Then, a teacher reveals in the school paper that a student approached her about starting a gay support group, making the school buzz over that student's identity. Russel begins a relationship with Kevin-but complications arise when another friend, Gunnar, unwittingly sets Russel up with an aggressive girl. Then Russel learns that one of his best friends is bisexual and they form a small support group (called the Geography Club as a cover, since "no high school students in their right minds would ever join that"). The story starts out strong, when Russel meets a jock from his school, Kevin, in a gay chat room their tentative decision to meet and their awkward initial conversation convincingly portray the conflict of wanting to reach out yet being afraid of being found out. A closeted gay high school sophomore narrates Hartinger's uneven yet realistic first novel.
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