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Original Title:	Wide Awake
ISBN:	0375834664 (ISBN13: 9780375834660)
Edition Language:	English

Wide Awake

David Levithan

Hardcover | Pages: 221 pages

Rating: 3.72 | 3887 Users | 352 Reviews

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Title	:	Wide Awake
Author	:	David Levithan
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 221 pages
Published	:	September 12th 2006 by Knopf Books for Young Readers
Categories	:	Young Adult. LGBT. Fiction. Politics. GLBT. Queer. Contemporary. Romance

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I can't believe there's going to be a gay Jewish president.

As my mother said this, she looked at my father, who was still staring at the screen. They were shocked, barely comprehending.

Me? I sat there and beamed.

Everything seems to be going right in Duncan's life: The candidate he's been supporting for president has just won the election. Duncan's boyfriend, Jimmy, is with him to celebrate. Love and kindness appear to have won the day.

But all too quickly, things start to go wrong. The election is called into question... and Duncan and Jimmy's relationship is called into question, too. Suddenly Duncan has to decide what he's willing to risk for something he believes in... and how far he's willing to go to hold on to the people we hold dear.

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Ratings: 3.72 From 3887 Users | 352 Reviews

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I'm not in the mood to continue reading this right now and I hate having it as "currently-reading" on my main page because there's too many books and I get stressed, so I'm shelving as "abandoned" for now.

3.75 stars. Wide Awake is a novel about America's first gay Jewish President and how Jimmy and Duncan, along with a thousand others, became a part of a huge historical event.Quick and easy to read. I liked the plot-- simple but unique and interesting enough, for me. I also liked the mix of politics and all those political speeches from different characters in the novel. One minor character in the novel also stood out for me--- namely, Sue. He had a very minor part in the novel but he was

Can it be historical fiction if it's set in a fictional future? Because this book is all about making history...in the future. When a gay Jewish man becomes president. You know, when that happens. Someday. Maybe. Possibly...This was not my favorite Levithan and I've been trying to work out why this book didn't sear into my soul like his other books. (Alright, maybe not my soul, but definitely into my beneath the surface emotions. Definitely there.)I think it's because this book felt like a

did i love the experience of reading this book? no not really. am i glad the story exists and does it feel alarmingly relevant currently? 1000% yes. ultimately i didnt love the story, but i loved the characters and the underlying themes.

What happens to good book ideas when they go bad? If you are a respected author/editor like David Levithan, they get published anyway. I really wanted to like this book. I'm from Kansas and I'm reasonably liberal, so a book based on the premise that in the future a Gay man or a Jewish man (or a combo) can run on a ticket with a Black/Latina/Lesbian for the President of the US is something that I thought I would enjoy. Unfortunately, Levithan got carried away with himself and his cleverness.

David Levithan was recommended to me as an author who could write about homosexuality front and center and give it a happy ending. But this book was not really what I was looking for. It was an interesting journal of a political movement, but honestly, it was really a one note samba. It definitely wanted to give a positive message, but the nuance it had in the beginning was swept away as Duncan joined the protest.In the end, the only thing i found convincing about the book was the relationships.

David Levithan's future is the first one I've read I would actually want to live in! I treasure his optimism. An America that again merits the name of democracy--equal justice for all--would be worth fighting to achieve. Instead we have our political reality in all its intolerance and ugliness. A book about the President stealing the election via shenanigans with the electoral college, while losing the popular vote, is all too familiar. But politics is just one aspect of the story--there's also