OLDER FICTION
(4) YA Orca Soundings series. Derek, seventeen, overweight, a high school dropout who doesn't get along with his gruff dad, is struggling to come out. A new job as an attendant in a nursing home helps him come to terms with himself and his relationship with an online boyfriend. Though it sometimes slips into melodrama, the story effectively displays Derek's angst.

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