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I Can't Even Think Straight
- Author
- Dean Atta
- Narrator
- Dean Atta
- Publisher
- Hachette Children's Group
- Publish Date
- 29 May 2025
- Run Time
- 4 hours 25 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Kai is going into a new school year with some big decisions to make: when to come out as gay, what he wants to do in life and who he wants to date. Is it any wonder he can't think straight?
Best friends Matt and Kai made a promise to each other to stay in the closet. Matt isn't ready to come out, but Kai wants nothing more than to write his own story. He decides it's time to break his promise and show his true self to the world.
Now out and proud, Kai starts dating super-hot Obi, but it's far from smooth sailing. Is love closer to home than Kai realises?
Critics Review
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Eloquent, layered coming-of-age verse novel
The Guardian
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A clever title, and a story written in verse, I Can't Even Think Straight can be read in one single sitting, but will sit with you for much longer
United by Pop
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Dean Atta has once again delivered a powerful, emotional YA novel in verse that makes the reader feel they are peeking into someone's diary...this is a very sweet, sometimes raw YA
LoveReading4Kids
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Details
- Author
- Dean Atta
- Narrator
- Dean Atta
- Duration
- 4 hours 25 minutes
- Release Date
- 29 May 2025
- ISBN
- 9781444961522
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hachette Children's Group
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage: Poetry / poems, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: LGBTQIA+, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Self-awareness and self-esteem
Synopsis
Big decisions and messy relationships. It's all part of life for Kai. A must-read queer coming of age story for fans of Sarah Crossan and Sex Education, written in verse by Stonewall-Award-winning, Carnegie-shortlisted author Dean Atta.Kai is going into a new school year with some big decisions to make: when to come out as gay, what he wants to do in life and who he wants to date. Is it any wonder he can't think straight? Best friends Matt and Kai made a promise to each other to stay in the closet. Matt isn't ready to come out, but Kai wants nothing more than to write his own story. He decides it's time to break his promise and show his true self to the world.Now out and proud, Kai starts dating super-hot Obi, but it's far from smooth sailing. Is love closer to home than Kai realises?
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