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    Destination Unknown
    Destination Unknown
    Destination Unknown
    Audiobook8 hours

    Destination Unknown

    Written by Bill Konigsberg

    Narrated by Pete Cross

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    From Stonewall Award winner Bill Konigsberg, a remarkable, funny, sexy, heartbreaking story of two teen boys finding each other in New York City at the height of the AIDS epidemic.

    The first thing I noticed about C.J. Gorman was his plexiglass bra.So begins Destination Unknown -- it's 1987 in New York City, and Micah is at a dance club, trying to pretend he's more out and outgoing than he really is. C.J. isn't just out -- he’s complete out there, and Micah can't help but be both attracted to and afraid of someone who travels so loudly and proudly through the night.A connection occurs. Is it friendship? Romance? Is C.J. the one with all the answers... or does Micah bring more to the relationship that it first seems? As their lives become more and more entangled in the AIDS epidemic that’s laying waste to their community, and the AIDS activism that will ultimately bring a strong voice to their demands, whatever Micah and C.J. have between them will be tested, strained, pushed, and pulled -- but it will also be a lifeline in a time of death, a bond that will determine the course of their futures.In Destination Unknown, Bill Konigsberg returns to a time he knew well as a teenager to tell a story of identity, connection, community, and survival.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherScholastic Audio Books
    Release dateSep 6, 2022
    ISBN9781338852554
    Destination Unknown
    Author

    Bill Konigsberg

    Bill Konigsberg is from New York City. Konigsberg was a sports writer and editor for years, earning a GLAAD Media Award for his ESPN column Sports World Still a Struggle for Gays. He won the Lambda Literary Award in 2007 for his first novel, Out of the Pocket. Konigsberg lives in Arizona with his husband, who is clearly too good for him, and their dogs, Mabel & Buford.

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      This is one of the most YA powerful books I’ve ever listened to. I grew up in the same time period and the attitudes towards the AIDS epidemic is spot on. As a heterosexual female attending private high school, the fear of the disease was overwhelming. As I reflect back, I realize how badly gay men were ostracized and feel ashamed. I am so glad young people today are more free to be who they are, and that people realize love is love. Thank you Bill for writing this important book for all of us, young, old, straight, gay, bisexual and all other orientations.