false 2946318 1 "Ever since I first heard that Lionel Richie and Diana Ross song, `Endless Love,' all I've wanted is to find The One. Someone to love. Who will love me back." <P> September, 1982. John Cougar's "Jack and Diane" is on endless radio rotation, and Dallas and Dynasty rule the ratings. Jack Paterno is a straight-A student living in the Detroit suburb of Hazel Park, with his own Atari 5200, a Beta VCR, and everything a seventh-grader could ask for. The only thing he has in common with foul-mouthed Brad Dayton, who lives on the gritty south side near 8 Mile, is that both are in Varsity Band. Or maybe that's not the only thing. Because Jack is discovering that while hanging around with girls in elementary school was perfectly acceptable, having lots of girl friends (as opposed to girlfriends) now is getting him and Brad labeled as Band Fags. And Jack is no fag. Is he? <P> As Jack and Brad make their way through junior high and then through Hazel Park High School, their friendship grows deeper and more complicated. From stealing furtive glances at Playgirl to discussing which celebrities might be like that, from navigating school cliques to dealing with crushes on girls and guys alike, Jack is trying to figure out who and what he is. He wants to find real, endless love, but he also wants to be popular and "normal." But, as Brad points out, this is real life--not a John Hughes movie. And sooner or later, Jack will have to choose. <P><P> Filled with biting wit and pitch-perfect observations, Band Fags is an exhilarating novel about lust and love, about the friendships that define and sometimes confine us, and about coming of age and coming to terms with the end of innocence and the beginning of something terrifying, thrilling, and completely unpredictable. 2975765 1 6 2008 Band Fags! total:60|5:0|4:1|3:4|2:1|1:0| 60 213 124 23 5 0 false false Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 23:46:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 14:02:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 02 14:01:18 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 12:22:03 -0800 2008 1 0 0 false false Wed Sep 30 12:45:31 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 12:45:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 17 07:00:32 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 17 07:24:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 14:54:44 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 16:00:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Nov 20 16:36:06 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 15 16:18:52 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 16:36:06 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 04 07:53:51 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 07 10:52:31 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 22:47:28 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 22:48:40 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 06:37:44 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 06:42:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Jun 21 05:56:15 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 12:57:01 -0700 2009 Rainbow Reviews.]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 11:55:55 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 12:21:41 -0700 2009 1 5 0 false false Sat Mar 21 20:53:35 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 14:18:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 19:57:39 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 21:10:20 -0700 2009 Of course if I had, I might not be here today; since I would have been a slut in Houston in the late 1970's!]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 08:04:51 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 10:54:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 12:16:57 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 21:33:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 07:55:03 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 07:57:29 -0700 2008 1 The story is sweet and pretty much identical to my very own life growing up in the midwest not knowing who was gay and who you c...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 20:53:29 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 20:58:29 -0700 2008 1 3 0 false false Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 23 06:44:52 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 28 06:37:54 -0700 2009 ]]> 0 0 false false Tue Jan 06 16:51:34 -0800 2009 Mon Sep 29 03:28:56 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 06 16:51:34 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Aug 05 22:20:19 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 22:21:38 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2946318