Dean Atta

eBook, ePUB

Only on the Weekends (eBook, ePUB)

A must-read queer love story

Beschreibung

Mack. Karim. Finlay. Mack never thought he'd find love, let alone with two people. Will he make the right choice? And can love last for ever? A must-read queer love story for fans of Sex Education, written in verse by Dean Atta.

Fifteen-year-old Mack is a hopeless romantic - he blames the films he's grown up watching. He has liked Karim for as long as he can remember, and is ecstatic when Karim becomes his boyfriend - it feels like love.

But when Mack's dad gets a job on a film in Scotland, Mack has to move, and soon hediscovers how painful love can be. It's horrible being so far away from Karim, but the worst part is that Karim doesn't make the effort to visit. Love shouldn't be only on the weekends.

Then, when Mack meets actor Finlay on a film set, he experiences something powerful, a feeling like love at first sight. How long until he tells Karim - and when will his old life and new life collide?

Technische Details

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• Größe: 2.47MB
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Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

Dean Atta’s poems deal with themes of race, gender, and identity. He regularly performs across the UK and internationally, and his work has been shortlisted for the Polari First Book Prize and has appeared on MTV and BET. The Black Flamingo, his debut YA novel, won the Stonewall Award. He is also the author of Only on the Weekends. You can find him online at deanatta.com.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hachette Children's Group
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Altersempfehlung: ab 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444960570
• Artikelnr.: 59980950

Rezensionen

full of tender truths on the joy and agony of first love The Observer

"Stonewall winner Atta's novel in verse is an exquisite and detailed look at friendship, compromises, family, and love, deftly capturing Mack's insecurities in a voice authentic to the high-school experience.... The vivid, multifaceted depiction of teenage emotions makes this highly recommended." - Booklist (starred review)

"An emotional free verse novel... traces a slow-burn love triangle that avoids excusing Mack's actions, centering a protagonist whose emotional arc unpacks themes of young love and self-acceptance alongside intersections of body image, gender identity, race, and sexuality." - Publishers Weekly

"This slow-burn novel in verse is a raw, real, deep dive

into the messy internal world of its relatable main character. Readers will become attached to Mack and will want to know exactly how this love triangle plays out." - School Library Journal

"Raw beauty and honesty are the verse novel's greatest strengths." - Kirkus Reviews

PRAISE FOR THE BLACK FLAMINGO: "Courage and fierceness abound in this lyrical coming-of-age story...Gripping, unflinching, and unforgettable." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Atta's story uplifts as it informs and entertains as it affirms." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"A triumphant and emotional story about standing up for and embracing oneself that readers of any orientation and ethnicity will relate to." - School Library Journal (starred review)

The Black Flamingo presents expertly crafted, stirring poetry to portray an unforgettable teen who lives his liberation and truth in drag." - Shelf Awareness (starred review)

"Winner of the 2020 Stonewall Book Award, this British verse novel by a poet and drag performer offers a welcome exploration of the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality.... [A] memorable YA debut." - Horn Book Magazine

"Captures its audience from the very first page, with verse poetry that grows and matures alongside its protagonist.... Michael's internal dissonances are relatable on the most human level, leaving readers in a state of ultimate euphoria when he finally finds family in the Drag Society." - ALA Booklist

"Unexpected and beautiful." - Buzzfeed

"A novel in verse, Michael's tale explores how our identities and our discomfort mold us. Winner of the prestigious Stonewall Book Award, Atta's thick debut novel is a fast read about a young man learning to feel comfortable in his own skin." - them

"The Black Flamingo is an essential addition to the canon of queer coming-of-age stories. Dean Atta has gifted us with words that are lyrical, hilarious and intimate. I'm obsessed with this book and you will be too." - Abdi Nazemian, Stonewall Honor-winning author of Like a Love Story