I Felt a Funeral, In My Brain - Grief, Sexuality, and Poetry: Avery Tries to Figure It All Out

I Felt a Funeral, in My Brain By Will Walton

How do you deal with a hole in your life?

Do you turn to poets and pop songs?

Do you dream?

Do you try on love just to see how it fits?

Do you grieve?

If you're Avery, you do all of these things. And you write it all down in an attempt to understand what's happened--and is happening--to you.

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Anything Could Happen - A Teen guy is in love with his straight best friend

Anything Could Happen by Will Walton

When you re in love with the wrong person for the right reasons, anything could happen.
Tretch lives in a very small town where everybody's in everybody else's business. Which makes it hard for him to be in love with his straight best friend. For his part, Matt is completely oblivious to the way Tretch feels and Tretch can t tell whether that makes it better or worse.
The problem with living a lie is that the lie can slowly become your life. For Tretch, the problem isn t just with Matt. His family has no idea who he really is and what he's really thinking. The girl at the local bookstore has no clue how off-base her crush on him is. And the guy at school who's a thorn in Tretch's side doesn t realize how close to the truth he's hitting.
Tretch has spent a lot of time dancing alone in his room, but now he's got to step outside his comfort zone and into the wider world. Because like love, a true self can rarely be contained.

This book is a 2016 Lambda Literary Award Finalist. Add your review of "Anything Could Happen" in comments!

Lambda Literary Finalists for LGBT Children's/Young Adult

Here are the eight finalists for the best LGBTQ book for kids and teens published in 2015...

About a Girl: A Novel, Sarah McCarry, St. Martin’s Griffin

Anything Could Happen, Will Walton, Push

Gay and Lesbian History for Kids: The Century-Long Struggle for LGBT Rights, Jerome Pohlen, Chicago Review Press

George, Alex Gino, Scholastic Press

The Marvels, Brian Selznick, Scholastic Press

More Happy Than Not, Adam Silvera, Soho Teen

None of the Above, IW Gregorio, Balzer + Bray/ Harper Collins

Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda, Becky Albertalli, Balzer + Bray/Harper Collins

The winner will be announced at the 28th annual Lambda Literary Awards on June 6, 2016 in New York City.

Which is your favorite to win?