Sexuality+and+Rosoff

I think it is very interesting to consider sexuality and gender throughout this novel. From the beginning of the novel, the reader is under the impression that Finn is a boy and H is also a boy as well. It isn't until the end do we find out Finn's real gender of being a female. I believe that the author did this purposely because she wanted to convey the message that sometimes love is blind to the gender types. Maybe we cannot always consider us heterosexual or homosexual.

The reader is unaware of H's sexual preference throughout the novel. He never comes right out and says "I am gay" or "I am straight." The reader is aware that H has incredibly strong feelings for Finn however. Due to the fact that H never comes right out and declares his sexuality, it leaves the reader feeling that it does not matter how the person is labeled. What matters is the relationship and putting a label of "gay" or "straight" would not change how the relationship functions.