The coming-of-age story centers on 13-year-old Robin MacKenzie, who discovers that he is unlike most other adolescent males.

The book became a San Francisco Chronicle bestseller and won the Lambda Literary Award.

13-year-old Robin MacKenzie is caught in a triangular relationship with next-door neighbor Todd Spicer and classmate Scott Schatz.

Robin further forms a close bond with fellow freshman Scott Schatz, whose father is physically abusive.

Robin learns that, two years earlier, Todd and Scott were involved in a sexual relationship.