Destination Unknown by Bill Konigsberg
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.The first thing I noticed about C.J. 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. 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. Is it friendship? Romance? Is C.J. the one with all the answers... 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. 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.
Openly Straight, which received the SCBWI Sid Fleischman Award for Comedy and was added to the YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults list; The Porcupine of Truth, which won the Stonewall Book Award and was chosen a Booklist Editors' Choice selection; and Out of the Pocket, which won the Lambda Literary Award, are among Bill Konigsberg's works. Bill and his husband, Chuck, live in Chandler, Arizona. Visit him at www.billkonigsberg.com and follow him on Twitter @billkonigsberg.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781338618051 |
| ISBN 10 | 1338618059 |
| Title | Destination Unknown |
| Author | Bill Konigsberg |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Scholastic US |
| Year published | 2022-09-06 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Prizes | Commended for Golden Kite (Young Adult Fiction) 2023 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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