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Two Boys Kissing

2014 Stonewall Book Award Honor Books Winner!

New York Times bestselling author David Levithan tells the based-on-true-events story of Harry and Craig, two 17-year-olds who are about to take part in a 32-hour marathon of kissing to set a new Guinness World Record --- all of which is narrated by a Greek Chorus of the generation of gay men lost to AIDS. While the two increasingly dehydrated and sleep-deprived boys are locking lips, they become a focal point in the lives of other teen boys dealing with languishing long-term relationships, coming out, navigating gender identity, and falling deeper into the digital rabbit hole of gay hookup sites --- all while the kissing former couple tries to figure out their own feelings for each other. This follow-up to the bestselling EVERY DAY showcases David's trademark sharp-witted, warm-hearted tales of teenage love, and serves as a perfect thematic bookend to David's YA debut and breakthrough, BOY MEETS BOY, which celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2013.

Two Boys Kissing
by David Levithan

  • Publication Date: August 27, 2013
  • Genres: Fiction, Romance, Young Adult 12+
  • Hardcover: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
  • ISBN-10: 0307931900
  • ISBN-13: 9780307931900