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Title details for Hot Boy Summer by Joe Jiménez - Available

Hot Boy Summer

by Joe Jiménez
Avi Roque
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Four gay teens in Texas have the summer of their lives while discovering important truths about realness, belonging, and friendship in this "explosive prose debut for the gays and theys growing up outside of the box" (Booklist, starred review).
Mac has never really felt like he belonged. Definitely not at home—his dad's politics and toxic masculinity make a real connection impossible. He thought he fit in on the baseball team, but that's only because he was pretending to be someone he wasn't. Finding his first gay friend, Cammy, was momentous; finally, he could be his authentic self around someone else. But as it turned out, not really. Cammy could be cruel, and his "advice" often came off way harsh.

And then, Mac meets Flor, who shows him that you can be both fierce and kind, and Mikey, who is superhot and might maybe think the same about him. Over the course of one hot, life-changing summer, Mac will stand face-to-face with desire, betrayal, and letting go of shame, which will lead to some huge discoveries about the realness of truly belonging.

Told in Mac's infectious, joyful, gay AF voice, Hot Boy Summer serves a tale as important as hope itself: four gay teens doing what they can to connect and have the fiercest summer of their lives. New friendships will be forged, hot boys will be kissed...and girl, the toxic will be detoxed.

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  • Release date

    May 7, 2024

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781797178424
      • File size: 313205 KB
      • Duration: 10:52:30

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      March 4, 2024
      A queer found family struggles to
      navigate interpersonal drama in this meandering novel from Jiménez (Bloodline). The summer after his junior year in San Antonio, Mac Acosta is thrilled to finally have a group of gay friends: his
      current best friend Cammy; flamboyant, diva-worshiping Flor; and athletic Mikey. The goal is to maximize fun all summer, including going all-out at an Ariana Grande concert, for which Cammy offers to buy Mac’s ticket when Mac can’t afford it. But intentional snubs and backhanded compliments cause fissures within the group, and Mac grapples with these new dynamics alongside his long-standing friendship with Cammy, his reciprocated crush on Mikey, and his home life with his homophobic, conservative father. When former RuPaul’s Drag Race competitor Valentina announces a public event, it brings the quartet together, but things don’t go as planned. Friendship drama takes the forefront over explorations of issues such as Mac’s financial precarity. Still, Mac’s frenetic, slang-laden narration (“It’s a vibe and a moment. For the reals. And I’m sooo here for it, and I’m #sooo-
      verygagged”) is distinctive, infusing this summery romance with reality show flavor. Flor, Cammy, and Mac read as Latinx; Mikey is Filipino. Ages 14–up.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Avi Roque emanates fierce, Latine energy as they voice these fabulous gay boys in Texas during the summer after their junior year of high school. Mac has never had the close-knit friend group he craves. All that changes when he hears Flor discuss performers Valentina and Ariana Grande on the last day of English class. The tight group of joyful Mac, good-hearted Flor, tumultuous Cammy, and hot Mikey becomes everything to Mac--except not even a shared love of divas can soften Cammy's cruelty. Roque is made for this role and knows what the girlies want. The deliveries are extra AF, and the voices are clear yet distinct. Listening to this is such a mood for teens and a lesson in teen lingo for offline adults. S.S. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine

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