Awake
AWAKE is a collection of four novellas about teens: one each gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender, each contributed by a different author. Proceeds will benefit The Trevor Project, an organization dedicated to ending suicide among LGBTQ youth. A Line in the Sand is my contribution.
A Line In The Sand
What could have been just another summer vacation on Hilton Head Island for 15-year-old, out-and-proud Dustin Hamilton takes turn after turn as his infatuation for the exotic Randy Aziz spins him in different directions. Dustin's clear but unspoken challenge to Randy, "Come out of the closet for me, just for a week," receives first a tentative and then a joyful "Yes!" from Randy.
The boys spend days, and a very special evening, on the beach together, learning that their lives are similar in some surprising ways. But coming out takes Randy in a direction that isn’t quite what Dustin hoped for. It's a summer the boys—and their families—will never forget.
Praise for Awake
Awake is an anthology I couldn't put down. The foreword alone makes me weep with joy. As a young adult author who works with teens across the country, I am ecstatic that so many of my young friends will have in Awake a book that mirrors who they are. The writing from these four stellar authors is fresh and poignant, and it ripped at my heart. I think reading reading Awake should be a requirement for every middle school/high school student in this country, because through understanding comes acceptance.
Beckie Weinhiemer, author of Converting Kate
