Sax, Aline.  We, Two Boys.  2008.  Clavis, $24.95.  (978-1605370248).   Gr. 9-12

When teenager Albert emigrates from Belgium to New York City in the early 19th century, he finds himself alone when all his family members are returned to their native country but wants to stay after developing a relationship with Jack, an American boy.

Published for adults, this book is powerfully strikingly honest in its portrayal of adolescent homosexuality, unusual in an historical novel. —Nel Ward