A teenage boy navigates high school friendships, first love, loss, and addiction in this frank coming-of-age story.
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A teenage boy navigates high school friendships, first love, loss, and addiction in this frank coming-of-age story.
Lauren Myracle brings her signature frank, funny, and insightful writing to this novel of a teenage boy’s coming-of-age. Paul Walden is not an alpha lobster, the hypermasculine crustacean king who intimidates the other male lobsters, beds all the lady lobsters, and “wins” at life. At least not according to the ego-bursting feedback he’s given in his freshman seminar. But Paul finds a funny, faithful friend in Roby Smalls, and maybe — oh god, please — he’s beginning to catch the interest of smart...
will contain mild spoilers
Frequent talk of sex, virginity, erections, and sexual urges
No violence depicted
Mature language throughout
Weed, pills, prescription drug addiction, and recovery central
No LGBTQ+ themes present
No religious themes present
No magic or witchcraft elements
No occult content present
No political messaging
No self-harm or suicide depicted
Personal tragedy, grief, and emotional pain
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