The Long Run (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781335428622)

2024 Stonewall Book Award Honor for Young Adult Literature

"A boldly authentic new voice in queer fiction." --Abdi Nazemian, author of Stonewall Honor book Like a Love Story and The Chandler Legacies

Two track and field athletes find an unexpected but powerful love in this unapologetically blunt and unforgettably real YA debut.

Sebastian Villeda is over it. Over his rep. Over his bros. Over being "Bash the Flash," fastest sprinter in South Jersey. His dad is gone, his mom is dead, and his stepfather is clueless. Bash has no idea what he wants out of life. Until he meets Sandro.

Sandro Miceli is too nice for his own good. The middle child in an always-growing, always-screaming Italian family, Sandro walks around on a broken foot to not bother his busy parents. All he wants is to get out and never look back.

When fate--in the form of a party that gets busted--brings these two very different boys together, neither of them could've predicted finding a love that they'd risk everything for...

Author: James Acker
ISBN-10: 1335428623
ISBN-13: 9781335428622
Publisher: Inkyard Press
Language: English
Published: 02/07/2023
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.80w x 1.30d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.8
Point Value: 13
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 522292 / Long Run

Award: Stonewall Book Award - Honor Book

Review Citation(s):
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2023
Publishers Weekly 12/12/2022
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2022
School Library Journal 11/03/2023 pg. 1