Anything Could Happen
Publisher
PUSH
Publication Year
2015
ISBN
9780545709545
Pages
288 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Tretch lives in a small town where everybody's in everybody else's business. He's in love with his straight best friend, Matt, and Matt is completely oblivious to the way Tretch feels. Meanwhile, Tretch's family has no idea who he really is, and the girl at the local bookstore has no clue how off-base her crush on him is.
Grade Level
6-8; 9-12
Lexile Measure
HL650L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Disability and Health; Family member death; Gay/Lesbian; Illness; death of an uncle; terminal illness; gay; gay child; gay teenager; gay parents; cancer
Main Character
male teenager
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
mother and father; two fathers
LGBTQ+
gay male
Awards
Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize, 2016, Finalist, The Poppy's Pants Young Adult Prize
Rainbow List, 2016 Young Adult Fiction
Lambda Literary Award, 2016, Finalist, LGBT Children's/Young Adult
Keywords
crush; reading; coming out; dancing; moving; friendship; depression; family; holidays; bullying
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Walton, Will, "Anything Could Happen" (2015). Diverse Families. 1499.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1499