num_pages: 272
description: Heartstopper meets Friday Night Lights in this keenly felt coming-of-age story about a teen hometown hero who must find out who he is outside of basketball when his coming out as gay costs him his popularity and place on the team.In his small Georgia town Barclay Elliot is basically a legend. Here basketball is all that matters and no one has a bigger spotlight than Barclay. Until he decides to use the biggest pep rally in the towns history to come out to his school. And things change. Quickly. Barclay is faced with hostility he never expected. Suddenly he is at odds with his own team and he doesnt even have his grandfather to turn to the way he used to. But who is Barclay if he doesnt have basketball? His best friend Amy thinks she knows. She drags him to her voting rights group believing Barclay can find a bigger purpose. And he does but he also finds Christopher. Aggravating fearless undeniably handsome Christopher. He and Barclay have never been each others biggest fans but as Barclay starts to explore parts of himself hes been hiding away they find they might have much more in common than they originally thought. As sparks turn into something more though Barclay has to decide if hes ready to confront the privilege and popularity that have shielded him his entire life. Can he take a real shot at the love he was fighting for in the first place?
language: English
title: Time Out
publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers