Join us virtually to celebrate the release of David Valdes' Spin Me Right Round hailed as "a page turner" (Kirkus) and "laugh out loud" funny (Booklist)!   National Book Award-winning author Malinda Lo (Last Night at the Telegraph Club) will join in conversation! **This event, originally scheduled to take place in person, will now take place online, free and open to all via Crowdcast.**

**To make this launch extra special, we're collecting donated copies of SPIN ME RIGHT ROUND for teens in need! Donated copies will be given to the Cambridge Public Library for their annual holiday drive, which gives books to children and teens who are living in transitionary housing. Donated copies are 20% off! There's no need to pick up a donated copy - we'll take care of bringing it to the holiday drive for you. Donate a copy here! Thanks for supporting David and our community!**

From lauded writer David Valdes, a sharp and funny YA novel that's Back to the Future with a twist, as a gay teen travels back to his parents' era to save a closeted classmate's life.

All Luis Gonzalez wants is to go to prom with his boyfriend, something his “progressive” school still doesn't allow. Not after what happened with Chaz Wilson. But that was ages ago, when Luis's parents were in high school; it would never happen today, right? He's determined to find a way to give his LGBTQ friends the respect they deserve (while also not risking his chance to be prom king, just saying…).

When a hit on the head knocks him back in time to 1985 and he meets the doomed young Chaz himself, Luis concocts a new plan-he's going to give this guy his first real kiss. Though it turns out a conservative school in the '80s isn't the safest place to be a gay kid. Especially with homophobes running the campus, including Gordo (aka Luis's estranged father). Luis is in over his head, trying not to make things worse-and hoping he makes it back to present day at all.

In a story that's fresh, intersectional, and wickedly funny, David Valdes introduces a big-mouthed, big-hearted queer character that readers won't soon forget.

David Valdes is the author of the nonfiction books Homo Domesticus, The Rhinestone Sisterhood, and Today Show pick A Little Fruitcake, as well as a dozen produced plays. A former Boston Globe columnist and Huffington Post blogger whose posts have received over a million hits, he currently writes for Medium, and was recently featured in the New York Times's Modern Love column. He also teaches writing at Boston Conservatory and Tufts. David lives in the Boston area with his teen daughter.

Malinda Lo is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of several novels, including Last Night at the Telegraph Club, winner of the National Book Award. Her debut, Ash, a lesbian retelling of Cinderella, was a finalist for the William C. Morris Award, the Andre Norton Award for YA Science Fiction and Fantasy, the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, and was a Kirkus Best Book for Children and Teens. She has been a three-time finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. Malinda's nonfiction has been published by the New York Times Book Review, NPR, the Huffington Post, The Toast, the Horn Book, and the anthologies Here We Are, How I Resist, and Scratch. She lives in Massachusetts with her wife.

David Valdes with Malinda Lo, Spin Me Right Round