Alex Sanchez

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born

April 01, 1957 in Mexico City, Mexico

gender

male

website

http://www.alexsanchez.com/

genre

Young Adult, Gay & Lesbian

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Alex Sanchez is the author of the Rainbow Boys trilogy of teen novels, along with The God Box, Getting It, and the Lambda Award-winning middle-grade novel So Hard to Say. His novel, Bait, won the 2009 Florida Book Award Gold Medal for YA fiction. Alex received his master’s degree in guidance and counseling from Old Dominion University and for many years worked as a youth and family counselor. His newest novel, Boyfriends with Girlfriends, will be released in 2011.

Rainbow Boys was selected as a 2002 "Best Book for Young Adults" by the American Library Association and a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. As a result of the extraordinary reception to Rainbow Boys, Alex was honored as a "Flying Start" by Publishers Weekly.

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Books by Alex Sanchez

Average rating: 3.82 · 9,629 ratings · 967 reviews · 10 distinct works

	Rainbow Boys (Rainbow Trilogy, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 3,390 ratings — published 2001 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Rainbow High (Rainbow Trilogy, #2) 3.90 avg rating — 1,472 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Rainbow Road (Rainbow Trilogy, #3) 3.91 avg rating — 1,116 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The God Box 3.96 avg rating — 1,075 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions	My rating:
	So Hard to Say 3.61 avg rating — 949 ratings — published 2004 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Getting It 3.69 avg rating — 585 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Bait 3.95 avg rating — 437 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Boyfriends with Girlfriends 3.36 avg rating — 372 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Blue Houses: Sustainable Homes by Alex Sanchez, Cristina Paredes 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	California Affordable Housing Handbook by Alex Sanchez, Iglesias 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:

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Series by Alex Sanchez

Rainbow Trilogy (3 books)
by Alex Sanchez

3.87 avg rating — 5,978 ratings

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Quotes by Alex Sanchez

“What's unnatural is homophobia. Homo sapiens is the only species in all of nature that responds with hate to homosexuality.”
― Alex Sanchez, The God Box

tags: hate-crimes , homophobia , inspirational

61 people liked it

“the church should just stay out of people's pants.”
― Alex Sanchez, The God Box

tags: homophobia , organized-religion , religion

40 people liked it

“You're going to spend more time with yourself than with anyone else in your life. You want to spend that whole time fighting who you are?”
― Alex Sanchez, The God Box

37 people liked it

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