None of these career paths worked out for him. Bill played alongside the likes of the kid who always showered alone, the chronic nosebleeder and the guy with recurrent poison ivy.Įarly in his life, Bill decided he wanted to be a disc jockey, a professional baseball player, or the Construction Worker from The Village People. As it turned out, the highlight of his soccer career was at Camp Greylock in 1978, when he was chosen for the Camp's 'D' team. His parents figured he'd be a great soccer player, based on his spirited kicking from inside the womb. Expectations were high from birth - at least in terms of athletics. and maybe the real normal that Ben needs.īill Konigsberg was born in 1970 in New York City. And there's Rafe, funny, kind, dating someone else. School is harder, the pressure higher, the scholarship almost slipping away. There's his mother, whose quiet unhappiness Ben is noticing for the first time. All that foolishness with Rafe Goldberg the past semester is in the 's Hannah, the gorgeous girl from the neighboring school, who attracts him and distracts him. He's even won a full scholarship to college, if he can keep up his grades. He just got elected captain of the baseball team. He's working steadily in his classes at the Natick School. Perfect for fans of David Levithan, Andrew Smith, and John Green! Ben Carver is back to normal. The companion to the award-winning Openly Straight, called 'eply satisfying and as honest as its appealing protagonist' ( Booklist ). In the companion to Openly Straight, Ben confronts pressure at school, repression at home, and his passion for two very different people in figuring out what it takes to be Honestly Ben.

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