[bxb, gxg] When Reid Edwards is shoved into a locker by his bully on the last day of high school, 1970, he certainly doesn't expect to tumble straight into a room containing the high school's three oddballs. What ensues is a carefree summer full of drinking, dreaming, and watching the stars. But as Reid grows closer to the three of them, Art in particular, he's caught between his religious home life and the quickly snowballing gay rights movement that his new friends are determined to be a part of. ✶ featured on the teenfiction the full spectrum reading list ! ✶ featured on the generalfiction freestyle fiction reading list ! ✶ first place for teen fiction in the andromeda awards ! ✶ first place for teen fiction in the campfire awards ! ✶ first place for teen fiction in the oscar awards ! ✶ third place for romance in the mystical awards !

❝first of all, fuck you. jk, i don't want to❞ a mostly civil explanation on why homophobia is a giant pile of ✧BULLSHIT✧! feel free to (attempt to) refute my claims. to my lgbtq+ gaybies, i love y'all so so much :) xoxo, a fairly righteous gay girl from somewhere in the united states p.s. yes the genre is non-fiction 🤪😩😹 cuz guess what hoes? IT'S NON-FICTION!