Description
Itโs 1989 in New York City, and for three teens, the world is changing.Reza is an Iranian boy who has just moved to the city with his mother to live with his stepfather and stepbrother. Heโs terrified that someone will guess the truth he can barely acknowledge about himself. Reza knows heโs gay, but all he knows of gay life are the mediaโs images of men dying of AIDS.
Judy is an aspiring fashion designer who worships her uncle Stephen, a gay man with AIDS who devotes his time to activism as a member of ACT UP. Judy has never imagined finding romance... until she falls for Reza and they start dating.
Art is Judyโs best friend, their schoolโs only out and proud teen. Heโll never be who his conservative parents want him to be, so he rebels by documenting the AIDS crisis through his photographs.
As Reza and Art grow closer, Reza struggles to find a way out of his deception that wonโt break Judyโs heart โ and destroy the most meaningful friendship heโs ever known. ISBN:9780062839374