"A riotous, real-feeling debut" - The
Guardian Poor Noah Grimes!
His father disappeared years ago, his mother's Beyonce tribute
act is an unacceptable embarrassment, and his beloved gran
is no longer herself. He only has one friend, Harry, and
school is... Well, it's pure hell. Why can't Noah be normal, like
everyone else at school? Maybe if he struck up a romantic relationship
with someone - maybe Sophie, who is perfect and lovely
- he'd be seen in a different light? But Noah's plans are derailed
when Harry kisses him at a party. That's when things
go from bad to utter chaos.
One
of the UK's leading writers of LGBTQ+ teen fiction, Simon James Green
is the author of Alex in Wonderland, Gay Club and the
Noah Can't Even books.
A perfect next read for fans of
Heartstoppers and Adam Silvera
Simon's book You're
The One That I Want won the Bristol Teen Book
Award 2022 & has been shortlisted for the YA
Book Award in association with Edinburgh International
Book Festival 2022
MORE PRAISE
FOR NOAH CAN'T EVEN
'I loved Noah's voice:
warm, loveable, awkward'. The Bookseller
'Slapstick
but wonderfully funny' Jewish Chronicle
'A debut
I very much loved' Juno Dawson, author of The Gender Games
and role model for Stonewall UK
'Sweet, barmy, charming,
unexpectedly romantic delight of a YA novel. I smiled the whole
way through.' Lisa Williamson, author of The Art of
Being Normal
'A riotous, real-feeling YA debut' -
The Guardian
This was an... interesting read. I must admit, the writing suited the main character, but I'm not sure whether that's a good thing. It was certainly light hearted, though there were some not-so lighthearted bits that seemed to clash.
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