Play Me Backwards
by Adam Selzer
(...who may or may not be the devil)
to get his act together in this novel filled with humor, awkwardness, and honesty.
Determined to get his act together, Leon asks Stan for help. Stan gives him a few seemingly random and mysterious assignments. Date a popular girl. Listen to Moby-Dick, the audiobook. Find the elusive white grape slushee. Join the yearbook committee.
As each task brings Leon one step away from slacker city and one step closer to Anna, he starts to wonder if maybe he shouldn't have promised Stan his soul after all...
REVIEWS...
"Selzer packs the story with bawdy, hormonal humor [...] a mordantly funny story of a teenager bumbling headlong into love and sex while caught in high-school limbo, waiting for life to kick into gear." --Publisher's Weekly
"A diabolically funny, slacker-makes-good coming-of-age story" --Booklist
"[H]ilariously subversive but also tender and poignant as Leon learns to have faith in himself again. The humor is, by turns, tasteless, clever, and cringe-worthy [...] a fun and satisfying experience." --VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates)
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