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A sweet, tender middle-grade story of two boys finding first love with each other over a seaside summer.
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.
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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)
Booklist Review
Jeremy, 12, is spending two weeks on the Oregon coast with his father and uncle after his parents divorce. He is still processing the changes and his awareness that he is gay, which make him want to stay behind a glass window that will keep the world out. Then he meets Evan, who introduces him to running, and his life seems to change for the better. He and Evan create a coded language using the names of species of birds found on the Oregon coast ("cormorant" means beautiful, for example). Meanwhile, Jeremy's formerly "fun" parent has doubled down on being the "responsible" parent, but his erratic behavior and his growing reliance on alcohol alienates him from Jeremy. Taylor's involving narrative is gentle and luminous. The developing relationship is convincing and appealing, but more important is Jeremy's emergence from his hiding place within himself. Jeremy is insightful in that he understands he can't make future decisions until he sorts through the enormous changes in his life. Taylor's novel is poignant, moving, and totally cormorant.