Andrew works in the hospital cafeteria. Andrew often visits his comatose grandmother and his friends Trevor and Lexi, both cancer patients. Andrew wants to be a doctor, so he volunteers in the ER. After Andrew goes home. At Least this is what he has convinced the hospital staff to explain the copious amounts of time he spends in there. What Andrew doesn't tell them is that his family died in a car crash, he was the only survivor, and now he lives in this hospital. Andrew is surviving through his web of lies just fine until one night Rusty shows up in the ER with burns all over his body. Andrew hadn't thought much about it until the nurses tell him it was a hate crime because Rusty is gay. Suddenly feeling personally, attacked Andrew is determined to protect Rusty with his life, even if that means his web of lies being undone.

The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley has some of the best queer representation in modern literature. It has complex openly gay characters, in which the fact that they are gay is simply a minute part of their character. It is a fact that simply is. An aspect that needs more representation in modern media. If you liked this book you might also like:

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2. Honestly Ben by Bill Konigsberg
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