That is, those like Kane - whose coming out experience mirror’s La Sala’s - don’t really have the ability of being in because their childhood eccentricities effectively outed them. “For some queer people, coming out is something that’s done to them,” says La Sala, who wrote the novel while he lived in Roxbury, the South End, and Somerville before moving to New York City this past summer. Long before readers discover protagonist Kane Montgomery shooting rainbow-hued fire from his hands at a scene-stealing drag queen villain, readers realize that the characters in "Reverie" wield their queerness as power. Mostly, though, the book is queer as hell. Both the others in society and also the capitol-O Others, or what a group of four teenagers call themselves when they develop magical powers and battle chaotic forces in their small Connecticut town. 3 from Sourcebooks Fire - is the story of others. "Reverie" - the debut young adult novel by Ryan La Sala, out on Dec. Facebook Email This article is more than 3 years old.
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