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David Levithan is known and loved for his controversial books, be it about gay teen relationships or 9/11 or difficult families. He's not afraid to go where other writers may be afraid to put their voice. He knows his voice: he is confident in his voice and it makes the writing shine. As a gay man, living in New Jersey and working in New York, Levithan knows what he's talking about. There's no guesswork with the emotions of his characters because he has been there. He has been a gay teenager in high school so his characters are the real deal. They are raw and convincing, sad and sweet, anonymous and loved.

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Everything is possible in "The Realm of Possibility." Boys love boys. Girls love girls. Boys and girls love each other, or maybe nobody at all. But they all have a story to tell, something to say, and it all matters.

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Five sections. Each holds five stories. Each is told by a different character in a different way. Most of the book is written as prose in verse: it looks like a poem but it reads like a story. Some are one long poem, some are ten short ones, some are only a few lines long. But each one is necessary for the story. Like chapters in a book, each person's view is needed for the tale, a tale of teenage relationships in one high school.

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Award: Lambda Literary Award for Children's/Young Adult

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Award: Lambda Literary Award for Children's/Young Adult

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Books by David Leviathan include:
Charlie's Angles
Wide Awake
Boy meets Boy
Dash and Lily

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David Levithan is an American young adult fiction author and editor. His first book, Boy Meets Boy, was published by Knopf Books for Young Readers in 2003. He has written numerous works featuring strong male gay characters, most notably Boy Meets Boy and Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List.

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David Levithan is an American young adult fiction author and editor. His first book, Boy Meets Boy, was published by Knopf Books for Young Readers in 2003. He has written numerous works featuring strong male gay characters, most notably Boy Meets Boy and Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List.

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The Realm of Possibility is a 2004 young adult novel by David Levithan. Presented as a "collection of interrelated monologues written in free verse," it tells the individual stories of twenty teenagers struggling with high school angst and adolescent life.

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Genre:

Young Adult

Published:

August 10th 2004

Pages:

210

Est. Read Time:

3 hours

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Genre - Young adult fiction is a category of fiction written for readers from 12 to 18 years of age

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Daniel is a Freshman. He is neighbors with Pete. He started dating Jed in their junior year. Together they smoke a pack of cigarettes over time as a means of bonding. He went trick-or-treating with Anne one year as Charlie Chaplin.

Mary is an anorexic girl though she eventually asks Pete for help. She is friends with Elizabeth and tentatively starting a relationship with Pete.

Diana had a strong crush on Elizabeth for a long time. She and Megan began dating after she moved on. She is a singer and songwriter, and is friends with Alice.

Megan had a strong crush on Diana for a long time. They began dating after Diana moved on from Elizabeth. She is also good friends with Zack.

Chapter Two[edit]

Tyler is dating Jill, though he is frustrated by her obsession with Holden Caulfield.

Anton is an introverted metalhead. He is looked at as a "goth' for wearing all black. He accepts Gail's invitation to attend church with her and eventually falls for her.

Gail is part of a trio of girls (the other members being Lanie and Tracy) who are passionate about the gospel and gospel music.

Jill is a swinger. She previously had an affair with Cara's (now ex-) boyfriend Roger. She is currently involved with Tyler and is obsessed with Holden Caulfield.

Chapter Three[edit]

Anne is friends with Daniel and is dating Zack. They have a sexually active relationship. When she was twelve, she aspired to be like her favorite author, Anne Frank.

Jamie is Zack's brother. He is older by three years. He was recently dumped by Tegan. He is friends with Sam, Karen, Daniel, and Jed.

Pete is a member of the school football team. He works out obsessively. His best friend is John. He used to be friends with Daniel, but they had a conflict of interests. He is pursuing a relationship with Mary.

Clara Barger is the daughter of a former drug user who now has a fatal illness, presumably cancer. She seeks out Jed to find out where to get some marijuana and is directed to Toby. He sells her some and she gives it to her mother.

Chapter Four[edit]

Charlotte Marshall is a goth girl who expresses herself by writing on empty surfaces.

Elizabeth is a girl struggling with other people's high expectations of her. These expectations were caused by her sister, who went off to college the year Elizabeth entered high school. Elizabeth starts to be interested in Andy Reilly, and when Cara implicates that she will leave him like her sister left his older brother Mike, Elizabeth loses her temper and hits Cara with an orange lunch tray.

Cara Segal is a self-described "🤬" who prefers to give people the painful truth. She is friends with Amber and Liza. She finds herself heavily affected by the words Charlotte writes everywhere.

Lia is the daughter of a Korean grocer. She is friends with Clara and Jed. She has flirted with Michael, who is Korean, and Simon, who is not. She falls in love with the delivery boy who makes deliveries to their house in the early morning.

Chapter Five[edit]

Zack is in a sexually active relationship with Anne. He is three years younger than his older brother Jamie and good friends with Megan; he takes Megan to a sex shop using a fake ID.

Karen is a serial monogamist who allegedly has not been single since "Greg Foster in fourth grade".

Lily is close friends with Jed. They use long, zany words and do wacky things together.

Jed is a senior who started dating Daniel in their junior year. Together they smoke a pack of cigarettes over time as a means of bonding. On their one-year anniversary Jed gives Daniel a claddagh ring.

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