Showing Freaks and Revelations by Davida Wills Hurwin

This raw novel, a 2011 Stonewall Honor Book, follows two teenagers--one, a Mohawk-wearing 17-year-old violent misfit; the other, a gay 13-year-old cast out by his family. An acclaimed author creates a riveting narrative told in alternating perspectives of their lives before and after the violent hate crime that changed both their futures.