Destination Unknown (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781338618051)

From Stonewall Award winner Bill Konigsberg, a remarkable, funny, sexy, heartbreaking story of two teen boys finding each other in New York City at the height of the AIDS epidemic.

The first thing I noticed about C.J. Gorman was his plexiglass bra.

So begins Destination Unknown -- it's 1987 in New York City, and Micah is at a dance club, trying to pretend he's more out and outgoing than he really is. C.J. isn't just out -- he's complete out there, and Micah can't help but be both attracted to and afraid of someone who travels so loudly and proudly through the night.

A connection occurs. Is it friendship? Romance? Is C.J. the one with all the answers... or does Micah bring more to the relationship that it first seems? As their lives become more and more entangled in the AIDS epidemic that's laying waste to their community, and the AIDS activism that will ultimately bring a strong voice to their demands, whatever Micah and C.J. have between them will be tested, strained, pushed, and pulled -- but it will also be a lifeline in a time of death, a bond that will determine the course of their futures.

In Destination Unknown, Bill Konigsberg returns to a time he knew well as a teenager to tell a story of identity, connection, community, and survival.

Author: Bill Konigsberg
ISBN-10: 1338618059
ISBN-13: 9781338618051
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Language: English
Published: 09/06/2022
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.54h x 5.83w x 1.05d
Award: Golden Kite - Honor Book

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/04/2022
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2022
Booklist 07/01/2022 pg. 70
School Library Journal 11/01/2022 pg. 68
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2022 pg. 90
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2022 - Superior,Well Above Average