Widely regarded as the first LGBTQ+ book for teen readers, I'll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip. is a groundbreaking classic. When the grandmother who raised him dies, Davy Ross, a lonely thirteen-year-old boy, must move to Manhattan to live with his estranged mother. Between alcohol-infused lectures about her self-sacrifice and awkward visits with his distant father, Davy’s only comfort is his beloved dachshund Fred. Things start to look up when he and a boy from school become friends. But when their relationship takes an unexpected turn, Davy struggles to understand what happened and what it might mean. "[T]he first YA novel to specifically address homosexuality in the lives of young adults." --―Christine Jenkins, The Library Quarterly, vol. 68, no. 3, 1998. Shattering ... frank ... intelligent. -- Horn Book Sophisticated ... remarkably touching. -- Time magazine New York John Donovan was a novelist and a playwright, who also served as the president of the Children's Book Council. I'll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip . was originally published in 1969 and reprinted by Dell in 1973.