I like to look like money without being money…. Before you get all oh my god, a prep school narrator and throw up in your mouth, let me be clear: ASA isn’t that kind of academy…. “I like to think I rule Antic Springs Academy. (Go to for schedule and links.)įrom the opening pages of S pin Me Right Round, author David Valdes hooked me with the sassy voice of his gay teenager Luis: I look forward to “meeting” David Valdes this week via the weekly Zoom book conversations hosted by Kathy L. I’ve been reading several books selected by the International Pulpwood Queens & Timber Guys Book Club, now that my novel Pause has been chosen as a 2022 title. In a story that's fresh, intersectional, and wickedly funny, David Valdes introduces a big-mouthed, big-hearted, queer character that readers won't soon forget.A lively YA time-travel romp with an important mission – and attitude.
Luis is in over his head, trying not to make things worse-and hoping he makes it back to present day at all. Especially with homophobes running the campus, including Gordo (aka Luis's estranged father). Though it turns out a conservative school in the '80s isn't the safest place to be a gay kid. When a hit on the head knocks him back in time to 1985 and he meets the doomed young Chaz himself, Luis concocts a new plan-he's going to give this guy his first real kiss.
But that was ages ago, when Luis's parents were in high school it would never happen today, right? He's determined to find a way to give his LGBTQ friends the respect they deserve (while also not risking his chance to be prom king, just saying.).
Not after what happened with Chaz Wilson. All Luis Gonzalez wants is to go to prom with his boyfriend, something his "progressive" high school still doesn't allow. From lauded writer David Valdes, a sharp and funny YA novel that's Back to the Future with a twist, as a gay teen travels back to his parents' era to save a closeted classmate's life.
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