Should I Stay or Should You Go? by Kyle Lukoff

Should I Stay or Should You Go?

Kyle Lukoff, Listening Library

Penguin Young Readers Group · Print & ebook · Forthcoming

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Who it’s for
Two students seek fresh starts at college, where early romance meets the question of belonging.
Genres
YA Transgender, YA Romance - LGBTQ+, Coming of Age
Published
Penguin Young Readers Group, Forthcoming

About this book

From award-winning author Kyle Lukoff comes an emotionally charged and unexpectedly funny not-quite-love story, set against the backdrop of college orientation For Thomas, matriculating at Erikson, the storied Ivy League University on New York’s Upper West Side, is about more than trading in small-town Vermont for life in the big city.

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It’s about returning to the place he was born, walking the same streets his late uncle did in his early 20s, and finally, finally getting a chance to ditch the “nice trans boy” persona he’s been carrying since coming out in middle school. Not that Thomas isn’t nice or trans, but he longs to be just one of the guys, another face in the crowd. Blending in has never been Annabelle’s aim, but ever since her most recent (and most disastrous) breakup, she’s been counting down the days until she can escape Seattle’s claustrophobic queer scene for the relative anonymity of NYC. No one at Gilman College, or its sibling school Erikson, knows anything about Annabelle or her exes. It’s the perfect fresh start, and this time, everything will be different. When Thomas and Annabelle meet, their connection is electric. Neither one can believe they’ve found someone so perfect before classes even start. But as the heady thrill of new love (and lust) begins to fade, both teens will discover that what you think you want isn’t always what you need.

College Orientation

Two students seek fresh starts at college, where early romance meets the question of belonging.

Come here for

  • Thomas’s return to New York and the streets his late uncle walked
  • Annabelle’s escape from Seattle’s queer scene for college anonymity

Expect

  • A connection formed before classes start
  • Two students reconsidering what they want from new love

Where it sits

YA Transgender56%
YA Romance - LGBTQ+50%
Coming of Age48%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • YA LGBTQ+
  • College & Uni YA
  • Dating & Sex for Teens
Authors
Kyle Lukoff, Listening Library
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Published
Forthcoming
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
YA LGBTQ+