| This Boy Contributor(s): Myracle, Lauren (Author) |
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ISBN: 1536206059 ISBN-13: 9781536206050 Publisher: Walker Books Us OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Dating & Sex - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Death, Grief, Bereavement - Young Adult Fiction | Boys & Men |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 650 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.10 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Lauren Myracle brings her signature frank, funny, and insightful writing to this novel of a teenage boy's coming-of-age. Paul Walden is not an alpha lobster, the hypermasculine crustacean king who intimidates the other male lobsters, beds all the lady lobsters, and "wins" at life. At least not according to the ego-bursting feedback he's given in his freshman seminar. But Paul finds a funny, faithful friend in Roby Smalls, and maybe -- oh god, please -- he's beginning to catch the interest of smart, beautiful Natalia Gutierrez. Cruising through high school as a sauced-out, rap-loving beta lobster suits Paul fine, and if life ever gets him down? Smoke a little weed, crunch a few pills . . . it's all good. But in the treacherous currents of teenage culture, it's easy to get pulled under. With perfect frankness, Lauren Myracle lays bare the life of one boy as he navigates friendship, love, loss, and addiction. It's life at its most ordinary and most unforgettable. |