It has been over a week since the class discussed the book, "Boy Meets Boy" by David Levithan, but I find myself still trying to decide whether I like the book or not. When discussing the book, I made it clear that I was not a huge fan. I personally thought that Paul's world was too make believe and dreamed up for a piece of literature being incorporated into a diverse library. I personally feel that the books we choose to include should paint a true picture of what the world is like for the group that the book discusses. Then the insider/outsider debate came up once again. I never realized how much this one idea of one point of view to another could change the way I look at a book. We mentioned at the end of class how someone had been told by an openly gay teacher that he did not like the book. At first, I thought that he must think along the same lines as me. He must have thought that this book was too made up and too unbelievable for anyone to take seriously. The more I thought about it though, I thought that there may be some other reasons. The more I thought about this particular mans possible reasons for not liking the book, the more I began to try to look at it from others points of view. As an outsider, I thought that this world of complete acceptance was absolutely impossible. I began to realize though that for someone who is gay, lesbian or bisexual, this may be a world they feel they live in. I realized that as an outsider, I see the prejudice that is put upon those who choose to be open about their lives. No matter if someone is gay, lesbian, bisexual, straight, black, white or orange, they all face some sort of prejudice. We look to escape from this prejudice by possibly surrounding ourselves with people that accept us or by possibly reading a book that we can place ourselves in. For some young readers, "Boy Meets Boy" could provide a world for them to escape to where they feel accepted by all. With this thinking, I completely changed my view of the book. I still do not know if I would necessarily include this book in the classroom, but would feel great recommending it as a good young adult read.