"When Alek falls for Ethan, he's worried about what his Armenian parents will think. In the end, he learns they're A-Okay with Alek being gay--as long as he ultimately finds an Armenian partner and pr
Michael Barakiva's Hold My Hand is a crisp and clerverly comedic gay love story about what happens when a relationship is threatened by cheating—perfect for fans of romance and LGBTQ stories.
Fearing that summer school will be an ultimate horror after a difficult first year of high school, Ethan befriends the confident and free-spirited Alek, with whom he develops an unexpected and mutual
Alek Khederian thinks about his life B.E. and A.E.: Before Ethan and After Ethan. Before Ethan, Alek was just an Armenian-American kid with a mess of curly dark hair, near-perfect grades, and conventi
Alek Khederian should have guessed something was wrong when his parents took him to a restaurant. Everyone knows that Armenians never eat out. Why bother, when their home cooking is far superior to an
