Synopses & Reviews
Just when everything is coming together for Sam, his girlfriend Alicia drops a bombshell. Make that
ex-girlfriend because by the time she tells him she's pregnant, they've already called it quits. Sam does
not want to be a teenage dad. His mom had him at sixteen and has made it very clear how having a baby so young interrupted her life. There's only one person Sam can turn to his hero, skating legend Tony Hawk. Sam believes the answers to life's hurdles can be found in Hawk's autobiography.
But even Tony Hawk isn't offering answers this time or is he? Inexplicably, Sam finds himself whizzed into the future, for a quick glimpse of what will be...or what could be. In this wonderfully witty, poignant story about a teenage boy unexpectedly thrust into fatherhood, it's up to Sam to make the right decisions so the bad things that could happen, well, don't.
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"Vintage Hornby: a witty trek inside the emotional life of the modern male." People
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"We know exactly how Sam feels even when he feels differently from the beginning of a sentence to the end and it feels just right: a vertiginous mix of anger, confusion, insight, humor, and love." Booklist (Starred Review)
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"Hornby's witty, gentle genius shines through." USA Today
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"Like the movie Knocked Up, this is a story about an accidental pregnancy that nudges the male protagonist into adulthood....[S]trong and disturbing, a must read for older boys." Kirkus Reviews
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"Hornby pens a first novel for teens that is a sweet and funny story about mistakes and choices." VOYA
Synopsis
Nick Hornby, bestselling author of High Fidelity and About a Boy, delivers his first novel for young adults a wonderfully witty, poignant story about a teenage boy unwittingly thrust into fatherhood. When he's inexplicably whizzed into the future, it's up to Sam to make the right decisions.
Synopsis
The #1 New York Times bestseller now in a brand new paperback package. For 16-year-old Sam, life is about to get extremely complicated. He and his girlfriend-make that ex-girlfriend- Alicia have gotten themselves into a bit of trouble. Sam is suddenly forced to grow up and struggle with the familiar fears and inclinations that haunt us all.
Nick Hornby's poignant and witty novel shows a rare and impressive understanding of human relationships and what it really means to be a man.
Synopsis
Bestselling author Nick Hornby delivers his first novel for young adults.
Synopsis
The #1 New York Times bestseller now in paperback.For 16-year-old Sam, life is about to get extremely complicated. He and his girlfriend—make that ex-girlfriend— Alicia have gotten themselves into a bit of trouble. Sam is suddenly forced to grow up and struggle with the familiar fears and inclinations that haunt us all.
Nick Hornby’s poignant and witty novel shows a rare and impressive understanding of human relationships and what it really means to be a man.
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Synopsis
The #1 New York Times bestseller now in a brand new paperback package. For 16-year-old Sam, life is about to get extremely complicated. He and his girlfriend-make that ex-girlfriend- Alicia have gotten themselves into a bit of trouble. Sam is suddenly forced to grow up and struggle with the familiar fears and inclinations that haunt us all.
Nick Hornby's poignant and witty novel shows a rare and impressive understanding of human relationships and what it really means to be a man.
About the Author
Nick Hornby is the author of six internationally bestselling novels (
High Fidelity, About a Boy, How to be Good, A Long Way Down, Slam and
Juliet, Naked) and several works of non-fiction including
Fever Pitch, Songbook and
Ten Years In The Tub, a collection of his 'Stuff I've Been Reading' columns from the
Believer. His screenplay for the film
An Education was nominated for an Academy Award. He lives in Highbury, north London.