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I'll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip
1969 novel by John Donovan
I'll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip is a young adult novel by John Donovan, first published in 1969.[2] It was one of the first mainstream teen novels to deal with homosexuality.[3][4][5] It was reissued in September 2010 by Flux, an imprint of Llewellyn Worldwide.[6] The novel tells the story of Davy Ross, a lonely boy who becomes close friends with a male classmate at his new school. The friendship later turns sexual, eventually causing Davy to struggle with feelings of guilt.
The novel was the subject of an essay by Martin Wilson in the 2010 book The Lost Library: Gay Fiction Rediscovered.