'It's a certain type of magic that Helene Dunbar managed with this story. A painful but ultimately empowering queer history lesson.'-Kirkus Reviews

'Dunbar painstakingly populates the narrative with 1980s references-particularly to music-creating a vivid historical setting. Readers who want stories centering gay boys coming of age Parents and educators looking for realistic historical fiction for teens Fans of Becky Albertalli, Adam Silvera, and Stephen ChboskyPraise for We Are Lost and Found: And Michael has to decide what he's willing to risk to be himself. A boy who, unlike seemingly everyone else in New York City, is interested in him and not James. Then he meets Gabriel, a boy who actually sees him.

To pass the time before graduation, Michael hangs out at The Echo where he can dance and forget about his father's angry words, the pressures of school, and the looming threat of AIDS, a disease that everyone is talking about, but no one understands. Plus, his brother, Connor, has already been kicked out of the house for being gay and laying low seems to be Michael's only chance at avoiding the same fate. Michael is content to live in the shadow of his best friends, James and Becky.

Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.From 'the queen of heartbreaking prose' (Paste) Helene Dunbar, We Are Lost and Found is a young adult realistic fiction novel in the vein of The Perks of Being a Wallflower about three friends coming-of-age against the backdrop of the AIDS crisis in the early 1980s. In the tradition of The Perks of Being a Wallflower comes a story about choosing your path and finding the courage to be yourself in the face of fears. Age range 14+ A poignant, heartbreaking, and uplifting, story in the tradition of The Perks of Being a Wallflower about three friends coming-of-age in the early 1980s as they struggle to forge their own paths in the face of fear of the unknown.

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