Books with author Will Damron Michael Crouch

Beckett Gaines, a gay teen living in South Carolina, has his world turned upside-down by a jock in this laugh-out-loud novel that’s Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda meets The Parent Trap.Beck:The Golden Girls-loving, out-and-proud choir nerd growing up in the “ass-crack of the Bible belt.”Jax:The Golden Boy, star quarterback with a slick veneer facing uncomfortable truths about himself and his past.When Beck’s emotionally fragile dad starts dating the recently single (and supposedly lesbian) mom of former bully, Jaxon Parker, Beck is not having it. Jax isn’t happy about the situation either, holding out hope that his moms will reunite and restore the only stable home he’s ever known. Putting aside past differences, the boys plot to derail the budding romance between their parents at their conservative hometown’s first-ever Rainbow Prom. Hearts will be broken, new romance will bloom, but nothing will go down the way Beck and Jax have planned.In his hilarious and provocative debut, Greg Howard examines the challenges of growing up different in a small southern town through the lens of colorful and unforgettable characters who stay with you long after the last drop of sweet tea.

Beckett Gaines, a gay teen living in South Carolina, has his world turned upside-down by a jock in this laugh-out-loud novel that’s Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda meets The Parent Trap.Beck:The Golden Girls-loving, out-and-proud choir nerd growing up in the “ass-crack of the Bible belt.”Jax:The Golden Boy, star quarterback with a slick veneer facing uncomfortable truths about himself and his past.When Beck’s emotionally fragile dad starts dating the recently single (and supposedly lesbian) mom of former bully, Jaxon Parker, Beck is not having it. Jax isn’t happy about the situation either, holding out hope that his moms will reunite and restore the only stable home he’s ever known. Putting aside past differences, the boys plot to derail the budding romance between their parents at their conservative hometown’s first-ever Rainbow Prom. Hearts will be broken, new romance will bloom, but nothing will go down the way Beck and Jax have planned.In his hilarious and provocative debut, Greg Howard examines the challenges of growing up different in a small southern town through the lens of colorful and unforgettable characters who stay with you long after the last drop of sweet tea.

Guido Sherman is your typical young teenage boy; awkward, unsure of himself, struggling at school and currently looking after his younger sister.He would ask his mum for help but she's working, 400 kilometres away - in space! Besides, she's a bit tied up with a gigantic solar flare, a defunct satellite wedged in the roof of the space station and cut off from her only means of escape. Martha Sherman isn't having a good day.Very soon though their worlds are going to collide. Guido Sherman needs his mum and he's going to do whatever it takes to get her back home safely. And on the way he is going to discover whether or not he has the right stuff.The Starless Midnight is the first Young Adults novel by Michael Crouch, a comic book writer and artist whose work includes the true-life historical thriller, Thief-Taker General, the sci-fi tale Afterlife and the epic Vikings versus Vampires sage of Blackfriars. He is also a contributor to the WW1 graphic story anthology, To End All Wars published by Soaring Penguin Press.