Spin Me Right Round

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Meet Luis. He's out, he's proud ... and, although he doesn't know it yet, he's about to travel back in time to save a closeted student called Chaz from a tragic end. All Luis Gonzalez really wants is to go to prom with his boyfriend. But when a hit on the head knocks him back in time to 1985, he finds himself in high school with his own parents and a whole lot of homophobia. It turns out a Christian school in the 1980s probably isnt the safest place to be a gay kid. Soon, Luis is in over his head trying to untangle the mess hes in, figure how to save Chaz ... and somehow get home to his own time. Get ready for an irresistible YA novel that puts an Own Voices twist on Back to the Future. Perfect for fans of Adam Silvera, Becky Albertalli and Casey McQuiston, this hilarious, intersectional time-slip adventure will make you laugh, cry and think.

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An absolute blast. I loved it, and I couldnt put it down * Bill Konigsberg, award-winning author of The Music of What Happens *
Prepare to laugh out loud as Cuban American high-school senior Luis takes a trip into the past that rivals Back to the Future * Booklist *
Witty, sassy, and brave, Spin Me Right Round is a bingeable and unapologetically gay Back to the Future-style coming of age novel that's worthy of traveling back in time with * Bookseller, Secret Garden *
This is a funny, heart-warming book with deliberate echoes of Back to the Future * Irish Times *

Author Bio

David Valdes is a well-known YA author, and a former Boston Globe columnist and Huffington Post blogger whose posts have received over a million hits. He lives in the Boston area and teaches writing at Boston Conservatory and Tufts.