Play Me Backwards
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- 47,99 zł
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- 47,99 zł
Publisher Description
A committed slacker enlists the help of his best friend (who may or may not be the devil) to get his act together in this “timelessly true to life” (Booklist) novel filled with humor, awkwardness, and honesty, ideal for fans of The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
Leon Harris isn’t exceptional and he isn’t popular. He’s the kind of guy that peaked in middle school, when once upon a time he was in the “gifted” program and on the fast track to Ivy League glory.
Now, a high school senior, he’s a complete slacker who spends his time hanging out in a third-rate ice cream parlor with his best friend, Stan, a guy who (jokingly, Leon thinks) claims to be Satan. Committed to his sloth, Leon panics when he finds out that Anna, the love of his life aka middle school girlfriend, might be moving back to town.
Determined to get his act together, Leon asks Stan for help. Stan gives him a few seemingly random and mysterious assignments. Date a popular girl. Listen to Moby-Dick, the audiobook. Find the elusive white grape slushee. Join the yearbook committee.
As each task brings Leon one step away from slacker city and one step closer to Anna, he starts to wonder if maybe he shouldn’t have promised Stan his soul after all…
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Leon Harris is a quintessential slacker, whiling away his high school years working at a "B-list ice cream parlor" with an unpopular bunch of misfits including his best friend Stan, who tells everyone he's actually Satan and that "My parents just leave out the first A so I can go to St. Pius." After Leon comes to the Valentine's Day rescue of popular Paige Becwar, he ends up falling for her, even as the girl of his dreams, Anna B, might be returning to Iowa after years of living in England. Selzer (I Kissed a Zombie and I Liked It) packs the story with bawdy, hormonal humor and scenes of Leon, Stan, Paige and their friends talking about life and sex, playing invented games to pass the time, or embarking on faux-heroic quests to find a rare "Slushee" flavor, inspired by Ahab's quest in Moby-Dick. It's a mordantly funny story of a teenager bumbling headlong into love and sex while caught in high-school limbo, waiting for life to kick into gear. Ages 14 up.
