Thanks to Storygram Tours and Bloomsbury YA for inviting me on the tour and providing a complimentary advance copy of the book in exchange for an unbiased review! I loved Spin Me Right Round so much! It was fun and silly and sweet and thought-provoking and a reminder of how far things have come but also a reminder of how far they still have to go. But a super-conservative school isn’t the best place to stand out, and if he changes the course of the past, how will it affect the future? Luis is determined to let Chaz know it’s ok to be who he is, and hopefully save his life in the process. When a bump on the head sends him back to 1985, he finds himself in his very same high school-and his parents are students.
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But his hopes are quickly dashed, and he's not sure how to handle his disappointment and anger, or his mother's resistance to his speaking up. And while his mother is fully supportive of his being gay, she worries about him making a big issue of this at school because when she was a student there, Chaz, a gay classmate, was found dead on the night of the prom.Īs the student-body president and a favorite of many of the faculty, Luis thinks he might be able to find a way to trick the school into allowing same-sex couples to go to prom. Luis’ high school is supposed to be “progressive,” but students aren’t encouraged to be out, so the thing Luis wants more than anything, to take his boyfriend to prom, isn’t allowed.
And while his mother is fully supportive of his being gay, she worries about him making 4.5 stars, rounded up.Ī gay, YA twist on Back to the Future? Yes, please, give me David Valdes' Spin Me Right Round! (Oh, and you'll probably find yourself singing the song, either the original 80s version or Flo Rida's.)
A gay, YA twist on Back to the Future? Yes, please, give me David Valdes' Spin Me Right Round! (Oh, and you'll probably find yourself singing the song, either the original 80s version or Flo Rida's.) Luis’ high school is supposed to be “progressive,” but students aren’t encouraged to be out, so the thing Luis wants more than anything, to take his boyfriend to prom, isn’t allowed. 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." (less)Ĥ.5 stars, rounded up. "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. Meli Seems the MC is gay, his friends are queer, and the book is all around queer! Seems the ebook edition on Goodreads doesn't have a summary but you can …more Seems the MC is gay, his friends are queer, and the book is all around queer! Seems the ebook edition on Goodreads doesn't have a summary but you can find a synopsis at the paperback edition: 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.more 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. But that was ages ago, when Luis' 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.Īll Luis Gonzalez wants is to go to prom with his boyfriend, something his “progressive” school still doesn't allow. All Luis Gonzalez wants is to go to prom with his boyfriend, something his “progressive” 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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