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Connor Major’s
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Adam Sass began writing books in Sharpie
on the backs of Starbucks pastry bags. (He’s
sorry it distracted him from making your
latte.) Though he was raised in an Illinois
farm town, his desire for a creative career
took him to Chicago, New York, Los Angeles,
and currently, North Carolina, where he lives
with his husband and dachshunds. When
he’s not dropping hot takes on Twitter, Adam
is a recurring co-host on the popular Buffy
the Vampire Slayer podcast Slayerfest98.
Surrender Your Sons is his first novel.
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Praise for Surrender Your Sons am summer break is
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turning into a
“Hard to read story, hard-to-stop-reading writing.”
nightmare.
—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“I cried and laughed and found so many versions of myself in these pages.”
–Garrard Conley, New York Times best-selling author of Boy Erased
His SAT scores bombed, the old man he
“Layered and gripping, Surrender Your Sons is at once a haunting thriller, a
delivers meals to died, and when he came out
celebration of queer resilience, and a profound look at the strength required
to love oneself and break the cycle of trauma.” to his religious zealot mother, she had him
–Caleb Roehrig, author of Last Seen Leaving and The Fell of Dark kidnapped and shipped off to a secluded island.
“An edge-of-your-seat queer adventure story so full of twists and turns that His final destination: Nightlight Ministries, a
it’s not until we catch our breath that we come to realize the depth of the story conversion therapy camp that will be his new
we’ve just been told.”
home until he “changes.”
–Abdi Nazemian, author of Like a Love Story and The Authentics
But Connor’s troubles are only beginning.
“A powerful story of queer resistance.”
At Nightlight, everyone has something to
–Phil Stamper, author of The Gravity of Us
hide—from the campers to the “converted”
“A classic adventure novel about the heart of darkness in a homophobic world.”
staff and cagey camp director—and it quickly
–L.C. Rosen, author of Jack of Hearts (And Other Parts) and Camp
becomes clear that no one is safe. Connor plans
“Teeming with richly developed characters and heart-stopping surprises,
to escape and bring the other kidnapped teens
Adam Sass’s debut grabs you from page one and doesn’t let go.”
with him. But first, he’s exposing the camp’s
–Zack Smedley, author of Deposing Nathan
horrible truths for what they are—and taking
$17.99 US
this place down.
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