The Golden Boy's Guide to Bipolar
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The Golden Boy's Guide to Bipolar

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The Golden Boy's Guide to Bipolar

About this book

2026 Schneider Family Book Awards Honor "This is Sonora Reyes at their absolute best." — Aiden Thomas, New York Times bestselling author of Cemetery Boys

From bestselling author Sonora Reyes comes a poignant and searingly honest companion novel to the multi-award-winning The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School, following beloved character Cesar Flores as he comes to terms with his sexuality, his new bipolar diagnosis, and more mistakes than he can count.

Seventeen-year-old Cesar Flores is finally ready to win back his ex-boyfriend. Since breaking up with Jamal in a last-ditch effort to stay in the closet, he’s come out to Mami, his sister, Yami, and their friends, taken his meds faithfully, and gotten his therapist’s blessing to reunite with Jamal.

Everything would be perfect if it weren’t for The Thoughts—the ones that won’t let all his Catholic guilt and internalizations stay buried where he wants them. The louder they become, the more Cesar is once again convinced that he doesn't deserve someone like Jamal—or anyone really.

Cesar can hide a fair amount of shame behind jokes and his “gifted” reputation, but when a manic episode makes his inner turmoil impossible to hide, he’s faced with a stark choice: burn every bridge he has left or, worse—ask for help. But is the mortifying vulnerability of being loved by the people he’s hurt the most a risk he’s willing to take?


  • Bipolar Representation: Follows Cesar’s raw and powerful journey through a new diagnosis, from manic episodes and spiraling thoughts to the difficult choice of asking for help.
  • Bisexual Representation: Cesar comes to terms with his sexuality while navigating Catholic guilt and the lingering hope of reuniting with his ex-boyfriend, Jamal.
  • Emotional Honesty: Told with searing honesty, this companion to The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School dives deep into the internal world of a teen boy convinced he doesn’t deserve love.
  • Complex Family Dynamics: Torn between a coddling Mami and a protective sister, Cesar struggles to find his place in a family that loves him but doesn’t always understand his turmoil.

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Publisher
Versify
eBook ISBN
9780063358416
Year
2025

Table of contents

  1. Dedication
  2. Contents
  3. Author’s Note
  4. 1: When He’s a Ten but You Already Dumped Him
  5. 2: When You’re Ready to Get Back Together but You’re Not Ready to Get Back Together
  6. 3: When You’re Incredibly Lucky and Talented and Smart and Everything Always Goes Your Way
  7. 4: When Talking About Your Feelings Gives You Hives
  8. 5: When You Figured Out How to Avoid Going to Hell
  9. 6: When Resisting the Routine Feels Like Freedom
  10. 7: When the Perfume Labeled “For Couples” Smells Better but It’s Not a Date
  11. 8: When You Stay Up All Night Contemplating Running Away with Olivia Rodrigo
  12. 9: When No One Will Leave You the Fuck Alone
  13. 10: When You Have Absolutely No Reason to Be Jealous so Of Course You’re Not at All Jealous
  14. 11: When You’d Rather Get a Paper Cut in Shark-Infested Waters Than Do Your Homework
  15. 12: When Your Fists Hurt from Clenching Them So Hard
  16. 13: When You Make Up an Entire Semester’s Worth of Homework in One Night
  17. 14: When Everything Is Perfect Until It’s Not. Until It Is Again! Until It’s Not
  18. 15: When You Dance with the Literal Devil
  19. 16: When Everyone You Know Is Definitely Conspiring Against You
  20. 17: When You Picture the Light at the End of the Tunnel
  21. 18: When You Constantly Feel Like Your Chair Is About to Tip
  22. 19: When Your Therapist Doesn’t Know What the Fuck She’s Talking About
  23. 20: When You Finally Find the Answer to Your Prayers
  24. 21: When You’re God’s Favorite So He Intervenes to Help You Win Scrabble
  25. 22: When I Dip You Dip We Dip
  26. 23: When You’re Better Off Alone Anyway
  27. 24: When Stargazing with Your Strictly Platonic Astronomy Partner Seems Like a Good Plan
  28. 25: When a Double Animal-Style Cheeseburger Isn’t Enough to Fill Your Empty Soul
  29. 26: When He’s Perfect for You, But You Can’t Hurt Him Again
  30. 27: When Everyone Would Be Better Off Without You
  31. 28: When Your Meds Are Definitely Being Used to Brainwash You
  32. 29: When All You Want Is a Hug and Also For No One to Ever Touch You Again
  33. 30: When You’re Itching for Another Fight
  34. 31: When You Get a Little Glimpse of Heaven
  35. 32: When Even Death Won’t Kill Your Vibe
  36. 33: When It All Catches Up to You
  37. 34: When God Is God and the Universe and Science and Me and Him
  38. 35: When You’re Finally Ready to Ask for Help. Maybe? No, Probably Not. No, Yes. Definitely.
  39. 36: When Talking About Feelings Might Actually Get Us Somewhere Just This One Time
  40. 37: When You Don’t Want to Be a Bomb Anymore
  41. 38: When You’re Done Hiding
  42. 39: When You Just Have to Take It One Day at a Time
  43. 40: When You Chip Away the Worst Parts to Make Something Beautiful
  44. 41: When You Just Want to Punch Him in the Mouth . . . With Your Mouth . . . For a Long Time
  45. 42: When You’re Loved Anyway
  46. Epilogue
  47. Resources
  48. Acknowledgments
  49. About the Author
  50. Also by Sonora Reyes
  51. Copyright
  52. About the Publisher