Out of the Pocket by Bill Konigsberg

Out of the Pocket by Bill Konigsberg

The 2009 Lambda Literary Award-winning novel is finally available in paperback This new second edition includes two brand new bonus chapters, a foreword by former NFL punter Chris Kluwe, and an afterword by outsports.com co-founder Jim Buzinski. Star quarterback Bobby Framingham, one of the most talented high school football players in California, knows he's different from his teammates. They're like brothers, but they don't know one essential thing: Bobby is gay. Can he still be one of the guys and be honest about who he is? When he's outed against his will by a student reporter, Bobby must find a way to earn back his teammates' trust and accept that his path to success might be more public, and more difficult, than he'd hoped. An affecting novel about identity that also delivers great sportswriting. A thought-provoking, funny, and ultimately uplifting story of self-actualization that masterfully defies stereotypes about both coming out and team sports. -School Library Journal A thoughtful, powerful novel. -Booklist It's tough enough completing your pass as the linebackers blitz, but when your private life is also crashing in, the game is about survival. A hard-hitting first novel about quarterbacking your life. - Robert Lipsyte, author of Raiders Night How I rooted for Bobby, and all his imperfect, complicated, oh-so-human friends. - Catherine Gilbert Murdock, author of Dairy Queen and The Off Season

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	9780615987187
ISBN 10	0615987184
Title	Out of the Pocket
Author	Bill Konigsberg
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Strabeca Books
Year published	2014-04-30
Number of pages	294
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.