Three years ago, Tanner
Scott’s family relocated from California to Utah, a move that nudged
the bisexual teen temporarily back into the closet. Now, with one
semester of high school to go, and no obstacles between him and
out-of-state college freedom, Tanner plans to coast through his
remaining classes and clear out of Utah.
But when his best friend
Autumn dares him to take Provo High’s prestigious Seminar—where honor
roll students diligently toil to draft a book in a semester—Tanner can’t
resist going against his better judgment and having a go, if only to
prove to Autumn how silly the whole thing is. Writing a book in four
months sounds simple. Four months is an eternity.
It turns out, Tanner is only partly right: four months is
a long time. After all, it takes only one second for him to notice
Sebastian Brother, the Mormon prodigy who sold his own Seminar novel the
year before and who now mentors the class. And it takes less than a
month for Tanner to fall completely in love with him.
The story is supposed to be over.
Simon
Snow did everything he was supposed to do. He beat the villain. He won
the war. He even fell in love. Now comes the good part, right? Now comes
the happily ever after…
So why can’t Simon Snow get off the couch?
What he needs, according to his best friend, is a change of scenery. He just needs to see himself in a new light…
That’s how Simon and Penny and Baz end up in a vintage convertible, tearing across the American West.
They
find trouble, of course. (Dragons, vampires, skunk-headed things with
shotguns.) And they get lost. They get so lost, they start to wonder
whether they ever knew where they were headed in the first place…
With Wayward Son,
Rainbow Rowell has written a book for everyone who ever wondered what
happened to the Chosen One after he saved the day. And a book for
everyone who was ever more curious about the second kiss than the first.
It’s another helping of sour cherry scones with an absolutely decadent
amount of butter.
Come on, Simon Snow. Your hero’s journey might be over – but your life has just begun.
