![]() ![]() Rafe finds a best friend and potential boyfriend called Ben. Rafe relishes in being allowed to be a jock and being treated normally in the locker room. In an attempt to live a life without labels, Rafe is immediately taken in by the jocks for his soccer abilities. When Rafe switches to a private all boys high school in Natick, he decides to hide the fact that he is gay, hoping to find a new identity as just Rafe and not just ‘that gay kid’. The novel has been translated into German, Vietnamese, and Portuguese. When he switches to a private all boys high school across the country in Massachusetts he decides to hide his sexuality from his new classmates. The coming-of-age story focuses on high school junior Rafe who has been openly gay since he was in the eighth grade. Openly Straight is a 2013 young adult novel and the second book by American author Bill Konigsberg. Print ( hardcover and paperback), e-book, audiobook ![]()
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