It's clear that Tony is a closeted homosexual using gay bashing to cover up his shame. Tony begins sending pornographic magazines to Lani's house and calling his phone hundreds of times a day while he's masturbating on the other end. Unfortunately, no one believes either Lani or Claire and the sexual harassment escalates. In fact, Tony has been harassing and molesting Lani. As time passes, Claire realizes that the rumors being passed around about Lani are completely false. From that moment on, Claire realizes that she can confide in Lani in ways she never could with her other friends, yet she feels a need to keep their friendship secret, especially when Lani is accused of coming on to the toughest, most popular guy in school, Tony Clementi. At the hospital, Claire learns that she is still cancer free, but that she has an eating disorder, which has caused her strange symptoms.
Lani, who has spent years living on the streets, knows of a clinic in Philadelphia that can test Claire's blood without informing her parents, and Claire jumps on the opportunity. As it turns out, Lani is nice person, interesting, smart, and intelligent.Ĭlaire and Lani's lives become intertwined when she finds herself confiding in him about her leukemia and her fears that these dizzy spells might be a sign of relapse. It isn't until Claire faints on the school steps and Lani is the only person around to care for her that she starts to reconsider her initial disdain. It's clear that Lani is reaching out for friends, but since Macy doesn't think it would be a good idea to hang out with someone who's obviously gay, then no one is allowed to. Lani skillfully dodges the question and makes Macy uncomfortable in turn. On his first day at school, Claire's best friend Macy boldly approaches him in the hallway demanding to know whether he's a boy or girl. Claire's perfect life is rattled by the introduction of a new kid at school, Lani Garver, an androgynous and puzzling teenager. Claire has just lost a bunch of weight, secured a spot on the cheerleading squad, and snagged a hot boyfriend from the Fish Frat. She's been in leukemia remission for a few years, and has managed to keep her past illness a secret from many of her schoolmates, allowing her to skyrocket in popularity to the cool crowd. What Happened to Lani Garver is the story of the unlikely friendship between a seventeen-year-old leukemia survivor and the androgynous new kid who moves to town and who just might be a "floating angel."Īt the opening of the novel, Claire McKenzie is happy in her life.
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