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KINGS OF B'MORE
A smart, sincere, and hilarious YA debut by beloved cultural critic R. Eric Thomas.
KINGS OF B'MORE is an epic summer quest story about the expansive and transforming love of friendship. It stars Harrison and Linus. They're starting junior year in the fall, and Harrison is freaking out because on the other side of college testing and driving there is ADULT LIFE. His only comfort is knowing that Linus will be there to go through it with him. But then Linus reveals a secret he's been holding in for weeks - he's moving out of state in four days.
Inspired by a cheesy movie pick on family movie night - Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Harrison decides to plan a grand gesture for his favorite person. If they won't be having all of the life-expanding experiences he thought they would, Harrison will squeeze them all into their last day. They end up on a mini road trip to DC so Linus can kiss his crush Dario - and then to the Black Smithsonian when that doesn't work out. They attend their first Pride parade back in Baltimore and end up at a rooftop party to dance away their anxieties. All while setting up a decoy plan to keep their respective parents - who track them daily on a family location app called Check In - off their trail. It's a day of doing all the things - big and small - they've been too scared to do. But, of course, nothing feels scarier than saying goodbye to someone you love.
R. Eric Thomas is the bestselling author of Here For It, or How to Save Your Soul in America, a Read with Jenna book club pick featured on Today and a Lambda Literary Award finalist. He is the co-author of Reclaiming Her Time, a biography of Rep. Maxine Waters. He is also a television writer (AppleTV+'s Dickinson, FX's Better Things), a playwright, and the long-running host of The Moth in Philadelphia and D.C. For four years, he was a Senior Staff Writer for Elle.com where he wrote "Eric Reads the News." This is his YA debut.
Inspired by a cheesy movie pick on family movie night - Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Harrison decides to plan a grand gesture for his favorite person. If they won't be having all of the life-expanding experiences he thought they would, Harrison will squeeze them all into their last day. They end up on a mini road trip to DC so Linus can kiss his crush Dario - and then to the Black Smithsonian when that doesn't work out. They attend their first Pride parade back in Baltimore and end up at a rooftop party to dance away their anxieties. All while setting up a decoy plan to keep their respective parents - who track them daily on a family location app called Check In - off their trail. It's a day of doing all the things - big and small - they've been too scared to do. But, of course, nothing feels scarier than saying goodbye to someone you love.
R. Eric Thomas is the bestselling author of Here For It, or How to Save Your Soul in America, a Read with Jenna book club pick featured on Today and a Lambda Literary Award finalist. He is the co-author of Reclaiming Her Time, a biography of Rep. Maxine Waters. He is also a television writer (AppleTV+'s Dickinson, FX's Better Things), a playwright, and the long-running host of The Moth in Philadelphia and D.C. For four years, he was a Senior Staff Writer for Elle.com where he wrote "Eric Reads the News." This is his YA debut.
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Published 2022-05-31 by Kokila |