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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. 241 pages. Cover worn 12-year-old Billy loves food and Lost i n Space. As the only son on a remote farm in New Zealand, he's fo rced into farm chores that aren't just abhorrent, but that leave him little time to indulge his theatrical bent. He gets by with t he help of his tomboy cousin Lou and a rich fantasy life. The arr ival of two outsiders -- the freaky, pimply Roy and the sexy Davi d Cassidy look-alike Jamie -- changes everything. Billy is drawn to both Roy and Jamie, testing his friendships and loyalties in t he process. Funny and engaging, this tale of a gay awakening reso nates with anyone who endured an awkward adolescence. Billy strug gles with his sexual identity, but also with his weight, in achin gly familiar attempts to diet and camouflage his girth. Capturing the period when the adult world begins to impinge on the child's , the book narrates the agonies of early adolescence with wit and tenderness. Seller Inventory # 1393c