{"product_id":"hot-boy-summer-9781665932066","title":"Hot Boy Summer","description":"\u003cb\u003eFour gay teens in Texas have the summer of their lives while discovering important truths about realness, belonging, and friendship in this \"explosive prose debut for the gays and theys growing up outside of the box\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMac has never really felt like he belonged. Definitely not at home--his dad's politics and toxic masculinity make a real connection impossible. He thought he fit in on the baseball team, but that's only because he was pretending to be someone he wasn't. Finding his first gay friend, Cammy, was momentous; finally, he could be his authentic self around someone else. But as it turned out, not really. Cammy could be cruel, and his \"advice\" often came off way harsh. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd then, Mac meets Flor, who shows him that you can be both fierce and kind, and Mikey, who is superhot and might maybe think the same about him. Over the course of one hot, life-changing summer, Mac will stand face-to-face with desire, betrayal, and letting go of shame, which will lead to some huge discoveries about the realness of truly belonging. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold in Mac's infectious, joyful, gay AF voice, \u003ci\u003eHot Boy Summer \u003c\/i\u003eserves a tale as important as hope itself: four gay teens doing what they can to connect and have the fiercest summer of their lives. New friendships will be forged, hot boys will be kissed...and girl, the toxic will be detoxed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16543115\"\u003eJoe Jiménez\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MTV Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/06\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781665932066\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1665932066\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-JUV\"\u003eJuvenile Fiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-JUV000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoe Jiménez is the author of the poetry collection \u003ci\u003eRattlesnake Allegory\u003c\/i\u003e and the young adult novels \u003ci\u003eHot Boy Summer \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBloodline\u003c\/i\u003e. He was the recipient of the 2016 Letras Latinas\/Red Hen Press Poetry Prize, and he was awarded a Lucas Artists Literary Artists Fellowship. His writing has appeared on the \u003ci\u003ePBS NewsHour\u003c\/i\u003e and Lambda Literary sites. Joe lives in San Antonio, Texas, where he is a high school English teacher and a member of the Macondo Writers Workshop. Learn more at JoeJimenez.net.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MTV Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48458749739245,"sku":"9781665932066","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_ecb592bd-4ef4-4a43-90c5-ef2cd4a959c9.jpg?v=1753618669","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/hot-boy-summer-9781665932066","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}