About The Book

“This book is epic.” —Cosmopolitan

Fangirl meets Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda in this “sensitive and complex” (BCCB) coming-of-age novel from New York Times bestselling authors Christina Lauren about two boys who fall in love in a writing class—one from a progressive family and the other from a conservative religious community.

Three years ago, Tanner Scott’s family relocated from California to Utah, a move that nudged the bisexual teen temporarily back into the closet. Now, with one semester of high school to go, and no obstacles between him and out-of-state college freedom, Tanner plans to coast through his remaining classes and clear out of Utah.

But when his best friend Autumn dares him to take Provo High’s prestigious Seminar—where honor roll students diligently toil to draft a book in a semester—Tanner can’t resist going against his better judgment and having a go, if only to prove to Autumn how silly the whole thing is. Writing a book in four months sounds simple. Four months is an eternity.

It turns out, Tanner is only partly right: four months is a long time. After all, it takes only one second for him to notice Sebastian Brother, the Mormon prodigy who sold his own Seminar novel the year before and who now mentors the class. And it takes less than a month for Tanner to fall completely in love with him.

Appearances

JUL 13
6:30PM
In Person

In-conversation with Susan Lee and Nikki Payne

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Triple Crown Pavilion
1780 Plantside Drive
Jeffersontown, KY 40299
JUL 14
6:30PM
In Person

In-conversation with Susan Lee & Nikki Payne

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The Historic Artcraft Theatre
57 N Main Street
Franklin, IN 46131
JUL 15
7:00PM
In Person

In-conversation with Susan Lee

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Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church Celebration Campus
919 S Washington Street
Naperville, IL 60540
JUL 16
7:00PM
In Person

In-conversation with Susan Lee & Julie Soto

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The Sun Theater
3625 Grandel Square
St. Louis, MO 63108
JUL 17
7:00PM
In Person

In-conversation with Susan Lee, Julie Soto, & Ali Hazelwood

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Unity Temple on the Plaza
707 W 47th Street
Kansas City, MO 64112
JUL 18
12:00AM
In Person

In-conversation with Susan Lee, Julie Soto, & Ali Hazelwood

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Barnes & Noble
2910 Pine Lake Road
SouthPointe #2339
Lincoln, NE 68516
JUL 19
6:00PM
In Person

In-conversation with Susan Lee

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Ames City Auditorium
520 6th Street
Ames, IA 50010
JUL 20
7:00PM
In Person

In-conversation with Susan Lee

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Quincy Hall
1325 Quincy Street NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413
JUL 22
12:00AM
In Person

In-conversation with Susan Lee and Julie Soto

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Liberty Station - Vesper Venue
2875 Dewey Rd
San Diego , CA 92106

About The Author

© Chandra Wicke

Christina Lauren is the combined pen name of longtime writing partners and best friends Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, the New York TimesUSA TODAY, and #1 internationally bestselling authors of the Beautiful and Wild Seasons series, Autoboyography, Love and Other Words, Roomies, Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating, The UnhoneymoonersThe Soulmate EquationSomething WilderThe True Love ExperimentThe Paradise Problem, and The Romance Revival. You can find them online at ChristinaLaurenBooks.com or @ChristinaLauren on Instagram.

About The Readers

Product Details

  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio (September 12, 2017)
  • Runtime: 9 hours and 19 minutes
  • ISBN13: 9781508241737
  • Grades: 9 and up
  • Ages: 14 - 99

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Awards and Honors

  • Lambda Literary Award Finalist
  • Kansas NEA Reading Circle List High School Title
  • Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award
  • TAYSHAS Reading List (TX)
  • ALA Rainbow Book

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