AM I BLUE BRUCE q1 the exposition inclues ....

Bruce Coville's title story, "Am I Blue?," sets the broad parameters of the fifteen stories that follow. Vincent, the teen narrator of the story, begins by telling how Butch Corrigan has beaten him up for being "a little fruit." Vincent is a "confused puppy" about his sexuality, as the other major character in the story, Melvin, tells him. Melvin is Vince's "fairy godfather," the first one ever, and he has the power to grant Vince three wishes.

Bruce Coville's story "Am I Blue?" takes place in a college town. There is as much variety in the settings as there is in the teens who inhabit them and in their questions about sexuality.