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Boy21


Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults

School year: Lower 6th, Upper 6th, Year 10, Year 11, Year 8, Year 9

No. of pages 288

Published: 2014

Great for age 12-17 years

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A moving tale of incredible friendship for fans of Jay Asher, THE FAULT IN OUR STARS and David Levithan. It's never been easy for Finley, particularly at home. But two things keep him going: his place on the basketball team and his girlfriend, Erin - the light in even the darkest of his days. Then Russ arrives. He answers only to Boy21, claims to be from outer space, and also has a past he wants to escape. He's one of the best high school basketball players in the country and threatens to steal Finley's starting position. Against all the odds, Russ and Finley become friends. Russ could change everything for Finley, both for better and for worse. But sometimes the person you least expect can give you the courage to face what's gone before ...and work out where you're going next.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is part of a book series called Top Ten Best Fiction For Young Adults .

There are 288 pages in this book. This book was published in 2014 by Headline Publishing Group .

Matthew Quick (aka Q) is the New York Times bestselling author of several novels, including THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK, which was made into an Oscar-winning film. His work has been translated into thirty languages and has received a PEN/Hemingway Award Honorable Mention. Q lives with his wife, novelist/pianist Alicia Bessette, on North Carolina's Outer Banks.

 

This book is in the following series:

Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

Nutmeg Book Award - Teen
This book was recognised in the Teen category by the Nutmeg Book Award.

Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers
This book was recognised by the Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers.

Cybils Award - Fiction - YA
This book was recognised in the Fiction - YA category by the Cybils Award. The Cybils Awards is a group of readers passionate about seeking out and recognizing books that represent diversity, inclusion, and appropriate representation for children and teens. To accomplish that goal, the Cybils Awards works to recognize books written for children and young adults that combine both the highest literary merit and popular appeal.

Virginia Readers Choice Award - High School
This book was recognised in the High School category by the Virginia Readers Choice Award.

LA Times Book Award - YA
This book was recognised in the YA category by the La Times Book Award.

Delaware Diamonds Award - High School
This book was recognised in the High School category by the Delaware Diamonds Award.

Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award
This book was recognised by the Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award.

Tayshas Reading
This book was recognised by the Tayshas Reading.

Sequoyah Book Award
This book was recognised by the Sequoyah Book Award.

South Carolina Childrens Junior and Young Adult Book Award
This book was recognised by the South Carolina Childrens Junior and Young Adult Book Award.

Kentucky Blue Grass Award - Grades 9-12
This book was recognised in the Grades 9-12 category by the Kentucky Blue Grass Award.

Keystone to Reading Award - High School
This book was recognised in the High School category by the Keystone to Reading Book Award.