Spin Me Right Round (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781547607105)

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.

All Luis Gonzalez wants is to go to prom with his boyfriend, something his "progressive" high school still doesn't allow. Not after what happened with Chaz Wilson. 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...).

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. Though it turns out a conservative school in the '80s isn't the safest place to be a gay kid. Especially with homophobes running the campus, including Gordo (aka Luis's estranged father). Luis is in over his head, trying not to make things worse-and hoping he makes it back to present day at all.

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.

Author: David Valdes
ISBN-10: 1547607106
ISBN-13: 9781547607105
Publisher: Bloomsbury YA
Language: English
Published: 01/04/2022
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.80w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2021
Booklist 10/01/2021 pg. 62
School Library Journal 01/01/2022 pg. 79