How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom by S. J. Goslee

How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom

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S. J. Goslee

Square Fish · Ebook · March 24, 2020

“If you're looking for a novel to fill the To All The Boys I've Loved Before-shaped hole in your heart, this is the book for you.” —Camille Perri, author of When Katie Met Cassidy How (Not) to Ask a Boy to Prom is a modern gender-bent young adult rom com from S.

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Who it’s for
A gender-bent teen rom-com pairs romantic uncertainty with a healthy resistance to school spirit.
Genres
YA Romance - LGBTQ+, Romantic Comedy for Teens, Dating & Sex for Teens
Published
Square Fish, March 24, 2020

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About this book

“If you're looking for a novel to fill the To All The Boys I've Loved Before-shaped hole in your heart, this is the book for you.” —Camille Perri, author of When Katie Met Cassidy How (Not) to Ask a Boy to Prom is a modern gender-bent young adult rom com from S. J. Goslee. Nolan Grant is sixteen, gay, and very, very single. He's never had a boyfriend, or even been kissed. It's not like Penn Valley is exactly brimming with prospects.

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Nolan plans to ride out the rest of his junior year drawing narwhals, working at the greenhouse, and avoiding anything that involves an ounce of school spirit. Unfortunately for him, his adoptive big sister has other ideas. Ideas that involve too-tight pants, a baggie full of purple glitter, and worst of all: a Junior-Senior prom ticket.

Prom Night, Reconsidered

A gender-bent teen rom-com pairs romantic uncertainty with a healthy resistance to school spirit.

Come here for

  • A playful YA rom-com with a gay teen at its center
  • Prom-night awkwardness, glitter and narwhal doodles

Expect

  • A light, contemporary take on firsts and prom pressure
  • An endearing clash between Nolan’s plans and his sister’s

Where it sits

Romantic Comedy for Teens81%
YA Romance - LGBTQ+70%
Dating & Sex for Teens47%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • YA Adoption Stories
  • YA Romance - LGBTQ+
  • Romantic Comedy for Teens
Authors
S. J. Goslee
Publisher
Square Fish
Published
March 24, 2020
Format
Ebook
Reading lane
YA Adoption Stories