Bøger af Randa Lynne Zollinger

The Hansen family breathed a collective sigh of relief when the summer following Jaden's suicide attempt had passed uneventfully. Although everyone who loved him had felt some responsibility for the near-catastrophe, Jaden's father, Donnie, carried the heaviest guilt. He professed a determination to guide his son through adolescence in a more positive way. Jaden's mother, Alice, was relieved by her husband's change in attitude, but concerned that issues in his past would re-surface and make his acceptance of Jaden's sexual orientation impossible. The new school year was about to begin, and the twins, Jaden and Jenny, their older brother, Brandon, and Jaden's best friend, Devon, would all be in high school together. Jaden had resolved to make this a better year, and toward that end, had talked his boyfriend, Trevor, his friend, Ricardo, and Devon into joining the swim team with him. This experience changed everything for him. When Jenny and Devon tried to get an anti-bullying club started, they never imagined the showdown they would face when bigots and zealots turned out at a school board meeting. Brandon had troubles of his own when his ex-girlfriend, Emily, would have nothing to do with him. He started hitting the parties trying to get over his lost love, until Emily's secret threatened to turn his life and his future upside down. For the first time, Jaden find friends who are out, accepted, and popular. He begins to see that not everyone who is gay struggles with it. As Jaden becomes more comfortable with himself and his new friends, he questions his relationship with Trevor. Perhaps there is someone he likes more. Follow Jaden and his family through a new journey toward the promise of the "rainbow".

The Hansens seemed to be a contented, happy family when the kids were young. Brandon, the oldest, was the perfect son, continuing the tradition of being a great athlete like his father and grandfather before him. The twins, Jaden and Jenny, revered their older brother and sought to emulate him. As Brandon started high school and the twins began middle school, things in the idyllic American family began to change. The siblings had typical teenage issues in school as well as with their parents, but it was more than that. Fighting, suspensions, and drugs had never been in their plans. Picture-perfect on the outside, the family was jolted when Jaden, who wanted nothing more than to please his dad and older brother, failed miserably as he began to discover his sexual identity. If it hadn't been for the support of his sister and a neighbor, Jaden might have tried to end his life long before he did. While dealing with Jaden, his father was forced to confront issues neither imagined nor expected. Live through Jaden's story as he struggles to understand the ramifications of his father's haunted past and continues to forge on in his quest for the "e;rainbow."e;