If I Told You So
Publisher
Kensington
Publication Year
2012
ISBN
9780758279996
Pages
256 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Sean Jackson is sixteen and his choice is either to take a landscaping job in Georgia with his father, or to stay in his small New Hampshire hometown and take a job at the local ice cream shop. He stays home and deals with the pressures of a young man who struggles with trying to tell his father that he is gay.
Grade Level
9-12
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Divorce; Gay/Lesbian; divorced parents; co-parenting; homosexual; gay teenager; same sex relationship
Main Character
boy
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
divorced parents
LGBTQ+
male/male
Awards
Rainbow List, 2013 Young Adult/ Crossover Fiction
Keywords
dating; summer; New Hampshire; gay-straight alliance; ice cream shop; coming out
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Woodward, Timothy, "If I Told You So" (2012). Diverse Families. 1366.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1366