Works by
Kim Wallace
(Writer)

Forestville High Series
Boys taking other boys to the Prom? Girls holding hands as they stroll through school hallways? Students working together in Gay-Straight Alliances to educate their communities or just enjoy a queer flick together? This is not your parents' closet anymore. Welcome to the out and proud GLBTQ teen.

Enter Erik & Isabelle--lifelong best friends who share the joy and agony of adolescence in Kim Wallace's groundbreaking four-book series for GLBTQ youth. Ripe with the angst and comedy that embody high school life, the teens of Foresthill prevail with optimism and hope that resonates in young people everywhere.

1. Erik & Isabelle Freshman Year at Foresthill High (2004)
   Erik & Isabelle Freshman Year at Foresthill High by Kim Wallace introduces two best friends who share their thoughts and feelings with one another as they experience romantic crushes, family drama, growing pains, and personal victories. Sounds like every other teenager, doesn’t it? The clincher is, they’re both gay.
   
   Erik is a studious, well-mannered young man who is forced to hide his homosexuality from his military father and the gay-baiting bullies at school. Every day Erik is alone, facing the pain of pretending to be someone who he is not, until he meets another boy just like himself on the Internet. Isabelle is a strong-willed, out lesbian—the only one at her conservative school—whose parents embrace her sexuality and self-expression. Isabelle’s offbeat sense of humor and unique style attracts the attention of a questioning head-cheerleader. In spite of opposition, they fall in love. Hard. When she experiences the tragedy of her first serious break up, Isabelle nearly self-destructs.
   
   Erik and Isabelle, however, triumph over the forces against them with resilience and relentless humor. In light of the present political debates around gay rights and equality, Erik & Isabelle is a timely and relevant series that will help guide GLBT youth onto a path of empowerment and hope. Most of all, Erik & Isabelle sends every reader the same message: No matter who or what we are, all human beings are seeking the same thing: love, acceptance, and understanding.

2. Erik & Isabelle Sophomore Year at Foresthill High (2005)
   Anyone who says that youth is wasted on the young never met Erik & Isabelle The two best friends, a year older and a tad wiser, return to Foresthill High to commence their Sophomore Year in the second book of Kim Wallaces groundbreaking series for gay and lesbian youth. Sophomore Year picks up on the first day of school, launching the protagonists into a flurry of new adventures. Erik finds himself at the center of more than one young mans attention as he reaches out beyond the closet and embraces the joy and sorrow that life has to offer. Meanwhile, Isabelle continues to propel her conservative town towards acceptance as she exercises dramatic flair to impact the minds and lives around her. Ripe with the angst and comedy that embody high school life, these memorable characters prevail with optimism and hope that will resonate in young people everywhere. Once impressionable freshmen, Erik and Isabelle are now the ones leaving the impressions as they aim to make their Sophomore Year at Foresthill High an unforgettable one.

3. Erik & Isabelle Junior Year at Foresthill High (2006)
   The third in this cutting edge four-book series about gay and lesbian youth catapults readers into the middle of Erik and Isabelle's junior year. Eccentric Isabelle returns to her artistic roots and creates a compelling public art project that forces open Foresthill's eyes. Yet, these aren't the only roots she reconnects with--Mandy's back, determined to reclaim Isabelle's heart from Maxine. Meanwhile, having developed a secret relationship over the past year, rising scholar Erik and celebrated athlete Mark Slater tackle their school's most sacred institution: the Junior Prom. Ready or not, Foresthill High must reckon with the forces of Erik and Isabelle, ever determined to live their lives with dignity. Never content with the status quo, they chip away at intolerance by never failing to demonstrate the power of love over injustice. If you don't already wish Erik and Isabelle were your real life friends, then this is the book that will make you turn that corner.