Out of the pocket

Resource Information

The work Out of the pocket represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Coweta Public Library System. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

Out of the pocket

Statement of responsibility

Bill Konigsberg

Creator

• trueKonigsberg, Bill

Subject

• Gay teenagers -- Fiction
• trueLGBTQIA fiction
• Homosexuality -- Fiction
• trueRealistic fiction
• trueChildren of people with cancer
• Football -- Fiction
• trueInterpersonal relations
• trueSouthern California
• trueGay teenagers
• trueComing out (Sexual or gender identity)
• trueFootball players
• High schools -- Fiction
• trueSecrets
• trueHigh school students
• trueSports
• trueHigh schools
• trueFootball
• California, Southern -- Fiction
• Young adult material
• trueHomosexuality

Genre

• Fiction
• trueRealistic fiction
• trueLGBTQIA fiction

Language

eng

Summary

As Bobby Framingham, quarterback of his high school football team, finally acknowledges to himself that he is gay, events start to spin out of control when his sexual orientation is revealed in the student newspaper and then in the local press, and he learns that his father has cancer

Theme

• trueComing out experiences

Storyline

• trueOwn voices
• trueCharacter-driven

Tone

• trueThought-provoking
• trueAmusing
• trueInspiring

Writing style

• trueThoughtful

Character

• trueLikeable
• trueAuthentic
• trueLGBTQIA diverse

Award

• Lambda Literary Award for Young Adult/Children, 2008.
• Rainbow List, 2009.

Awards note

Lambda Literary Awards, 2009: LGBT Children's/Young Adult.

Cataloging source

DLC

Index

no index present

Intended audience

• HL
• 710

Intended audience source

Lexile

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

710

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 9
• 12

Target audience

adolescent