'Sweet, barmy, charming, unexpectedly romantic delight of a YA novel. 'A debut I very much loved' Juno Dawson, author of The Gender Games and role model for Stonewall UK 'Slapstick but wonderfully funny' Jewish Chronicle 'I loved Noah's voice: warm, loveable, awkward'. 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 It doesn’t help that a group of French exchange students have descended on Little Fobbing - including sexy Pierre Victoire, who appears to have his eye on Harry.A perfect next read for fans of Heartstoppers and Adam Silvera.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.That's when things go from bad to utter chaos. 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?īut Noah's plans are derailed when Harry kisses him at a party. Why can't Noah be normal, like everyone else at school? He only has one friend, Harry, and school is. 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. "A riotous, real-feeling debut" - The Guardian
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