This ended up being a truly emotional read for me, as a lot of this year’s books have been, and made me think of some of the people in my life that have felt like they needed to hide their true selves in order to feel loved and accepted.
How many times have we seen people in their teenage years – or even us ourselves – change parts of our personality or even our physical selves to get our object of affection to feel something for us? Does that work out for us in the end? Is it ever worth it in the end? I kind of felt bad for him though, because it seemed like Randy was giving up a lot of the things that he really loved in order to make Del completely opposite of what Randy was in order to get Hudson to finally see him and give him a chance. Now while I don’t know how it’s like to completely change my identity the way that Randy changed to Del, I do understand where he is coming from. I think about some of my friends or even my family members that have felt like they had to hide a piece of themselves because of what others could have thought about them and I wonder how they would have benefited from something like this. Meaning I wish that it wasn’t so rare, or wasn’t so expensive, or wasn’t so controversial to have something like this because sometimes kids just need to be themselves without their parents or their regular school peers present. I think about places like this, where queer kids can be their true selves with other queer kids and wish that this was something that was available all around the world without there being a problem with it. All quotes in this review are taken from the Advanced Reader Copy and may change in final publication. Thank you to Fantastic Flying Book Club, Netgalley, and Little, Brown Books for Young Readers for this free copy. And is it really love anyway, if Hudson doesn’t know who he truly is?ĭisclaimer: I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. Even if it means giving up show tunes, nail polish, and his unicorn bedsheets, he’s determined to get Hudson to fall for him.īut as he and Hudson grow closer, Randy has to ask himself how much is he willing to change for love. Randy has reinvented himself as ‘Del’ – buff, masculine, and on the market. This year, though, it’s going to be different.
And it’s where he fell for Hudson Aaronson-Lim – who’s only into straight-acting guys and barely knows not-at-all-straight-acting Randy even exists. It’s where he takes to the stage in the big musical. Sixteen-year-old Randy Kapplehoff loves spending the summer at Camp Outland, a camp for queer teens. GR | Amazon | B&N | iBooks | TBD | Kobo | Googleįrom the author of the acclaimed Jack of Hearts (and other parts) comes a sweet and sharp screwball comedy that critiques the culture of toxic masculinity within the queer community. Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
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