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    Ricky
    Ricky
    Ricky
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    Ricky

    By Terry O'Reilly

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    For Dave Felder, his junior year of high school starts with a move from his small hometown to a larger city. With the new home comes a new school, East Leyden High.

    He isn't the least bit reluctant to leave his old school. Once popular and well-liked, things changed when he was outed to his fellow students.

    A new school gives him a fresh start, where no one knows him or his secret. Tall, handsome, and athletic, he soon finds himself surrounded by new friends, the popularity he once lost regained.

    But he doesn't count on meeting someone who brings out the feelings he hoped to keep buried inside. Someone like Ricky.

    Once these feelings surface, Dave has to make a choice -- continue to hide who he really is and protect his popularity, or be true to himself.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherQueerteen Press
    Release dateMay 6, 2012
    ISBN9781611523034
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    Terry O'Reilly

    TERRY O’REILLY, the winner of hundreds of international advertising awards, is the bestselling author of The Age of Persuasion and This I Know. He is also an in-demand speaker. His highly awarded radio programs O’Reilly on Advertising, The Age of Persuasion and Under the Influence have been broadcast on CBC Radio since 2005, and his podcast has been downloaded over forty million times. Terry O’Reilly lives outside of Huntsville, Ontario.

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      Ricky - Terry O'Reilly

      Ricky

      By Terry O’Reilly

      Published by Queerteen Press

      Visit queerteen-press.com for more information.

      Copyright 2012 Terry O’Reilly

      ISBN 9781611523034

      Cover Credits: Deviney, William87

      Used under a Standard Royalty-Free License.

      Cover Design: Written Ink Designs

      All rights reserved.

      WARNING: This book is not transferable. It is for your own personal use. If it is sold, shared, or given away, it is an infringement of the copyright of this work and violators will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

      No portion of this book may be transmitted or reproduced in any form, or by any means, without permission in writing from the publisher, with the exception of brief excerpts used for the purposes of review.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are solely the product of the author’s imagination and/or are used fictitiously, though reference may be made to actual historical events or existing locations. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      Published in the United States of America. Queerteen Press is an imprint of JMS Books LLC.

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      Ricky

      By Terry O’Reilly

      Sixteen-year-old Dave Felder was new to East Leyden High School. His family had moved to Franklin Park, a suburb west of Chicago, during the summer. Most kids his age would have hated to move just when they’d reached upperclassman status. But Dave was glad when his dad had gotten an offer that paid twice as much as he was making at his old job.

      The teen had grown up in the small town of Hillsdale and had been happy with his life there. He had many friends, played on the school basketball team, and was very popular. That was before what had happened in the theater scene shop during a rehearsal for the all school musical. Once the incident had come to light, his life at Hillsdale High had changed drastically.

      So when his mom and dad sat him down and told him they were moving, he surprised them by enthusiastically embracing the news. Dave was more than happy to make a new start somewhere where no one knew him or what had happened. And this time around he would make sure nothing like it would ever take place again.

      Moving in the middle of the summer proved to be a good idea. He’d had time to make a few friends. He was tall, good-looking with his blue eyes and blonde hair. He was also athletically gifted. It wasn’t long before he found his way to the ‘in’ group, just as he had back home. Before the incident.

      Ralph Parker and Doug Ross befriended Dave and were happy to add him to their clique of popular kids.

      Stick with us Davey boy, Ralph had said. "We’ll make sure you know who to know and who to avoid. You’re

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