▁chose ▁Golden ▁Boy ▁as ▁Book ▁of ▁the ▁Week , ▁" G old en ▁Boy " ▁is ▁an ▁amaz ing ▁coming ▁of ▁age ▁story . ▁Un ique . ▁A ▁dram atic , ▁emot ional ▁read . ▁And ▁teachers , ▁please ▁read ▁this ▁powerful ▁page ▁turn er ." ▁Writing ▁in ▁the ▁Austin ▁Chron icle , ▁Jean ne ▁Thor nt on ▁writes ▁how ▁the ▁" main stream " ▁character ▁dealing ▁with ▁problems ▁of ▁secre cy , ▁rather ▁than ▁an atom y , ▁is ▁" way ▁better ▁than ▁some ▁med itation ▁on ▁a ▁myster ious ▁sh aman istic ▁figure ▁who ▁has ▁lots ▁to ▁teach ▁us ▁all ▁about ▁gender ". G old en ▁Boy ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁well ▁received ▁by ▁inter sex ▁aud ien ces . ▁H ida ▁Vil oria , ▁director ▁of ▁Inter sex ▁Camp aign ▁for ▁Equ ality , ▁describes ▁the ▁book ▁as ▁a ▁" th or ough ly ▁eng ross ing ▁novel ▁with ▁a ▁pione ering ▁perspective ▁... ▁The ▁novel ▁expl ores ▁heavy , ▁complex ▁these ▁with ▁a ▁dis arm ing ▁wh oles omen ess ▁that ▁el ic its ▁nost alg ia ▁for ▁the ▁nov els ▁of ▁ad oles c ence , ▁making ▁it ▁a ▁perfect ▁fit ▁for ▁te en ▁readers ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁adult s . ▁Morgan ▁Car p enter ▁at ▁Organisation ▁Inter sex ▁International ▁Australia ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁story ▁is ▁" real ist ically ▁and ▁el o qu ently ▁described "; ▁it ▁" ac cur ately ▁port ray s ▁the ▁difficulties ▁in ▁negoti ating ▁issues ▁of ▁conform ity ▁and ▁aut onomy , ▁and