I don't want to to take too much away, plot wise. In order to escape, they will have to uncover a lot of abhorrent secrets that will make the mobster want to keep them hidden away on the island until their last breath, be that in thirty years or, well, tomorrow. I'm glad that this book only spans a few days cause I don't think I could have handled any more than that. Some of them have already been there for a long time. These kids need to find a way to escape, otherwise they'll be spending months, if not years on that island. So imagine a handful (or two handsful? It's probably "handful", but it's plural and I like making up my own rules so) of queer children and teenagers on a lonely island surrounded my water and a mobster of cruel, definitely not well-meaning and actually super evil adults pretending to "re-straighten" them while really they just enjoy oppressing and manipulation people that have less power than they do. I love it even more when it's gay and this book is admittedly rather gay. There will be blood, graphic violence, murder, abuse, slurs and more. It does not shy away from showing the ugly with all its open wounds and oozing sores.
Luckily, my fears were completely unnecessary because deliver it did. That also means my hopes were mile high and my fears of it not being able to deliver had my knees shaking. It is no surprise that I have been hyping this book since I first learnt of its existence. Also know that I'm slightly buzzed so I do not guarantee that this review will make any sense. Hold my gin, cause I cannot do that while writing this. But first, he's exposing the camp's horrible truths for what they are-and taking this place down.Conversion Camp Kids Gang Up on their Homophobic Guards - now that is a story I NEED in my life.
Connor plans to escape and bring the other kidnapped teens with him. At Nightlight, everyone has something to hide-from the campers to the "converted" staff and cagey camp director-and it quickly becomes clear that no one is safe. His final destination: Nightlight Ministries, a conversion therapy camp that will be his new home until he "changes."īut Connor's troubles are only beginning. His SAT scores bombed, the old man he delivers meals to died, and when he came out to his religious zealot mother, she had him kidnapped and shipped off to a secluded island. just with gay teenagers taking the horrors of the world head on.Ī 2020 Booklist Top 10 First Novels for Youth selectionĪ 2020 Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adult Books selectionĪ 2020 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Bronze Winner, Young Adult FictionĬonnor Major's summer break is turning into a nightmare. Surrender Your Sons is an LGBTQ+ YA mystery / thriller that expertly blends together humor, horror, and heart, in a wholly unique read like no other.
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