This is an auction for CROSSING LINES by Paul Volponi.

Amazon.com reviews:

"Adonis is a jock. He's on the football team and he's dating one of the prettiest girls in school. Alan is the new kid. He wears lipstick and joins the Fashion Club. Soon enough the football team is out to get him. Adonis is glad to go along with his teammates . . . until they come up with a dangerous plan to humiliate Alan. Now Adonis must decide whether he wants to be a guy who follows the herd or a man who does what's right. From critically acclaimed author Paul Volponi comes this discussable and finely wrought story of bullies, victims, and the bystanders caught in between."

"CrossingLines is a little different than the usual Paul Volponi book. This time we head to the suburbs in his latest novel and deal with the prejudices faced by a gay student. Adonis is a great athlete and he has an image to uphold with his friends. Adonis is dating a girl who is also involved in the fashion club. Adonis is in love, but things get complicated when a new kid, Alan, joins the fashion club. Alan is a gender bending teen and Adonis's jock friends want nothing to do with him. The football team hates Alan, and Adonis is caught in the middle of their war. Does he go along with his team to hurt Alan, which will destroy his relationship with his girlfriend, or does he do the right thing? I enjoyed the book. I like the message, and think this is an important novel."

More very favourable reviews on Amazon.com.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Paul Volponi is the author of the critically acclaimed young adult novel Black & White. From 1992 to 1998, he taught adolescents on Rikers Island in New York City to read and write.

Hardback 2011.

245 pages.

Very good condition.

The cost of shipping is $4.95.

There is of course no charge for shipping if you collect this book from my shop in Palmerston North following the auction.

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