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    <body><![CDATA[Rainbow High follows the lives of Jason, Kyle and Nelson as they go through their senior year trying to find themselves.  All three boys, who are gay, are trying to find a way to come out and tell those that are close to them.  As they struggle with internal issues they have to deal with external is...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61843224">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[More of the same, which is good, because I totally got attached to Kyle, Jason, and Nelson. I didn't find it QUITE as compelling as the first, though I thought the Jeremy plotline was handled nicely, and the college stuff was good. I mean, I am an aged woman now, but back in the day it totally made ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57407903">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This series keeps getting better as evidenced by &quot;Rainbow High,&quot; the 2nd in the trilogy of books following the lives of three gay teens. This book picks up shortly after the first, continuing the boys' senior year. As in the previous book, each chapter is told from a different boy's perspe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39693544">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[While this book is more of the same as Rainbow Boys, it looks at different issues and more growth is seen in the boys. At the start, each of the characters have their own weaknesses and need the others to support them. Interestingly, it is Jason (I thought it would have been Kyle) that matures the m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11176207">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Well... this book is kind of strange, at least for me it was.<br/>This book really is about a bunch of guys who were different, not in the special way but... i'll just say it, they're gay in the modern meaning; don't get any weird ideas i only read this because i was bored. So this book was set in ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5763692">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The boys are back.  Kyle, Nelson, and Jason are dealing with their lives as out gay boys in highschool.  Kyle has some problems at school with some of his swim team and he has to decide whether he's going to go to a great school like Princeton or go to a school called Tech so he can stay with his bo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7334289">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was as good as the first one.  It continued to deal with real life issues that gays and lesbians face.  I once again didn't like the ending but realize its because this makes you want to read the next book in the series, which I have already started]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An excellent sequel to Rainbow Boys - Sanchez has a way of making his characters grow naturally, while keeping the wit and the realism in tact.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[not bad...liked how the story evolved. this was a quick read because i wanted to find out more and more about each of the 3 main characters.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this book.  Not as much as the first because it seemed too predictable.  I read this book in 2 days.  I guess it just kept my interested. I kind of feel bad for Nelson because I think most people see the flamboynt guy as this guy that has it all or has not issues like Nelson did.  And i thou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28468107">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Alex Sanchez is amazing. Rainbow High is the second book to Rainbow Boys. I read the first one,and was soooo intrigued. Ill admit it, i love reading gay literature. But sometimes its hard to actually find some thats really good. When he comes to the Rainbow Boys books, theres no doubt about it, ther...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54167948">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Amazingly written. This book is amazing because everything that happens truly happens to gays in real life. YOU NEED TO READ THIS SERIES!!!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Second book in series, very cute.  I am not a huge fan of writing reviews. :P  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Being gay is hard and things happen.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[After reading the Rainbow Boy i started loving and wanting to know whats going to happen next. So i grab out this books and start reading it, and whats amazing is that i finished book in less than 5 days. <br/>This book seriously could taught people new lessons about life. I had knew so much more th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24105979">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Not as good as the first installment, but still a powerfully constructed story.  <br/><br/>I don't care for Nelson.  And I feel horrible for saying so, but I really don't.  I find him pretty obnoxious.  I think Kyle is charming, though, and would be a character that any teenager -- gay, straight, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36334908">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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