#141 in Middle grade
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
- 336
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Will Grayson, Will Grayson” is a loud, funny and warm-hearted novel in which the voices matter more than the plot. John Green and David Levithan alternate chapters between two teenagers who share a name, and the contrast between them is the book’s engine. Some readers remark on the crude humour and constant swearing, and some find a lot of character and not much story.
The view of the BookRank editors, written from readers’ ratings and comments. It does not affect the score or the book’s place in a ranking.
About the book
Will Grayson, Will Grayson is a novel by John Green and David Levithan, published on April 6, 2010 by Dutton Juvenile. The book's narrative is divided evenly between two boys named Will Grayson, one of whom is heterosexual and is referred to in capitalized letters, and the other who is gay and is referred to in lowercase. Presented in alternating chapters, Green wrote all of the chapters for "Will Grayson" (capitalized) and Levithan wrote all the chapters for "will grayson" (lowercase). The novel debuted on The New York Times children's best-seller list after its release and remained there for three weeks. It was the first LGBT-themed young adult novel to make it to that list.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.2 across 535 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 78% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Middle grade average of 8.0. That is how 7.3 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.7 | 36 | 7% |
| Hardcover | 7.1 | 499 | 93% |
Frequently asked
What age is Will Grayson, Will Grayson for?
Will Grayson, Will Grayson sits on the Middle grade shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 8–12. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 336 pages — shorter than 81% of the ranked books in Middle grade.
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