The language of seabirds

Title:

Author:

Taylor, Will (Children's literature author), author.

Summary:

Jeremy is not excited about the prospect of spending the summer with his dad and his uncle in a seaside cabin in Oregon. It's the first summer after his parents' divorce, and he hasn't exactly been seeking alone time with his dad. He doesn't have a choice, though, so he goes... and on his first day takes a walk on the beach and finds himself intrigued by a boy his age running by. Eventually, he and Runner Boy (Evan) meet -- and what starts out as friendship blooms into something neither boy is expecting... and also something both boys have been secretly hoping for. -- Amazon.

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

237 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Genre:

Romance fiction.

Subject Term:

Fathers and sons -- Fiction.

Children of divorced parents -- Fiction.

Vacations -- Fiction.

Gay teenagers -- Fiction.

First loves -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Oregon -- Fiction.

Publisher:

Scholastic Press,

Publication Date:

2022

ISBN:

9781338753738

Publication Information:

New York : Scholastic Press, 2022.

Call Number:

YA TAYLOR

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Summary

A sweet, tender middle-grade story of two boys finding first love with each other over a seaside summer.

Author Notes

Will Taylor is a huge fan of wicked witches. His other books include the award-winning The Language of Seabirds . He lives in Seattle.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

In an earnestly told novel that traces two liminal weeks in the wake of a parental divorce, gay 12-year-old Jeremy Ryden grapples with learning "environmental adaptability" and speaking his truth. While his can-do mother moves out of their family home, Jeremy spends 14 summer days with his father and uncle at a rental property on Oregon's Pacific coast. It's a moment "in between the family before and the family after," between school years, and between land and sea, and Jeremy hopes to make the most of it, even if he hasn't been able to come out to his parents. After the tween sees a beautiful boy his age, Evan Sandford, running on the beach, then encounters him in town, the two grow closer, creating a coded language using the names of local birds. While developing feelings for Evan, Jeremy also notices changes in his suddenly testy father's behavior, including a significant uptick in drinking. Via a leisurely third-person narration that effectively conjures the agony of first texts and the emotional awkwardness of adolescence, Taylor (Maggie & Abby's Neverending Pillow Fort) writes with vulnerability the conflict of being in-between. Jeremy is of Irish descent; protagonists are white. Ages 8--12. Agent: Brent Taylor, Triada US. (July)