When You Get the Chance
- Author Tom Ryan, Robin Stevenson
- Narrator Emily Lawrence, Vikas Adam
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date 17 August 2021
- Run Time 6 hours and 55 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction and true stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories – Romance, love or friendship, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: LGBTQ+, Children’s / Teenage: General interest.
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What to expect
Follow cousins on a road trip to Pride as they dive into family secrets and friendships.
As kids, Mark and his cousin Talia spent many happy summers together at the family cottage in Ontario, Canada, but a fight between their parents put an end to the annual event. Living on opposite coasts—Mark in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Talia in Victoria, British Columbia—they haven’t seen each other in years. When their grandfather dies unexpectedly, Mark and Talia find themselves reunited at the cottage again, cleaning it out while the family decides what to do with it.
Mark and Talia are both queer, but they soon realize that’s about all they have in common, other than the fact that they would both prefer to be in Toronto. Talia is desperate to see her high school sweetheart Erin, who’s barely been in touch since leaving to spend the summer working at a coffee shop in the Gay Village. Mark, on the other hand, is just looking for some fun, and the renowned “Pride Toronto” festival and parade seems like the perfect place to find it.
When a series of complications throws everything up in the air, Mark and Talia—with Mark’s little sister Paige in tow—decide to hit the road for Toronto. With a bit of luck, and some help from a series of unexpected new friends, they might just make it to the big city and find what they’re looking for. That is, if they can figure out how to start seeing things through each other’s eyes.
Critics Review
u201cA lovely and thoughtful story about family, community, and what comes next in a young personu2019s life. A wonderful addition to young adult literature.u201d
u201cA stunning duet about the messiness, history, and beauty of both family and queerness.u201d
u201cVarying articulations of young queer identity are discussed with aplomb; Taliau2019s broader awareness of gender diversity and systemic inequity opens Marku2019s eyes as a privileged cisgender white boyu2026A solidly entertaining trip through Canadau2019s queer history and one familyu2019s difficult secrets.u201d
u201cTalia and Marku2026seem caught between a queer history that they donu2019t quite understand and a queer future that they are trying to createu2026This book is packed full of teaching momentsu2026for example, explaining u2018they/themu2019 pronouns yet again.u201d
u201cWhile presenting a variety of LGBTQ concepts, including historical context and cultural change, Ryan and Stevenson give their credibly written teens familiar challenges while Paige delves into a family mystery, offering the story a layer of drama and intrigue. A fun, thought-provoking tale.u201d
u201cThe honesty about privilege! The snappy dialogue! The multi-generational queerness and recognition of queer history and culture! The rainbows! I love this Canadian Pride road trip!u201d
u201cA heart-warming story about love and friendship and family. I love this book!u201d
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