Getting It
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Publication Year
2006
ISBN
9781416908968
Pages
224 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Hoping to impress a sexy female classmate, fifteen-year-old Carlos secretly hires gay student Sal to give him an image makeover, in exchange for Carlos's help in forming a Gay-Straight Alliance at their Texas high school.
Grade Level
6-8; 9-12
Diversity Topics
LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Gay/Lesbian; gay; gay teenager
Main Character
male teenager
Race/Ethnicities
Latinx
Family Formation
mother
LGBTQ+
gay male
Awards
Booklist Book Review Stars, 2006
Booklist Top 10 Romance Fiction for Youth, 2007
Booklist Top 10 Youth Romances, 2007
Rainbow List, 2008 Young Adult Fiction
Senior High Core Collection Supplement to the Seventeenth Edition 2008, 2008
Keywords
high school; makeover; Queer Eye; Gay-Straight Alliance; fashion; haircut; identity; Texas; hooking up; principal
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Sanchez, Alex, "Getting It" (2006). Diverse Families. 1978.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1978