a summer that throws everything possible to keep them apart. or does Micah bring more to the relationship that it first seems? As their lives become more and more entangled in the AIDS epidemic that’s laying waste to their community, and the AIDS activism that will ultimately bring a strong voice to their demands, whatever Micah and C.J. isn't just out - he’s complete out there, and Micah can't help but be both attracted to and afraid of someone who travels so loudly and proudly through the night.A connection occurs. Gorman was his plexiglass bra.So begins Destination Unknown - it's 1987 in New York City, and Micah is at a dance club, trying to pretend he's more out and outgoing than he really is. From Stonewall Award winner Bill Konigsberg, a remarkable, funny, sexy, heartbreaking story of two teen boys finding each other in New York City at the height of the AIDS epidemic.
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