Eloquent, layered coming-of-age verse novel

The Guardian

A clever title, and a story written in verse, <i>I Can't Even Think Straight </i>can be read in one single sitting, but will sit with you for much longer

United by Pop

Dean Atta has once again delivered a powerful, emotional YA novel in verse that makes the reader feel they are peeking into someone's diary...this is a very sweet, sometimes raw YA

LoveReading4Kids

Se alle

Eloquent, layered coming-of-age verse novel

The Guardian

Big decisions and messy relationships. It's all part of life for Kai. A must-read queer coming of age story for fans of Sarah Crossan and Sex Education, written in verse by Stonewall-Award-winning, Carnegie-shortlisted author Dean Atta.

Kai is going into a new school year with some big decisions to make: when to come out as gay, what he wants to do in life and who he wants to date. Is it any wonder he can't think straight?

Best friends Matt and Kai made a promise to each other to stay in the closet. Matt isn't ready to come out, but Kai wants nothing more than to write his own story. He decides it's time to break his promise and show his true self to the world.

Now out and proud, Kai starts dating super-hot Obi, but it's far from smooth sailing. Is love closer to home than Kai realises?

Les mer
<b>Big decisions and messy relationships. It's all part of life for Kai. A must-read queer coming of age story for fans of Sarah Crossan and <i>Sex Education</i>, written in verse by Dean Atta </b>

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781444960969
Publisert
2025-05-29
Utgiver
Hachette Children's Group; Hodder Children's Books
Vekt
297 gr
Høyde
196 mm
Bredde
128 mm
Dybde
30 mm
Aldersnivå
Y, 03
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
368

Forfatter

Om bidragsyterne

Dean Atta is the author of YA novels-in-verse The Black Flamingo and Only on the Weekends. Named as 'one of poetry's greatest modern voices' (Gay Times). The Black Flamingo was a top-selling debut of 2020 and was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, CILIP Carnegie Medal, The Jhalak Prize and The YA Book Prize. The Black Flamingo was also awarded the prestigious Stonewall Book Award and the Carnegie Shadowers' Choice Award 2020, and sold to the US in a five-way publisher auction.