Thinking Straight

I know God doesn't make mistakes and if I'm gay it's because that's what he wanted. What you wanted. And I think the challenge is to get everyone else to see that. This is their test not mine. <P> If only Taylor Adams had kept on lying to his parents none of this would have happened. He wouldn't have been shipped off to Straight to God an institution devoted to deprogramming troubled teenagers and ridding them of their vices--whether it's drugs violence or in Taylor's case other boys. Not that Taylor has a problem with being gay or with reconciling his love for God with his love for his boyfriend Will. . .<P> At Straight to God such thoughts--along with all other reminders of Taylor's former sinful life--are forbidden. Every movement is monitored privacy is impossible and no one--from staff to residents--is quite who they first appear to be. There's Charles Taylor's clean-cut roommate desperate to leave his past behind. . .Nate Devlin a handsome inscrutable older boy who's alternately arrogant and kind. . . gorgeous secretive Sean who returns to Straight to God each year to avoid doing prison time for drugs. Here where piety can be a mask for cruelty and the greatest crimes go unpunished Taylor will learn more than he ever dreamed about love courage rebellion and betrayal--but the most surprising lessons will be the truths he uncovers about himself. <P> In this smart insightful new novel Robin Reardon presents a compelling exploration of the journey from boy to man and a testament to the strength that comes with accepting both who we are and who we love. . . <P>