The God Box (2007), a novel by Alex Sánchez, focuses on the conflict and friendship between two Christian teenage boys, one openly gay and the other struggling to accept his sexuality.

It was adapted into a play in 2009 which had its world premiere performance at Sacred Heart Preparatory in Atherton, CA.

So he continues to live a seemingly perfect heterosexual life by dating his girlfriend Angie, and being very active in their local church community.

Paul is later shocked when he learns that Manuel was attacked up by two of their male classmates while walking home from the movie, and is now in a coma.

The story ends with Paul deciding to defer his first year of college in order to help with Manuel's physical therapy, and the two going to prom together with the school's newly-formed GSA.