The Invaders by Gregory L. Norris

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Phillip is an All-American boy. Strong, muscular, football quarterback and school star. He has all he wants, even the most beautiful girl, a cheerleader. But what he really wants is the freedom to be gay. In the small town where he lives, it's impossibile for him not to hide; family, friends, all people around him are against who is not like them: strangers, homosexual, who is different is wrong. And so when a strange family move on the old house on the hill, townspeople are ready to judge them as freaks. But Phillip sees different, he sees Julian, the boy who lives there and he is suddenly in love. Julian is a lithe blond guy with wonderful sapphire eyes; he is all the dreams of Phillis come true. But Julian's guardian takes him far from the boy. Fortunately Phillip has the chance to meet Julia, Julian's sister at school, and asks her to be his ambassador with the boy. Julia is an awkard girl, everyone at school treats her bad and only Phillip stands up for her; he even dumps his perfect girlfriend when she deliberately offends Julia.

What Phillip doesn't know is that Julian is not a normal guy, and in this case being not "normal" doesn't mean being gay, as all the homophobic people around him think. Julian is special, and he is a key figure in the world's destiny.

Less than 50 pages, this one is a parody of what means being different and of the power of love. The futuristic element are only a means to underline the apparently difference between Phillip and Julia, a difference you find in an high school, but that it's in greater scale, something you will find also in the real world. And the message is that, with only the power of love, if love is directed to the right person, you can overcome all the odds of life.

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