Gideon Green in Black and White
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HarperCollins · Ebook · May 17, 2022
Truly Devious meets Turtles All the Way Down in critically acclaimed author Katie Henry’s YA contemporary comedic mystery, a hilarious send-up of the hardboiled detective genre that spotlights family, friendship, and love.
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- Who it’s for
- A retired boy detective finds that truth, friendship, and first romance resist noir’s tidy rules.
- Themes
- Family, Friendship, Love
- Genres
- YA Mysteries, Funny YA, Contemporary YA Romance
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Truly Devious meets Turtles All the Way Down in critically acclaimed author Katie Henry’s YA contemporary comedic mystery, a hilarious send-up of the hardboiled detective genre that spotlights family, friendship, and love. Gideon’s short-lived run as a locally famous boy detective ended when middle school started, and everyone else—including his best friend, Lily—moved on while Gideon kept holding on to his trench coat, fedora, and his treasured film noir collection.
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Now he’s sixteen and officially retired. That is, until Lily shows up suddenly at Gideon’s door, needing his help. He might be mad at her for cutting him off with no explanation, but Gideon can’t turn down a case. As a cover, Gideon joins Lily on the school paper. Surprisingly, he finds himself warming up to the welcoming, close-knit staff . . . especially Tess, the cute, witty editor-in-chief. But as the case gets bigger than Gideon or Lily could have anticipated, Gideon must balance his black-and-white quest for the truth with the full colors of real life—or risk a permanent fade to black. * A Junior Library Guild Selection * * A YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Top Ten Title *
Noir Meets Real Life
A retired boy detective finds that truth, friendship, and first romance resist noir’s tidy rules.
Come here for
- A hardboiled-detective send-up with warmth around the edges
- School-paper camaraderie and witty sparks
Expect
- Noir-loving humor alongside family, friendship, and love
- A mystery that nudges black-and-white thinking toward real-life gray
Where it sits
| YA Mysteries | 97% |
|---|---|
| Contemporary YA Romance | 43% |
| Funny YA | 32% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Coming of Age
- YA Family Stories
- Satirical YA
- YA LGBTQ+
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- YA Mysteries
- Contemporary YA Romance
- YA Romance - LGBTQ+
- Romantic Comedy for Teens
- Authors
- Katie Henry
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- May 17, 2022
- Format
- Ebook
- Theme
- Family · Friendship · Love
- Reading lane
- Coming of Age