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Golden Boy
Contributor(s): Tarttelin, Abigail (Author)

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ISBN: 147670581X     ISBN-13: 9781476705811
Publisher: Atria Books
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: August 2014
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Coming Of Age
- Fiction | Family Life - General
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2012049192
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.3" W x 8.2" L (0.65 lbs) 352 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Family
- Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age
Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian
Review Citations: Entertainment Weekly 09/05/2014 pg. 69
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 165392
Reading Level: 4.6   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 17.0
 
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Publisher Description:
This is a gripping and fully-realized novel. --Emily St. John Mandel, National Book Award-nominated author of Station Eleven

2014 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST
WINNER OF THE 2014 ALEX AWARD
BOOKLIST TOP 10 FIRST NOVEL OF 2013
SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF 2013

Max Walker is a golden boy. Attractive, intelligent, and athletic, he's the perfect son, the perfect friend, and the perfect crush for the girls in his school. He's even really nice to his little brother. Karen, Max's mother, is determined to maintain the façade of effortless excellence she has constructed through the years, but now that the boys are getting older, she worries that the façade might soon begin to crumble. Adding to the tension, her husband Steve has chosen this moment to stand for election to Parliament. The spotlight of the media is about to encircle their lives.

The Walkers are hiding something, you see. Max is special. Max is different. Max is intersex. When an enigmatic childhood friend named Hunter steps out of his past and abuses his trust in the worst possible way, Max is forced to consider the nature of his well-kept secret. Why won't his parents talk about it? What else are they hiding from Max about his condition and from each other? The deeper Max goes, the more questions emerge about where it all leaves him and what his future holds, especially now that he's starting to fall head over heels for someone for the first time in his life. Will his friends accept him if he is no longer the Golden Boy? Will anyone ever want him--desire him--once they know? And the biggest one of all, the question he has to look inside himself to answer: Who is Max Walker, really?

Golden Boy is a novel you'll read in one sitting but will never forget; at once a riveting tale of a family in crisis, a fascinating exploration of identity, and a coming-of-age story like no other.


Contributor Bio(s): Tarttelin, Abigail: - Abigail Tarttelin is a writer, an actress, and the book editor for Phoenix magazine in the UK. Her novel, Golden Boy, received a 2014 Alex Award and was a finalist for the 2014 Lambda Literary Award. She lives in London. Find out more at AbigailTarttelin.com.
 
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