Scraps
A Gay Skateboarding Romance Novel
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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- £7.99
Publisher Description
Scraps: In rural 2003 Montana, two closeted teen boys navigate skateboarding, harsh small-town judgment, and a summer of unexpected young love.
🌈 MM Teen Gay Romance
🏞️ Small-Town Secrets
🌿 Breathtaking Montana Landscapes
🛹 Heart-Pounding Skateboarding Action
🌟 Perfect for fans of Call Me by Your Name, Mid 90s, Perks of Being a Wallflower, and Heartstopper.
When Gus Shepard's quiet artistic life is upended by his mother's death in 2003, he's sent to the rural town of Livingston, Montana, to live with his estranged woodworking father. For Gus, it's a place filled only with grief, painful childhood memories, and too much sawdust-until he meets Bridger Owens, a local skateboarder with a rebellious streak.
Drawn together by a deal-Gus will build Bridger a handcrafted board in exchange for skateboarding lessons-the two form an unexpected bond, inspiring each other to reach for bigger goals and make the most of their short summer. What starts as friendship soon blossoms into a tender romance they must keep hidden in a town where everyone already knows each other's secrets.
In a town this small, escaping feels impossible.
Being... gay? Unthinkable.
Immediately suspicious, Bridger's jealous skate crew leader, Max Stevens, resents Gus and his growing closeness to his best friend. And the coolest skater girl in Livingston, Tara Shae, senses that Gus, like her, doesn't quite fit the town's mold. As whispers turn into confrontations and family pressures mount, Gus and Bridger's fragile relationship is tested at every turn.
Through late-night swims, daring skate sessions, and moments of breathtaking vulnerability, Scraps paints an unforgettable picture of discovering young queer love in the early 2000s. Will Gus and Bridger risk everything to hold onto what they've found, or will the weight of their separate worlds pull them apart?
Customer Reviews
I LOVED this book
I finished this book in a day, because it was just so easy to get lost in the world. There’s so much I could say about it!
🌄 The Atmosphere
As you read, you’re completely wrapped up in the world of the novel. Not just the time period, not just the place, but something more than that. It feels like you’re living inside this gorgeous, ephemeral summer, where moments of real melancholy are balanced by bursts of joy and excitement for the characters.
🛹 The Characters
The simplest way to explain it is: if you’re a queer person, you know these characters. Gus and Bridger are the kind of characters I wish I could have read about growing up. And shoutout to Tara, my personal favourite. We should all have a Tara in our lives!
💙 The Reality of It All
What makes this book so special is that it’s a queer story grounded in the real, the honest, and therefore sometimes the painful. Scraps doesn’t over romanticise young love into a fairytale, and it doesn’t frame queer love as something tragic either. There’s hope, there’s joy, but there’s also struggle and challenge. It holds all of it.
🥲 Trust Me, You’ll Cry
For all the right reasons. Whether Gus’ summer feels like a blast from your own past or like the coming of age summer you wish you had, it’s going to hit you right in the heart. Some lines just scratch that emotional catharsis itch, honestly.
I hope this book ends up on every shelf, in every library, in every high school. Because stories like this, queer stories like this, are and always have been so important.