

Title
Totally Joe
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages
189 pages
Publication Year
2005
ISBN
9780689839573
Genre
realism
Topic
LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Homosexuality; gay child; same-sex relationship
Annotation
As a school assignment, a thirteen-year-old boy writes an alphabiography--life from A to Z--and explores issues of friendship, family, school, and the challenges of being a gay teenager.
Grade Level
6-8
Family Formation
mother and father
Main Character
boy
Diversity Impact
direct
LGBTQ+
male/male
Keywords
schools; friendship; families; schools; acceptance; bullying
Item Type
Fiction
Format
novel
STARS Citation
Howe, James, "Totally Joe" (2005). DIVerse Families. 215.
http://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/215