Jack Paterno is a straight-A student living in Detroit, with his own car, and everything a seventh-grader could ask for. The only thing he has in common with foul-mouthed Brad Drayton is that they are both in the school band... or maybe it’s not all. Both boys are discovering that having lots of girl friends – rather than girlfriends – is getting them labelled fags. But Jack’s no fag. Is he? As Jack and Brad make their way through school, their friendship grows deeper and more complicated.
432 pages,  paperback