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Absolutely, Positively Not
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Publication Year
2005
ISBN
9780439591096
Pages
224 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Steven's a 16-year-old boy with two obsessions: sex and getting his driving license. The problem is, Steven's not thinking girls when he's thinking sex. Could he be -- don't say it -- gay? Steven sets out to get in touch with his inner he-man with Healthy Heterosexual Strategies such as "Start Hanging Out with the Guys," and "Begin Intensive Dating." But are Steven's tactics going to straighten him out, or leave him all twisted up?
Grade Level
6-8; 9-12
Lexile Measure
730L
Diversity Topics
LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Gay/Lesbian; gay; gay teenager
Main Character
male teenager
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
mother and father
LGBTQ+
gay male
Awards
Sid Fleischman Humor Award, 2005, Winner
Images of Community: Selected Books for Children and Young Adult, 2011 Reaching Out: Finding and Creating Community (Fiction)
Booklist Book Review Stars, 2005
Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2005 Older Readers
Booklist Top 10 First Novels for Youth, 2005
Choices, 2006 Fiction Young Adult
Gay and Lesbian Themes and Topics in Selected Children's and Young Adult Books, 2009 GLBTQ Children and Teens: Fiction
Middle and Junior High School Library Catalog, Supplement to the Ninth Edition, 2006
Rainbow List, 2008 Middle Early Young Adult Fiction
Senior High Core Collection, Seventeenth Edition, 2007
Senior High School Library Catalog, Sixteenth Edition, 2006 Supplement, 2006
Thickskinned, Thinskinned, The Skin I'm In: Books about Bullying, Teasing, Relational Aggression and School Violence, 2013 Being Different (Grades 9 - 12)
YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2006
Young Adults' Choices, 2007
Keywords
Minnesota; high school; square dancing; driver's license; denial; dating; hockey; internal war; coming out
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
LaRochelle, David, "Absolutely, Positively Not" (2005). Diverse Families. 1969.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1969