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Plot
Will Grayson, Will Grayson follows two teenage boys, both named Will Grayson. Will Grayson one, who is identified with correct grammer, is a straight teenager who lives life by two simple rules, by not caring and shutting up and ignoring the people who bother him in the world. His best friend, Tiny Cooper, is referred to as "The worlds largest person, who is really, really gay, and also the world's gayest person who is really, really large. As a result of Tiny being gay, Will joins their school's Gay-Straight Alliance Club and doesn't exactly go through live living by his two rules. The other will grayson, identified with all lower case writing, is gay. He is not in his school's Gay-Straight Alliance, and is not very open with his feelings. His father left when he was younger and as a result, will is a depressed teenager.

Both Will Grayson's live in the Chicago area, but do not meet until about half way through the book. They meet in "Frenchy's", an adult film store, where will is supposed to be meeting an online boyfriend. The other Will is wondering around the store after being turned away from a concert. Issac, will's "boyfriend", turns out to be maura, a friend of will's, which causes will to become even more depressed. Due to will being stood up and finding out issac isn't real, Will and Tiny are there to cheer him up. Which then turns into a relationship between Tiny and the other will. The story continues with will and Tiny breaking-up and fighting. They become friends after Tiny produces a play all about his life. The play causes the boys to realize they might have hard times but everyone does. It's what gives us our personality.

Major Themes
Will Grasyon, Will Grayson was on the New York Best Sellers list for controversial themes. One reviewer said "message of embracing love in all forms ought to find a respective audience." Will and Will both overall are looking for a relationship through the book but are also finding themselves. At the end of the book will says " we have something between us, him and me. but the truth? everybody has it." He tell us that everyone has their problems but everyone deals with them. That's our "it".

Style
''Will Grayson Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan has a unique style to it. The book is written by two different people with different writing styles. The odd-numbered chapters are written by John Green and even chapters are by David Levithan.  The chapters are simular in the way that both main characters are named Will Grayson. They accidentally meet half way through the novel and end up having an affect on each others lives. The chapters written by David Levithan are in an all lower case writing style . John Green's chapters, on the other hand, are all grammatically correct with capitalization. Both Will Grayson's through out the book are searching for a relationship.  Levithan's Will has an online relationship with another guy across town. Green's Will goes back and forth between liking and not liking his friend Jane. In the alternating chapters the authors capture the lives of Will and will by having them meet half way.

Reception
Will Grayson, Will Grayson recieved mixed reveiws, from many different writers. Claire E. Gross praised Tiny Cooper as a character in The Horn Book Magazine, by saying, "how refreshing to see a romantically viable overweight character." She also said the musical within the book will cause "readers [to] be on their feet."

In the School Library Journal Diane P. Tuccillo talks about Will Grayson Will Grayson. She says a lot about the relationships in the book and how primarily the book focuses a lot on relationships. She says "this powerful, thought-provoking, funny, moving, and unique plot is irresistible". She goes on to say "this quirky yet down-to-earth collaboration by two master YA storytellers will keeps readers turning pages"

Awards and nominations
In 2010 Will Grayson Will Grayson was placed on the New York Times best sellers list. It was the first ever gay-themed young adult novel to be on the list. This created many controversial conversations between parents thinking it was not appropriate for their children and teens to be reading. It reached number three on the list and continues to be a debated book. Mary Elizabeth Williams from Salon.com said "the novel has become the 'Twilight' of queer lit".

Adaptations
Will Grayson, Will Grayson has been adapted into different languages such as Dutch, French, Italian, and Swedish. It is sold in Austrailia, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and other countries worldwide.

The book has been adapted into an audio book as well. One Will Graysom speaks in generally a deeper voice but sometimes it is not clear who is who. Sue-Ellen Beauregard said "it doesn't really matter because they both excel in teenspeak". She goes on to say "This fine audio promises to be popular with Green's and Levithan's many fans".