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Store Events - February 1, 5:30 p.m.
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Time: Friday, February 1, 2008 5:30 p.m.
Location: Giovanni's Room
Title of Event: A Reading with David Levithan
David is the author of books for young adults. His new one is How They Met and Other Stories (Random House, $16.99 hb, less 10% in-store discount).Just in time for Valentine's Day comes a confection from David Levithan that is sure to appeal to fans of Boy Meets Boy. Here are 18 stories, all about love, and about all kinds of love. From the aching for the one you pine for, to standing up and speaking up for the one you love, to pure joy and happiness, these love stories run the gamut of that emotion that at some point has turned every one of us inside out and upside down. What is love? With this original story collection David Levithan proves that love is a many-splendored thing, a varied, complicated, addictive, wonderful thing.
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How They Met, and Other Stories
by
Levithan, David
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$16.99
Published: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2008
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
See all editions of this title.
Just in time for Valentine's Day comes a confection from David Levithan that is sure to appeal to fans of Boy Meets Boy. Here are 18 stories, all about love, and about all kinds of love. From the aching for the one you pine for, to standing up and speaking up for the one you love, to pure joy and happiness, these love stories run the gamut of that emotion that at some point has turned every one of us inside out and upside down. What is love? With this original story collection David Levithan proves that love is a many splendored thing, a varied, complicated, addictive, wonderful thing.
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Boy Meets Boy
by
Levithan, David
Format: Trade Paperback
Price:
$8.95
Published: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2005
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
See all editions of this title.
This is the story of Paul, a sophomore at a high school like no other: The cheerleaders ride Harleys, the homecoming queen used to be a guy named Daryl (she now prefers Infinite Darlene and is also the star quarterback), and the gay-straight alliance was formed to help the straight kids learn how to dance.
When Paul meets Noah, he thinks he's found the one his heart is made for. Until he blows it. The school bookie says the odds are 12-to-1 against him getting Noah back, but Paul's not giving up without playing his love really loud. His best friend Joni might be drifting away, his other best friend Tony might be dealing with ultra-religious parents, and his ex-boyfriend Kyle might not be going away anytime soon, but sometimes everything needs to fall apart before it can really fit together right.
This is a happy-meaningful romantic comedy about finding love, losing love, and doing what it takes to get love back in a crazy-wonderful world. "From the Hardcover edition."
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The Realm of Possibility
by
Levithan, David
Format: Trade Paperback
Price:
$8.95
Published: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2006
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
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"Here's what I know about the realm of possibility--
it is always expanding, it is never what you think
it is. Everything around us was once deemed
impossible. From the airplane overhead to
the phones in our pockets to the choir girl
putting her arm around the metalhead.
As hard as it is for us to see sometimes, we all exist
within the realm of possibility. Most of the limits
are of our own world's devising. And yet,
every day we each do so many things
that were once impossible to us.
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Enter "The Realm of Possibility" and meet a boy whose girlfriend is in love with Holden Caulfield; a girl who loves the boy who wears all black; a boy with the perfect body; and a girl who writes love songs for a girl she can't have.
These are just a few of the captivating characters readers will get to know in this intensely heartfelt new novel about those ever-changing moments of love and heartbreak that go hand-in-hand with high school. David Levithan plumbs the depths of teenage emotion to create an amazing array of voices that readers won't forget. So, enter their lives and prepare to welcome the realm of possibility open to us all. Love, joy, and these stories will linger. "From the Hardcover edition."
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Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List
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Levithan, David,
Cohn, Rachel
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$16.99
Published: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2007
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
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NAOMI AND ELY ARE BEST FRIENDS. Naomi loves and is "in "love with Ely, and Ely loves Naomi, but prefers to be "in "love with boys. So they create their "No Kiss List" of people neither of them is allowed to kiss. And this works fine - until Bruce. Bruce is Naomi's boyfriend, so there's no reason to put him on the List. But Ely "kissed "Bruce even though he is boring. The result: a rift of universal proportions and the potential end of "Naomi and Ely: the institution." Can these best friends come back together again?
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Wide Awake
by
Levithan, David
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$16.95
Published: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
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In the not-too-impossible-to-imagine future, a gay Jewish man has been elected president of the United States. Until the governor of one state decides that some election results in his state are invalid, awarding crucial votes to the other candidate, and his fellow party member. Thus is the inspiration for couple Jimmy and Duncan to lend their support to their candidate by deciding to take part in the rallies and protests. Along the way comes an exploration of their relationship, their politics, and their country, and sometimes, as they learn, it's more about the journey than it is about reaching the destination.
Only David Levithan could so masterfully and creatively weave together a plot that's both parts political action and reaction, as well as a touching and insightfully-drawn teen love story.
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The Full Spectrum: A New Generation of Writing about Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Other Identities
by
Levithan, David,
Merrell, Billy
Format: Trade Paperback
Price:
$9.95
Published: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2006
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
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Teens are more aware of sexuality and identity than ever, and they're looking for answers and insights, as well as a community of others. In order to help create that community, YA authors David Levithan and Billy Merrell have collected original poems, essays, and stories by young adults in their teens and early 20s. "The Full Spectrum "includes a variety of writers--gay, lesbian, bisexual, straight, transitioning, and questioning--on a variety of subjects: coming out, family, friendship, religion/faith, first kisses, break-ups, and many others.
This one of a kind collection will, perhaps, help all readers see themselves and the world around them in ways they might never have imagined. We have partnered with the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) and a portion of the proceeds from this book will be donated to them.
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