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baddas The Dow Jones (yes, that's really his name) is on a crusade to earn letterman jackets for the high school misfits.
Will Grayson, Will Grayson is an amazing book. Simply amazing. But the sad thing is, I was actually a bit reticent to pick it up because the summaries of the book I've read sounded..well..kind of boring and a little vague. "It's about being a teenager in high school" (aren't they all?), "It's got heart" (eye-roll), "it's about friendship" (gag). And most of all the descriptions about it being about a musical really turned me away because, well, I really don't like musicals. And high school musicals? Hmm.... But in the end (or rather from the very beginning) I was completely blown away by this book--by its authenticity, by its courage, and yes, by its heart. The characters felt like real teenagers and the characters were all meaty and interesting. I should summarize a little bit--basically the book is about a straight boy named Will Grayson who has a gay best friend (a huge guy named Tiny--and yes, hilarity ensues) who happens to meet another boy named Will Grayson, a depressed teenager who is struggling to come to terms with his sexuality. At first Tiny seems like a comic relief for the book, but over time he grows into one of the most important characters of the book (in yes, what is a little bit of an over-the-top cheesy ending). The true genius lies in the way the authors show kids just plain being mean to each other and themselves (intentionally and unintentionally) and doing it in a way that makes us want to keep reading. As a writer struggling to give some of my YA characters authenticity, I couldn't help but be in awe of this book.