Rainbow Road, Alex Sanchez
Rainbow Road, Alex Sanchez
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Rainbow Road

Author: Alex Sanchez

Narrator: Alston Brown

Unabridged: 7 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/01/2012

Synopsis

Jason Carrillo came out to his basketball team senior year and lost his university scholarship. Now, with graduation behind him and summer ending, he's asked to speak at the opening of a gay and lesbian high school across the country. But after spending years in the closet and losing his scholarship dream, what message can he offer? Kyle Meeks is getting ready to go to Princeton in the fall and trying to see as much as possible of his boyfriend Jason before they have to separate. When Jason tells him about his speaking invitation, Kyle jumps at the chance to drive across country with him. Yet he can't help worrying: Will their romance survive two weeks crammed together in a car?Nelson Glassman is happy his best friend Kyle has found love with Jason. Now he's looking for his own true love and hopes he might find his soul mate during the road trip. But will being the "third wheel" in a trio ruin his friendships with Kyle and Jason? During an eye-opening postgraduation summer road trip, each of the three very different boys also embarks on a personal journey across a landscape of love, sexuality, homophobia, and, above all, friendship.

About Alex Sanchez

Alex Sanchez spent almost fifteen years working with youth. He is the author of the teen novels Boyfriends with Girlfriends, Bait, The God Box, Getting It, Rainbow Boys, Rainbow High, and Rainbow Road, as well as the Lambda Award–winning middle-grade novel So Hard to Say. Lambda Literary Foundation honored Alex with an Outstanding Mid-Career Novelists’ Prize. He lives in Thailand and Hollywood, Florida.

About Alston Brown

Alston Brown is an actor and writer, currently enrolled as an MFA candidate in the Brown University / Trinity Repertory Company’s acting program. He has worked extensively in theater in New York and regionally, including workshops of the Broadway play Next Fall and at the Sundance Institute, and appeared in the film Observe and Report. Alston lives in Providence, Rhode Island.

Reviews

Goodreads review by kornel on April 03, 2010

I've learned a lot from this book. Mainly that There musn't exist hatred toward GLBT people.They surely have feelings that Must be respected.They go through an eternal Hell to be more unsulted. we are not sick, that's just how we are born. I'm Bisexual. And so I do know the pain of such circumstance......more

Goodreads review by Mike on June 22, 2019

I’m exhausted What a road trip. I could relate to Jason the most as he dealt with annoying Nelson. But by the end, like Jason, I’ll miss getting bothered by Nelson. Great characters and the writing kept me turning the pages to see how this disaster ends. 3.75 for WWJD......more

Goodreads review by Menglong on June 21, 2015

I felt delighted and depressed at the same time after I finished the last book of the series. Feeling delighted because the series is very encouraging and gives me a lot of unexpected ideas to use whenever I have to support and defend my gay friends and my godbrother; feeling sad because in the last......more

Goodreads review by Readasaurus on June 03, 2023

Well, I thought this book would have a conclusion and answer some questions left hanging from book 2. Unfortunately it presented even more questions lol. It was basically just them going on a road trip adventure. Not much of a conclusion to the series......more

Goodreads review by Cassandra on May 07, 2022

These boys are idiotic goons but they're my idiotic goons. I loved getting to reread this trilogy so many years later. It gave me nostalgia for riffling through the shelves of libraries for books labeled 'older teens' and 'LGBT' (Anyone else remember LGBT before it had the 'Q?') and the kind librari......more

Quotes

“YAs who have been following the series will be delighted to read this conclusion to the adventures of this trio. While the writing is not especially polished, the characters are appealing, their feelings are realistically portrayed, and the tone is supportive and hopeful. This might be a controversial book in some libraries, but it will also be an important book for readers looking for a sympathetic and empathetic portrayal of gay teens. Recommended for senior high school students, advanced students, and adults.” Kliatt

“Fans of the trilogy will adore this final installment. A little sex might make this a not-for-everyone experience, but it’s a perfect feel-good read for gay teens.” Kirkus Reviews

“Fans of Sanchez’s first two Rainbow novels will certainly want to read this one.” Booklist

Awards

  • Lambda Literary Award
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