Most Valuable Player by A. M. Woody

Most Valuable Player

A. M. Woody, Michael Crouch, Briggon Snow

Penguin Young Readers Group · Print & ebook · October 21, 2025

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Who it’s for
A playful football romance pairs bruised pride and snark with a bond that grows more tender.
Genres
YA Romance - LGBTQ+, Football, Romantic Comedy for Teens
Published
Penguin Young Readers Group, October 21, 2025

About this book

The cocky star QB and the team's sarcastic water boy. What could go wrong? A sports romance with humor and heart from the author of They Hate Each Other Cameron Morelli is hot sh*t. Worse, he knows it. With a godlike physique and a position as his varsity football team’s star quarterback, there’s nobody he can’t charm. So one might imagine his mortification when he’s rejected by Mason Gray, the team’s snarky water boy.

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To make matters worse, this disgrace is followed by Cam’s coach benching him until he can get his grades up. Luckily, a reliable tutor steps forward to help Cam reclaim his dignity—the boy who just humiliated him. For Mason, tutoring an airheaded jock is nothing but a distraction from a past he can’t escape. What he doesn’t expect is to find something worthwhile in their conversations—something softening in the ice between them. Nor does Cam expect that Mason’s calm smile hides a harrowing story. As they slowly nudge through each other’s steel gates, the dangerous realities beyond high school threaten their deepening bond. But really, it’s about football.

Banter and Heart

A playful football romance pairs bruised pride and snark with a bond that grows more tender.

Come here for

  • Football rivalry, sharp banter, and a romance with a comic edge
  • A cocky quarterback thrown off balance by the boy who rejects him

Expect

  • High-school romance with humor and emotional weight
  • Two guarded boys finding something worthwhile in their conversations

Where it sits

Football85%
YA Romance - LGBTQ+79%
Romantic Comedy for Teens47%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • YA Romance - LGBTQ+
  • Emotions & Feelings for Teens
  • Football
Authors
A. M. Woody, Michael Crouch, Briggon Snow
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Published
October 21, 2025
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
YA Romance - LGBTQ+