David Levithan

Today's post is all about books (again), but this time I would like to focus on a specific author rather than just some random books I have read. This author's name is David Levithan, and he is a writer of lgbt books, among others.

David Levithan was born in 1972 in The US, and published his first work Boy Meets Boy in 2003. Boy Meets Boy is a book about this young teenager, Paul, who is openly gay and has basically been so since Kindergarten. He bumps into this boy, Noah, and it seems like love at first sight. Boy Meets Boy is a classic "boy meets boy, boy loses boy, boy gets boy" story, and it is cute yet serious. Even though Paul lives in a very accepting town, the book also handles hate and homophobia, especially within religion. This is done through the character Tony, who is one of Paul's gay friends. Tony has very religious parents, who believe that being gay is a sin. Tony's life is therefore in vast contrast with Paul's. Boy Meets Boy is a very important novel, as not only gay people are portrayed, but also bisexuals, transgenders and drag-queens. I personally think everyone would benefit from reading Boy Meets Boy, no matter if you are just curious, questioning, know your "label" or just want to support lgbt's. The book is also quite a light read, as it only has 185 pages.
Buy the book here: https://www.bookdepository.com/Boy-Meets-Boy-David-Levithan/9780375832994?ref=grid-view&qid=1519315990828&sr=1-1

Other than Boy Meets Boy, David Levithan has written several other lgbt novels as well. He co-wrote Will Grayson, Will Grayson with John Green, and also wrote Two Boys Kissing.

David Levithan is, in my opinion, a very skilful writer, and he deserves more recognition for his work.