Boy Meets Boy Analysis

In an interview with the American Library Association, David Levithan said that Boy Meets Boy was "about creating an ideal town (situated next to a less than ideal town)." He didn't give either tow...

Boy Meets Boy is Paul's story, and he's telling it to us. Hanging out with Paul on the page is a lot like hanging out with him in a diner late at night: we get the intimate details straight from th...

Boy Meets Boy is a story about teenagers as told by a teenager, which places it squarely in the young adult lit category. Adding to its YA status is the fact that it won the Lambda Literary Award f...

There's an old saying you may have heard: You catch more flies with honey than vinegar. Boy Meets Boy may be a lighthearted love story, but it's actually pretty subversive in its portrayal of gay t...

Remember the incredibly sweet scene in Boy Meets Boy when Paul makes a list of one hundred beautiful words, writes them on a scroll, and puts the scroll in Noah's locker? We have a feeling that's t...

The title's pretty literal here: Boy Meets Boy is a book in which two boys meet. It's also a reference to a classic, well-worn plotline you'll see if you watch TV or movies for, like, a night: boy...

Next time you're sick of the universe and everyone in it (it's okay, it happens to the best of us), read the last chapter of Boy Meets Boy—it's only two pages long, and it will remind you why fri...

Boy Meets Boy is super delightful, with a funny narrator, likable characters, and the kind of daily drama to which most high-schoolers can relate. In order to show an ideal world of LGBT acceptance...

Boy Meets, Uh, BoyOne fateful night somewhere in the NYC 'burbs, a boy named Paul goes to a bookstore to hear a friend DJ. He starts dancing, knocks some books off a shelf, and a cute newcomer n...

The chapter "Meet Me at the Cemetery Gates" is named after a Smiths song called—you guessed it—Cemetery Gates. (Source.) During the week, David Levithan is the founding editor of PUSH, an impri...

The steamiest thing that happens in Boy Meets Boy is kissing—Paul kisses Noah and Kyle (not at the same time); Joni kisses Chuck. Besides smooches, Paul and Noah spend a lot of time holding hands...

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